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The DC Life: ANCA Leo Sarkisian Interns Look Back at a Summer of Commitment...
The ANCA Leo Sarkisian interns participated in lectures and meetings throughout D.C., including one at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) moderated by veteran CBS News anchor Bob...
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International Cast of Journalists to Speak at Centennial Conference in NY
NEW YORK—Journalists Laure Marchand, Guillaume Perrier, David Barsamian, and Robert Fisk are among the confirmed speakers at “Responsibility 2015,” the international conference marking the Centennial...
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French Ambassador to the U.S. Clarifies Armenian Genocide Comment on MSNBC...
WASHINGTON—The Ambassador of France to the United States has clarified, to leaders of the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA), remarks he made earlier this week on the MSNBC show Andrea...
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Yerevan’s Strangely Silent Streets
Special for the Armenian Weekly My first encounter with Yerevan’s curious accordion-playing visitor took place as I descended the stairs into the cavernous communal area in front of the Hanrapetutyan...
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Sarkisian: Turkey Is Perfecting Distortion of History
YEREVAN (A.W.)—In a strongly worded letter, President Serge Sarkisian on Jan. 16 responded to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s invitation to Turkey on April 24, to attend commemoration...
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Funeral and March Held for Murdered French-Armenian Teenager
PARIS (A.W.)—Funeral services were held this week at the Armenian Cathedral of Marseille for Michaël Assaturyan, a 16-year-old French-Armenian student who was murdered on Jan. 12, reported Nouvelles...
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ANCA Salutes America’s ‘Near East Relief’ Efforts at Capitol Hill Briefing
WASHINGTON—The efforts of Near East Relief (NER), the unprecedented American campaign of international humanitarian assistance that saved and sustained hundreds of thousands of Armenian Genocide...
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32nd ARF World Congress Convenes
YEREVAN (A.W)—The 32nd World Congress of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) kicked off on Jan. 16. ARF delegates, leaders, and observers hailed from around the world for the week-long meeting,...
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A Wish for Aladdin and the Future of Atonement
The following is the text of the speech given by Eric Nazarian in Ankara, Turkey, on Jan. 17, 2015, for the conference, ‘1915, Hrant and Justice.’ Henry Theriault, chair of the Philosophy Department at...
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6-Month-Old Survivor of Gyumri Tragedy Succumbs to Injuries, Despite Medical...
YEREVAN (A.W)—The six-month-old survivor of the Gyumri massacre died at the St. Astvatsamayr Medical Center on Jan. 19, according to Armenia’s Ministry of Health. The infant’s health had declined,...
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Fethiye Cetin Speaks at 8th Hrant Dink Commemoration in Toronto
On Jan. 18, the Toronto-Armenian community gathered to commemorate the 8th anniversary of the assassination of editor and journalist Hrant Dink, who was murdered in Istanbul on Jan. 19, 2007, in front...
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The Gyumri killings: Beyond the Legal Arguments
Special for the Armenian Weekly More than a week since the Gyumri killings, the city and Armenia at large are still struggling to come to terms with the heinous crime that wiped out an entire family....
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UCLA Student Body Passes Resolution Calling for Divestment from Turkey
WESTWOOD, Calif.—University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) student body government on Tuesday night unanimously voted to divest $72.6 million dollars-worth of University of California bonds and...
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‘Sayat Nova International Composition Competition’ Announces Winners
The Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) recently announced the winners of the 2014 Sayat Nova International Composition Competition: Hovik Sardaryan, 21, of Armenia was awarded first prize; Fun...
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Pursuing Justice in a Culture of Impunity: Ivan Karakashian of ‘Defense for...
Special for the Armenian Weekly This past summer during the height of Israel’s “Operation Protective Edge” against the Gaza Strip, I noticed the name Ivan Karakashian, advocacy unit coordinator of...
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Armenia Bestows Highest Honor on ATP for Green Mission
$3 Million Raised for 20th Anniversary to Advance Tree Planting and Education Programs BOSTON, Mass.—Supporters of the Armenia Tree Project (ATP) turned out in full force this past fall to celebrate...
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A Document That Cries Out
Special for the Armenian Weekly My maternal grandparents were from Dikranagerd (or Tigranakert, now Diyarbakir), where my mother Mari and uncle Mgrditch were also born. My recollection of my...
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Dink’s Assassination Anniversary Commemorated in Diyarbakir
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (A.W.)—The eighth anniversary of Hrant Dink’s assassination was commemorated in Diyarbakir’s Cegerxweyn Cultural Center this week. Gultan Kışanak, Diyarbakir metropolitan mayor,...
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32nd ARF World Congress Concludes, Elects New Bureau
YEREVAN—The 32nd World Congress of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) concluded on Jan. 24. ARF delegates, leaders, and observers had hailed from around the world on Jan. 16 for the week-long...
View ArticleACO Releases Statement on Armenian Genocide
The Action Chrétienne en Orient (ACO) Fellowship released the following statement calling on its member churches to devote one Sunday in 2015 to the commemoration of the Armenian Genocide. The Action...
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