USA Armenian Life #1305 ------ Is Armenian Diaspora Ready to Face Challenges Ahead?

Issue #1305 | April 5, 2012 Is Armenian Diaspora Ready to Face Challenges Ahead? By Appo Jabarian Executive Publisher/Managing Editor USA Armenian Life Magazine In early 2012, I joined 1,300 fellow Armenians from nearly 30 countries on the 15annual Armenian Heritage Cruise. Unique in its type, AHC not only features great food and entertainment programs, but also presents interesting cultural and educational events. This year I was asked to make a presentation on an important topic: Is the Armenian Diaspora Ready to Face the Challenges Ahead? Read More State Dept.’s Disgraceful Censorship Of a Report Blacklisting Turkey By Harut Sassounian Publisher California Courier Each passing day brings new revelations of the Obama administration’s shameful schemes to cover up Turkish misconduct. The latest scandal involves the State Department’s covert attempt to alter the contents of a report by the Read More Gray Wolves act against French Armenians in cooperation with the Turkish secret services and government Yerkirmedia.am The news published lately in French press once again proved that the demonstrations held against the bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide in France were not self-existing. One of the leading weeklies “Le Point” e-Journal published the report of the Main Directorate of France’s Internal Intelligence, according to which the demonstration involving thousands of people against the Armenian Genocide denial criminalization bill was organized under the name of the Turkish Federation of France”is not a federation”, but in fact it’s a cover for the nationalist “Gray Wolves” organization. “People came to participate in the demonstration from Belgium, … other European countries, about 25 000 people, dangerous, well-armed and well-organised”. Read More Russia's Intentions for Azerbaijan Igor Muradyan Lragir.am Russia and Azerbaijan have moved to a new phase of relations which is characterized by the loss of most (if not all) hopes and illusions for each other. Russia staked a lot in its proposals to Azerbaijan, unfolding a long process of handing over Karabakh and the Armenian interests in general, supplies modern weapons, including components used by other suppliers of weapons, strikes funny deals on the supply of the Azerbaijani gas, postponed its pretensions to the Caspian region, returned the Lezgi villages, observed from aside repression of Lezgi and Avar people by Azerbaijan, postured as if Azerbaijan’s strategic agreements with Turkey are not essential and even hopes that the anti-American moods would spread from Turkey to Azerbaijan. In Russia, Azerbaijan took large-scale measures to buy and re-buy Read More Turkish Hypocrisy By Benny Morris The Daily Beast A fortnight ago, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister, accused Israel of committing "genocide" against the Palestinians. Speaking before members of his AK Party, the Islamist party that has ruled Turkey since 2002, Erdogan said that the "children of the Holocaust"—the Israelis—had for Read More Multimedia Show, Global Guests at Gala Event to Salute USCShoah FoundationInstitute forArmenian GenocideDigitization Project A dynamic cinematic show will give guests at the USC Institute of Armenian Studies’ Leadership Council event in honor of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute a memorable introduction to the Armenian Genocide Digitization Project, an endeavor that has acquired worldwide support. Traveling from Italy to attend the April 15 event is Mischa Wegner, the son of one of the greatest humanitarians of the 20th century, Armin T. Wegner, who photographed the horrors of the Armenian Genocide and later protested the heinous crimes of the Turks. The April 15 event, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, which is the same venue as the annual Golden Globes awards show, will be a Read More NATIONAL HERITAGE:INITIATIVE GROUP FORMS IN ARMENIA TO PROTECT NON-MATERIAL CULTURAL VALUES By GOHAR ABRAHAMYAN ArmeniaNow reporter Two Armenian NGOs along with a number of experts have formed a working group for the purpose of enhancing the profile of Armenian cultural heritage, carrying out research and raising public awareness of large masses in order to resist neighboring countries’ attempts at appropriation. The authors of the initiative – Development and Preservation of Read More Armenian rescuers remove unknown chemical substances from Pedagogical University News.am A great deal of unknown chemical substances were revealed in the store for chemical substances in the Yerevan State Pedagogic University. The Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations clarified that they do need to be studied, the Ministry informs. Those substances were moved on Thursday to the research Institute on Organic Chemistry for a thorough examination. 245 ARMENIAN SOLDIERS KILLED IN CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS News.am Numerous fatality cases caused by the violation of ceasefire regime in the Armenian Armed Forces have been recently registered, says the report issued by Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor Office. A total of 245 fatalities were registered as a result of ceasefire violations during the period of 2007-2011, said head of the Office Artur Sakunts. Copyright © 2011 USA Armenian Life. All Right Reserved. www.armenianlife.com

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