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Headlines for June 02, 2006ARMENIANS GATHER TO CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE DAY
--Over 7000 attend festival in Little Armenia LOS ANGELES (Glendale New Press/Armenian Youth Federation)--In a sign of their growing political clout, thousands of Armenians and Armenian Americans were ...KOCHARIAN AND ALIYEV TO DISCUSS KARABAGH CONFLICT IN BUCHAREST
YEREVAN (RFE/RL/Armenpress)--Armenian President Robert Kocharian will fly to Romania’s capital Bucharest on Sunday to attend a summit of Black Sea nations and hold talks on Karabagh with his Azeri counterpart ...ANC-PAC ENDORSES CONGRESSMAN ADAM SCHIFF
LOS ANGELES--The Armenian National Committee – Political Action Committee (ANC-PAC) moved this week to formally endorse Congressman Adam Schiff, who is running for re-election to represent the people ...RECEPTION BIDS FAREWELL TO OUTGOING CONSUL GENERAL GIRAGOSSIAN
A farewell reception for outgoing Consul General of the Republic of Armenia, Gagik Giragossian, and his wife Marina was held Wednesday at the "Karapetian" Hall of St. Garabed Church. The reception ...TURKEY SHELLS AUTONOMOUS KURDS IN IRAQ
ANKARA (UPI/Reuters)--The Turkish military shelled Thursday Iraq's Kurdistan region. The barrage came a day after a group of Kurdish and American officials, including a US general, inspected Iraqi ...ARMENIA CLOSE TO VICTORY IN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
TURIN (Armenpress)—As of Press time, the Armenian men’s chess team was leading with 32 points in the 11th round of the 37th World Chess Olympiad being held in Turin, Italy. Grand master Levon Aronian ...BUSTED!
Yup, caught in the act, red (in this case black-ink) handed. I committed an error in my article last week. I neglected to insert the term “vice-“ in front of “chair” when stating that an individual holding ...'SON OF THE COMMUNITY:' PAUL KREKORIAN RECEIVES NUMEROUS ENDORSEMENTS IN HIS BID TO REPRESENT LARGEST ARMENIAN COMMUNITY
By Taline Ghazarian LOS ANGELES--At a press conference Wednesday, representatives from various Armenian American organizations announced their endorsement of Paul Krekorian for State Assembly in the Democratic ...JACKIE SPEIER HAS EDGE OVER RIVALS IN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
LOS ANGELES (Daily News/Combined Sources)--All three Democrats vying for the party's nomination for lieutenant governor insist they won't emulate the man who now holds the office, fellow Democrat ...CANDIDATES OFF TO WASHINGTON FOR 2006 LEO SARKISIAN SUMMER INTERNSHIP
GLENDALE--The Armenian National Committee of America – Western Region (ANCA-WR) is pleased to announce that four candidates from California will be participating this summer in the prestigious Armenian ...CALIFORNIA TEACHERS AND PEDIATRICIANS SUPPORT PROPOSITION 82
California’s kindergarten teachers and pediatricians are backing Proposition 82--the Preschool for All initiative--in the June 6 statewide primary election. The California Kindergarten Association and ...PROFESSOR RICHARD HOVANNISIAN SPREADS GENOCIDE AWARENESS
LOS ANGELES—Professor Richard Hovannisian, Holder of the Armenian Educational Foundation Chair in Modern Armenian History at UCLA, has since late March and throughout the month of April continued raising ...ELEMENT BAND WINS 'BEST NEWCOMER ALBUM' AT ARMENIAN MUSIC AWARDS
LOS ANGELES--Element Band, one of the hottest emerging Armenian bands, received the "Best Newcomer Album of The Year" award at the 2006 Armenian Music Awards on May 25, for their CD "Yev ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1831 The Tsar cancels the transit privileges of Transcaucasian merchants. Conscription in Transcaucasia is implemented by the Tsar.
- 1891 Death of Petros Adamyan (actor). He was born in 1849.
- 1897 The Tsar's State Council orders the subordination of Armenian Parish Schools to the Ministry of Education. Because of their refusal to do so, the schools were closed.
- 1904 Death of Ahsot Yerkat (Armenak Levonian), an activist of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Party.
- 1922 The first issue of the "Ploughman" daily is published in Yerevan.
- 1941 Death of writer Vazgen Shooshanian. He was born in 1902.
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