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Headlines for February 12, 2009"OBAMETER" KEEPS TRACK OF PRESIDENT'S CAMPAIGN PROMISE ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California CourierThose interested in finding out whether Pres. Barack Obama is keeping the hundreds of promises he made during the presidential campaign, including the one on the Armenian Genocide, now have a simple tool ...ASALA "GUARANTEES" KAQAVIAN'S LIFE...
Translated by L.H. 2The Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) and Vow to Ararat organization of liberators and former political prisoners made a statement on February 10. The statement touches upon ...GEORGIA THREATENS JAVAKHK
Translated by L.H.When the authorities try to overcome their fear by means of force or spreading fear and terror among people, the situation is really unusual. And if this kind of version is used by the Georgian authorities ...RADIO LIBERTY (RFE/RL) BETRAYS ITS IDEALS
Hakob TsulikianDuring the last few weeks, almost 20 American web sites and blogs published Armenian journalist Anna Karapetian's "Open Letter to Human Rights and Freedom of Press International Organizations". The commentary ...
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ASALA "GUARANTEES" KAQAVIAN'S LIFE...
Translated by L.H.A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY ON LIZ CHATER AN ARMENIAN FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCHER SPECIALIZING IN ARMENIANS IN INDIA
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Translated by L.H."ADOPTION OF THE ARMENIAN RESOLUTION BY THE US CONGRESS MAY STOP THE STARTED PROCESS BETWEEN ARMENIA AND TURKEY"
Translated by L.H."OBAMETER" KEEPS TRACK OF PRESIDENT'S CAMPAIGN PROMISE ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California CourierWILL THE USA ADOPT THE GENOCIDE RESOLUTION?
"I DID NOT WANT TO UNCOVER THE BLANKET OVER MY FATHER'S ASSASSINATED BODY IN ORDER NOT TO REKINDLE MY EMOTIONS OF REVENGE"
By Thomas C. Nash, Mirror-Spectator StaffINTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN STOCKHOLM DEDICATED TO THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Translated by L.H.INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN YEREVAN DEDICATED TO ADANA MASSACRES
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Today in Armenian history- 1268 Enthronement of the Armenian Catholicos, Hakob Klayetsee the First. He was an erudite scholar, orator, and commentator. He supported the signing of the Armenian-Egyptian Peace Treaty of the end of the 13th century. (He died in 1286).
- 1286 Death of Catholicos Hakob Klayetsee the First, an erudite scholar, orator, and commentator. He supported the signing of the Armenian-Egyptian Peace Treaty of the end of the 13th century.
- 1721 Greegor Shghtayakeer, who was elected Jerusalem's Patriarch in 1715, placed a chain around his neck to symbolize the debts of the Patriarchate. Several years later, on collecting sufficient funds to pay off the debts, he assumed his patriarchal throne. He built new buildings and introduced various improvements. He died in 1749.
- 1845 Birth of Mateos Izmirlian in Constantinople. He died in 1910.
- 1845 Birth of Patriarch Matheos Izmirlyan in Constantinople. He died in 1910.
- 1908 Death in Cairo (Egypt) of Arpiar Arpiaryan (writer and public figure). He was born in 1851.
- 1918 Death of Sultan Hameed, nicknamed the "Red Sultan" because of his organized Genocide of the Armenians in 1894-1896. He was dethroned in 1909.
- 1918 Turkish officers reject the armistice and move (with 25000 soldiers) on Erzroom, Van and the Black Sea coast. Armenian forces -- alone -- are unable to stop the Turkish agression.
- 1919 Two Armenian delegations leading by Poghos Noobar and Avetees Aharonyan present the "Memorandum on Armenian's Demands" to the Paris Conference. The document sought the recognition of Armenia's Independent Statehood, compensation for Armenian losses reimbursement, a 20-year mandate for Armenia by one of the Allied countries, and punishment of the perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide. No attention was paid to the document.
- 1921 Protests in Loree Province against its "Neutral Zone" status under the Menshevik government of Georgia. Consequently, it is ceded to Armenia four days later.
- 1950 Creation of the European Radio Union.
- 1988 Party and Economic meetings took place in the Autonomous Region of Mountainous Gharabagh. These demanded the reunification of Artsakh to Armenia.
- 1988 First national mass demonstrations in Stepanakert in favor of Union between Armenia and Artsakh.
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