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Published on February 25, 2012
ASK CONGRESS TO PRESS CLINTON FOR ANSWERS ON ARMENIAN ISSUES
- WASHINGTON, DC. - Below is an appeal from Elizabeth Chouldjian, ANCA Communications Director.
Dear Friend,
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in the wake of her offensive dismissal of the Armenian Genocide "as a matter for historical debate," will testify and answer questions before four separate U.S. House and Senate panels this coming week.
Please take a few minutes today to call on your Senators and Representative to ask Secretary Clinton questions about her offensive remarks and on the full range of other issues of special importance to Armenian American voters.
Please click here to get the names and phone numbers of your Senators and Representative as a well as a relevant sample phone script for each.
You will be asked to provide your ZIP code, and our alert system will guide you through the calls to your Senators and Representative. The phone script will change depending on whether your elected officials are on the key committees or not.
All four of these hearings will be webcast live, so please watch to see if your elected representatives act on your request. Links will be posted on the ANCA website - www.anca.org .
Tuesday, February 28th at 10:00 pm: Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State-Foreign Operations
Tuesday, February 28th at 2:00 pm: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Wednesday, February 29th at 10:00 am: House Appropriations Subcommittee on State-Foreign Operations
Wednesday, February 29th at 2:00 pm: House Committee of Foreign Affairs
Please let us know when you have made your calls to your Senate and House members by filling in the forms on the action alert pages or emailing anca@anca.org
All best,
Elizabeth Chouldjian
ANCA Communications Director
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Headlines for February 25, 2012TURKISH CHOIR SINGS IN ARMENIAN ON EVE OF WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL DAY
Chorus of women's culture house in Bahlari, Turkey, gave a performance dedicated to the International Women's Day.
As Firat agency informs, the choir performed 8 songs, in 8 languages, including Armenian, ...FRENCH PRESIDENT INCLUDED AZNAVOUR'S SONG ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN HIS ELECTION CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
PARIS. - The incumbent French President, presidential candidate Nikolas Sarkozy and another presidential candidate Francois Hollande presented their beloved songs, Le Figaro reports. The playlists consist ...TEENAGE GIRL FOUND HER RAPISTS 5 YEARS LATER
DILIJAN. - A resident of Armenian Dilijan city applied to the police informing that several teenage boys, who raped her 10-year-old granddaughter five years ago, were revealed. Head of Dilijan's police ...US DOES NOT WANT TO INTERFERE IN SYRIA'S INTERNAL AFFAIRS - ARMENIAN ANALYST
YEREVAN. - The secret plan—by Washington, London, Paris, Rome, and Ankara—to invade Syria is a part of the information war against Syria, Arab Studies specialist Yervand Minasyan told Armenian ...DEATH TOLL IN MOSCOW BAKERY BLAST RISES TO SIX
MOSCOW. - Another injured died as a result of the recent explosion in a Moscow bakery. Ruslan Mavladatov, from Tajikistan, who had sustained burns to 90-percent of his body, died in hospital.
Six days ...SOME MEMBERS OF ARMENIAN RULING PARTY'S EXECUTIVE BODY WILL LEAVE - NEWSPAPER
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"He became ...NKR ARMY FORMER COMMANDER STAYS AT DELUXE SUITE OF RADISSON ROYAL MOSCOW HOTEL - NEWSPAPER
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"What is more, according ...ARMENIA'S PRESIDENT IS INVITED TO VIETNAM
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During the meting, Sang noted that Vietnam has a warm ...CZECH ARMENIANS GIVE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO EVENT ON KHOJALY INCIDENT
The Armenians living in the Czech Republic gave an appropriate response to the event, which Azerbaijanis organized in Prague, devoted to the anniversary of the Khojaly incidents.
The Azerbaijani Embassy ...GREATER WASHINGTON DC AREA ARMENIAN AMERICANS MARK AZERBAIJANI MASSACRES IN SUMGAIT, KIROVABAD, BAKU
WASHINGTON, DC. - Greater Washington, DC area Armenian Americans braved the cold and rain earlier today to mourn the victims of Azerbaijani aggression and stand in solidarity with the people of the independent ...BLACK ICE ON SOME ROADS IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN. - Armenia's interstate highways, local roads, and mountain passes are drivable, for the most part, as of Saturday 10:30 a.m. But there is black ice on some road sections.
Selim Mountain Pass ...ASK CONGRESS TO PRESS CLINTON FOR ANSWERS ON ARMENIAN ISSUES
WASHINGTON, DC. - Below is an appeal from Elizabeth Chouldjian, ANCA Communications Director.
Dear Friend,
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in the wake of her offensive dismissal of the Armenian Genocide ...ACTIVISTS CONTINUE THEIR PROTEST AT DOWNTOWN YEREVAN PARK
YEREVAN. - Armenian environmentalists, who oppose the construction of kiosks at Mashtots Park in downtown Yerevan, are continuing their demonstration for nearly two weeks.
And along the lines of this ...PRESIDENT CONGRATULATES RENOWNED ARMENIAN SINGER ON 70TH BIRTHDAY
YEREVAN. - President Serzh Sargsyan on Saturday extended his congratulations to Armenia's People's Artist Raisa Mkrtchyan, on her 70th birth anniversary.
"In your person, our people recognize a brilliant ...ARMENIANS MARK GENERAL ANDRANIK'S 147TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY
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Ozanian was born in 1865 in Shabin Karahisar (district of ...ARMENIAN STATE APPARATUS IS UNPREDICTABLE IN TERMS OF TELECOMMUNICATION
AGHVERAN. - Armenia's regions have problems in connection with developing telecommunication, Transport and Communication Deputy Minister Andranik Aleksanyan stated during a seminar, being held in Aghveran ...STUDENTS OF CAMBRIDGE PROTEST AGAINST LECTURES OF DOMINIQUE STRAUSS-KAHN
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In this regard, ...G20 FINANCE MINISTERS LEAVE FOR MEXICO TO SAVE EURO ZONE
The meeting of G20 Finance Ministers and the Heads of Central banks will take place on February 25 in Mexico.
The main topic of the meeting is the dent crisis of the European countries. The European Ministers ...PRESIDENT OF KYRGYZSTAN READY TO GET RID OF RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN MILITARY BASES
The President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev spoke to different media outlets about the Russian and American military bases in the country during his visit to Russia. He made it clear, that he was ready ...CHILD DIED OF BIRD FLU ON BALI
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According to her, the boy has become the ...DUTCH MP TELLS TURKISH MINISTER THAT TURKEY HAS NO PLACE IN EU
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During a debate with Egemen Bagis, Turkey's Minister for EU Affairs, ...CHRISTIANS IN TURKEY CONSIDERED SECOND-CLASS CITIZENS - PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW I
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I in his speech in the Turkish Parliament demanded equal rights for the religious minorities. The Patriarch was asked to express his viewpoint on the ...AMERICAN ARMENIAN YOUTH TO HOLD PROTEST IN LA
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STEPANAKERT. - The adversary violated the ceasefire, at the line of contact between the Karabakh-Azerbaijani opposing forces, around 200 times in the past week.
Through different weaponry, more than 900 ...NELSON MANDELA HOSPITALIZED
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Hovhannes Danielyan (49 kg), Artur Khachatryan (81 kg), and Sergo Poghosyan (+91 kg) were able to reach ...BEST GOALS OF THE WEEK (VIDEO)
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Rumors on his candidacy ...VANIK AVETISYAN WINS GOLD AT WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIP
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Today in Armenian history- 1857 Death of Nerses the Fifth (Ashtaraketsi), Catholicos of the Armenian Church and founder of the Nersisian School.
- 1865 Birth of General Andranik Ozanyan. He was one of the leaders of the Armenian emancipation movement. He died in 1927.
- 1921 Soviet power established in Georgia.
- 1927 Birth of Karapet Chobanyan in Kartsakh (Akhalkalak District). As physist, his theoretical work on the elasticity of metals paved the way for many new developments in metallurgy.
- 1951 Third elections for the Armenian SSR's Supreme Soviet.
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