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Full Of Sheer Splendor, Navasartian Victory Ball Had The Makings Of A Hollywood Premier

Full Of Sheer Splendor, Navasartian Victory Ball Had The Makings Of A Hollywood Premier

Homenetmen’s 34th Navasartian Games Victory Ball had all the makings of a Hollywood Premier. More than 500 guests arrived to the CBS Studios back lot in Studio City as the sun began to set....

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Vahe Berberian: The Art and the Artist

Vahe Berberian: The Art and the Artist

It was my usual Thursday afternoon. I was at work about to go home when I received a text message from my sister inviting me to attend Vahe Berberian’s one-man show titled ‘Sաgաyn’. At this...

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‘Hove’ (the Wind), Explores the Effects of Genocide on Modern-Day Women

‘Hove’ (the Wind), Explores the Effects of Genocide on Modern-Day Women

In a new short film, “Hove” (the Wind), director Alex Webb explores the issue of the Armenian Genocide and its effects on two women in modern-day New York. The film was screened at the Palm...

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Interning for the Cause, Hovsep Hajibekyan Raises Awareness About Issues Through Media

Interning for the Cause, Hovsep Hajibekyan Raises Awareness About Issues Through Media

Hovsep Hajibekyan, a senior at UC Berkley, is one of seven students participating in the 2009 Summer Session of the Armenian National Committee-Western Region’s Internship-Externship Program (ANC-WR IEP). He joins the program, which began...

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Top Stories

Karabakh Leader Says Conflict Settlement Unlikely Anytime Soon

Karabakh Leader Says Conflict Settlement Unlikely Anytime Soon

Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis sounded optimistic about the resolution of the Karabakh conflict on Friday as she visited Yerevan in her capacity as chairwoman-in-office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. ...

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Geragos to Represent David Krikorian Against Genocide Denier

Geragos to Represent David Krikorian Against Genocide Denier

Nationally renowned lawyer Mark Geragos will lead a legal team of attorneys from across the nation to represent Democratic Congressional Candidate David Krikorian, in connection with a complaint initiated by Ohio Representative Jean Schmidt before...

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Solidarity and Possibility: Defeating the Big Fish

Solidarity and Possibility: Defeating the Big Fish

This week we preview the Summer issue of the Armenian Youth Federation's quarterly publication, Haytoug, by presenting a snapshot of the upcoming issue which will focus on the theme of solidarity between people and causes....

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Kurds and Armenians: Finding Common Cause

Kurds and Armenians: Finding Common Cause

On September 2, 1938 an editorial appeared in the Hairenik Weekly condemning the Turkish government’s brutal crackdown of its Kurdish population in Dersim. The editorial drew the following link between the common struggle for freedom...

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Another World is Possible: An Interview with Khatchik DerGhougassian

Another World is Possible: An Interview with Khatchik DerGhougassian

In an exclusive interview with Haytoug, Khatchik DerGhougassian, a professor of International Relations at the Universidad de San Andrés in Argentina, discusses the social, economic and political challenges plauging the 21st century and, with a...

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Yegparian: Yavan-oghloo

Yegparian: Yavan-oghloo

That’s what she might better be named, our Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Marie Yovanovitch to the Republic of Armenia. I’d heard enough Turkish to come up with this interlinguistic pun, though I verified the meaning. Yavan means insipid....

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34th Navasartian Victory Banquet Sets Tone For Weekend Festivities

34th Navasartian Victory Banquet Sets Tone For Weekend Festivities

Talk about glamour! This year’s 34th Navasartian Victory Banquet really set the tone for beauty and flare. This was the second year in a row that Homenetmen decided to host their event at CBS Studios in Studio City, California. It didn’t stop there. The entrance...

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Capital Perspectives: Amb. Yovanovitch is Toeing a Flawed Company Line

Capital Perspectives: Amb. Yovanovitch is Toeing a Flawed Company Line

United States Ambassador to Armenia Marie Yovanovitch's spoke to the Armenian community of Washington DC at the Library of Congress on June 30. Like every other "town hall" she hosted – her remarks and responses were genial yet disappointing and frustrating....

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Land Reparation: Statics and Dynamics

Land Reparation: Statics and Dynamics

Many individuals conclude that geopolitical change cannot occur without resorting to violence, power, or force. This leads many to mentally and politically disengage from actively entertaining involvement in the political or democratic process. After all, what can an individual or group expect to accomplish? This...

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People & Places: The Aspiring Journalist

People & Places: The Aspiring Journalist

It’s a beautiful Sunday morning and Alin and I are sipping coffee on the balcony when the conversation turns towards her upcoming school year. She is to start her junior year in high school this fall. Just shy of her sixteenth birthday, Alin has already...

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Interview

The 2010 Census and the Armenian-American Community

The 2010 Census and the Armenian-American CommunityThe 2010 Census is just around the corner. As in the past, the importance of participating and being counted in the Census cannot be emphasized...

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Armenia

Armenia Gets Another $60 Million World Bank Loan

Armenia Gets Another $60 Million World Bank Loan

The World Bank announced on Friday the release of a new $60 million loan to Armenia that will help its government offset a shortfall in tax revenues resulting from the ongoing economic crisis....

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Karabakh

Karabakh Leader Says Conflict Settlement Unlikely Anytime Soon

Karabakh Leader Says Conflict Settlement Unlikely Anytime Soon

Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis sounded optimistic about the resolution of the Karabakh conflict on Friday as she visited Yerevan in her capacity as chairwoman-in-office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in...

Jul 3, 2009 / More

Javakhk

Awarding Saakashvili Highest State Honor A Mistake, Says Professor

Awarding Saakashvili Highest State Honor A Mistake, Says Professor

Awarding Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili with the highest honor of the Armenian Republic, despite his heavy-handed policies in his country's predominantly Armenian region of Javakhk, was a mistake by all accounts, according to...

Jun 30, 2009 / More

Azerbaijan

Azeri Delegation Makes Rare Trip To Karabakh

Azeri Delegation Makes Rare Trip To Karabakh

An Azerbaijani delegation led by a prominent diplomat and public figure paid a rare visit to the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and Armenia on Friday as part of a Russian-backed initiative to rebuild bridges between...

Jul 3, 2009 / More

Georgia

U.N. Monitors Leave Georgia, OSCE Mission Shuts Down

U.N. Monitors Leave Georgia, OSCE Mission Shuts Down

United Nations monitors began pulling out of Georgia on Tuesday and the OSCE officially closed its observer mission, testing security almost a year since the former Soviet republic's war with Russia....

Jun 30, 2009 / More

Russia

Russia Offers Turkey a Role in Nabucco Rival South Stream

Russia Offers Turkey a Role in Nabucco Rival South Stream

Russia has offered Turkey a role in its South Stream gas pipeline to Europe, Russian news agencies reported on Wedneseday, marking another attempt by the Kremlin to undermine the European Union's rival Nabucco...

Jul 1, 2009 / More

Turkey

Ankara Eager to Enhance Ties with Russia, Says Davutoglu

Ankara Eager to Enhance Ties with Russia, Says Davutoglu

Ankara is eager to enhance its cooperation with Moscow, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Thursday, a day after reports indicated that Russia has invited Turkey to participate in its South Stream gas...

Jul 2, 2009 / More

Iran

Situation in Iran to Have No Impact on Armenia Ties, Says Envoy

Situation in Iran to Have No Impact on Armenia Ties, Says Envoy

The situation in Iran following the disputed presidential election last month will not have any impact on Armenian-Iranian relations or the implementation of joint economic projects being implemented by the two countries, the...

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