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Headlines for September 28, 2007

STEPPING OUT: DASHNAKS TO PUT UP OWN CANDIDATE FOR PRES
Movements began in an otherwise calm political environment the moment the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF, Dashnaktsutyun) announced its intention to field its own candidate for next year’s presidential ...
US STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT: TURKEY MISTREATS RELIGIOUS MINORITIES
A US State Department International Religious Freedom Report released last week criticized Turkey for its continuous policy of imposing restrictions on minority religious groups, particularly the Armenian ...
RESOLUTION UPDATE: SUPPORT OF ADL SIGNIFICANT; 106 CURRENTLY HAS 227 COMMITMENTS TO VOTE
Amidst growing pressure to prevent the passage of a pending resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923 by the United States Congress, the traditionally strong efforts of some Jewish community ...
THE ART OF DENIAL: TURKEY’S EVOLVING DENIALS OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Many across the Jewish community in the United States seemed to have breathed a sigh of relief when the influential Anti-Defamation League acknowledged the Armenian Genocide. The growing gap between public ...
THE ARTIST AS ANARCHIST: A REVIEW OF ARMAN GRIGORYAN’S WORK
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Punks in Gyumri, nudists in Little Armenia, love parade in Burj Hamood, hippies in Dilijan, an anarchist and a Yeraz van? It’s impossible? If we take away the question marks, then all these become the ...
PROPAGANDA OF “TRUTH”?: AZERBAIJANIS “EDUCATE” ARMENIANS IN ARMENIAN LANGUAGE
An Armenian-language publication (www.irevan-az.com) prepared in Azerbaijan has for the first time appeared on the world-wide web. It is published by the Azerbaijani “Irevan” information and analytical ...
LOSING VOICE: LANGUAGES POLICIES THREATEN WELLBEING OF ARMENIANS IN GEORGIA
Naira Bulghadaryan
It is difficult to find a single Armenian in Akhalkalak who would speak the state language, Georgian, and would use it in everyday life. This Armenian-populated city is in the Samtskhe Javakheti province ...
DIRTY FACTS: GARBAGE REMOVAL AN ODOROUS PROBLEM IN ARMENIA
According to data of the Sustainable Water Environment (SWE) scientific ecological NGO the quantity of solid waste has increased twice in the last two years to 1 million tons per year in Armenia. “Garbage ...
HAVLABAR: ARMENIAN COMMUNITY IN TBILISI PAYS THE PRICE OF URBANIZATION
News of the construction of an elite district in Tbilisi was uneasily met by the Armenian Diaspora of Georgia. The new district is to be constructed in Havlabar, the hilltop of the city and the home for ...
BETTER THAN MYANMAR, WORSE THAN TURKEY: CORRUPTION REPORT “NO OCCASION FOR JOY”
With each election, including the upcoming presidential race, political parties and candidates get up in arms over corruption. Then, each election itself becomes a new way for the same officials to exercise ...
JUDGE NOT . . . ?: JURIST IN ROYAL ARMENIA CASE BROUGHT TO DISCIPLINE
Judge Pargev Ohanyan stands to be judged for daring to issue a verdict of not guilty without “coming to agreement with the authorities above”. The Council of Justice initiated a disciplinary proceeding ...
SPINNING FOR A GOOD CAUSE: SCHWINN CYCLING ENTHUSIAST PLANS ANOTHER CHARITY MARATHON IN YEREVAN
This Saturday (September 29) will see yet another charity spinning marathon in front of Armenia Marriott Hotel in Yerevan which organizers say will serve a good cause and will be a unique combination ...
SPORT: ANAND CRUISING TO VICTORY IN MEXICO, BEYOND REACH FOR ARONYAN
Chess Despite having closed on leaders early in the second part of the Mexican tournament, Armenia’s Levon Aronyan has lost all chances to catch up with India’s Viswanathan Anand, who is likely to capture ...
COMMENTARY: IS TER-PETROSYAN FOLLOWING KAREN DEMIRCHYAN’S PATTERN?
Ten years ago, in September 1997, the Minsk Group of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) presented a second peace plan for Karabakh to the judgment of the parties to the conflict ...
THE PRESIDENTIAL PLOT THICKENS: LTP MAKES FIRST PUBLIC OVERTURES AT RETURN TO POLITICS
The moment Armenia’s ex-president Levon Ter-Petrosyan broke his decade-long silence at Marriott Hotel in Yerevan during an event dedicated to the 16th anniversary of Armenia’s Independence, his speech ...