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Headlines for October 26, 2011

THE UNMASKING OF NAMIK TAN, TURKEY'S AMBASSADOR TO THE U. S.
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier I received a revealing message last week from Benjamin Yafet, a Turkish Jew who had immigrated to the United States in 1976. He is a retired professor ...
PRESIDENT SARGSYAN MEETS WITH PUTIN IN MOSCOW
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow yesterday evening. In his remarks regarding bilateral economic relations, President Sargsyan noted that overall ...
FLASH MOB TO FOCUS ON BIBLE READING
A flash mob assembly entitled "We read the bible" is scheduled to take place on October 30 at 3pm in the vicinity of the Alexander Tamanyan statue at the Cascade in Yerevan. Organizers say they want Armenians ...
PRESIDENT SARGSYAN HOSTS VISITING PARIS MAYOR
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan today hosted visiting Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoë, who also serves as president of the International Association of Francophone Mayors. The Association met yesterday ...
GROUP TURNS DOWN OSCE INVITATION TO DISCUSS ARMY PROBLEMS
The "We will not remain silent" civic organization reports that it has turned down an invitation by the OSCE office in Yerevan to discuss the matter of tackling problems plaguing the Armenian armed forces. The ...
FESTIVE MOOD AT THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TODAY
Grisha Balasanyan
A festive mood was in full swing on the grounds of the Armenian National Assembly today in Yerevan. Music and colorful balloons filled the air at an exhibition sale organized by pupils of several senior ...
FAMOUS JOURNALIST BEHIND THE BEADS: MANY KNOW HIS NAME, BUT NOT THE FACE
Sona Avagyan
Ghanaian investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, from "The New Crusading Guide" newspaper, says that within a month after his undercover investigation had been published, $200 million in unpaid taxes ...
EUROPEAN COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF TANER AKÇAM
Yesterday, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the Turkish government's prosecution under Article 301 of its penal code regarding Taner Akçam's public views on the Armenian Genocide violated ...
RAFFI HOVANNISIAN VISITS WESTERN ARMENIA
The leader of the Heritage Party, Raffi Hovannisian, is on a one-week visit inWestern Armenia. On October 22, he joined thousands of Armenians who flocked Tigranakert (Diyarbakir) from around the world ...