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Սիրով Ձեզ ենք տրամադրում հերթական Երեւան-Լոս Անջելես հեռուստակամուրջը, որի թեման էր ՀՌԱԿ ատենապետ Հարություն Առաքելյանի` "Բազմիցս նշել եմ` ուշանում ենք... շատ ենք ուշանում" հոդվածի վերաբերյալ քննարկումները "Լույսաշխարհ" հաղորդաշարում:
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April 8, 2010 Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) Take Action: Call Your Senators to Support the Boxer Letter Urging President Obama to Recognize the Armenian Genocide Sample phone script and contact information provided. Commentary: "Shut Up About Armenians or We'll Hurt Them Again" - Christopher Hitchens comments on the Armenian Genocide Resolution and Erdogan's threats | Read | "The Starving Armenians" - Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Paul Greenberg's editorial in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | Read | Video: Check out the latest installment of the ANCA on Horizon TV half-hour program on the ANCA's Vimeo channel ANCA Asks Senators to Call on Obama to Recognize Genocide Senators Urged to Co-sign Boxer Letter Calling on President to Properly Characterize the Armenian Genocide in his April 24th Remarks WASHINGTON, DC - Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) chapters and activists across the United States are encouraging their Senators to sign the Boxer Letter, urging President Obama to properly recognize the Armenian Genocide in his April 24th remarks. The letter, initiated by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), has been circulated to each of her ninety-nine Senate colleagues. In her cover letter, the Golden State Senator urges her Democratic and Republican colleagues to co-sign the Congressional letter and go on record in support of proper Presidential commemoration of the Armenian Genocide. "We join with Armenian Americans throughout California and across the United States in thanking Senator Boxer for her leadership in helping to ensure full and formal recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the U.S. government," said Aram Hamparian, Executive Director of the ANCA. "Allowing Turkey to impose a "gag rule" on the U.S. not only dishonors the victims of the Armenian Genocide, but also sends a very dangerous signal that foreign countries can bribe or bully America into inaction on matters of genocide." The ANCA has launched a Call-In campaign to Senator offices in support of the Boxer Letter. This alert, and an accompanying phone script, can be viewed here. ANCA Calls Obama to Honor Armenian Genocide Recognition Pledge Letter to White House Calls for a U.S. Stand that is “Truthful, Just, and Worthy of the American People” WASHINGTON, DC - The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) today went on record, once again, asking President Obama to honor his campaign promise to recognize the Armenian Genocide. The one-page letter, signed by ANCA Chairman Ken Hachikian and sent in the days leading up to President Obama's second April 24th in office, asks, simply, that President Obama keep his commitment and "stand for a policy that is truthful, just, and worthy of the American people.” Hachikian also addressed two points of special concern that have further compounded the anger and outrage felt by Armenian American voters over the President's broken promise; his pressure on Armenia to accept the one-sided, pro-Ankara Protocols; his support for Turkey's "historical commission" denial tactic; and his attacks on the Armenian Genocide Resolution. The first dealt with the unfortunate and inappropriate practice by the current and previous presidents to use April 24th, a day of solemn remembrance, as a platform to offer policy statements about Armenia, Turkey, and the surrounding region. The second concerned the fact that the President, despite devoting considerable attention to Armenian issues, has yet to agree, consistent with his campaign promise, to meet with the broad-based leadership of the Armenian American community. April is the cruelest month for the people of Armenia, who every year at this season have to suffer a continuing tragedy and a humiliation. The tragedy is that of commemorating the huge number of their ancestors who were exterminated by the Ottoman Muslim caliphate in a campaign of state-planned mass murder that began in April 1915. The humiliation is of hearing, year after year, that the Turkish authorities simply deny that these appalling events ever occurred or that the killings constituted "genocide." In a technical and pedantic sense, the word genocide does not, in fact, apply, since it only entered our vocabulary in 1943. (It was coined by a scholar named Raphael Lemkin, who for rather self-evident reasons in that even more awful year wanted a legal term for the intersection between racism and bloodlust and saw Armenia as the precedent for what was then happening in Poland.) I still rather prefer the phrase used by America's then-ambassador to Turkey, Henry Morgenthau. Reporting to Washington about what his consular agents were telling him of the foul doings in the Ottoman provinces of Harput and Van in particular, he employed the striking words "race extermination." (See the imperishable book The Slaughterhouse Province for some of the cold diplomatic dispatches of that period.) Terrible enough in itself, Morgenthau's expression did not quite comprehend the later erasure of all traces of Armenian life, from the destruction of their churches and libraries and institutes to the crude altering of official Turkish maps and schoolbooks to deny that there had ever been an Armenia in the first place. Read the complete article. . . Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock) They were the first victims of one genocide among so many in the 20th Century, but it's not diplomatic to say so. The Turkish government might be offended. So the Obama administration pulled out the usual stops the other day, urging the House Foreign Affairs Committee to shelve a resolution taking note of the Armenian massacres during the First World War. Yes, Barack Obama had promised to recognize the Armenian genocide when he was running for president, but he's president now. He's in power, and with great power come great responsibilities, prominent among them not speaking truth. Truth can be impolitic. The secretary of state dutifully echoed her boss. "Both President Obama and I have made clear, both last year and again this year," said Hillary Clinton, "that we do not believe any action by the Congress is appropriate, and we oppose it." What's fealty to history compared to the demands of Realpolitik? In the end, the House committee did decide to call genocide genocide. By one vote. The final tally was Truth 23, Silence in the Face of Evil, 22. Read the complete article. . . Search the web with www.goodsearch.com and money from Yahoo advertisers will go to the ANCA without you spending a dime. A penny per search! Use www.goodshop.com for online purchases from hundreds of popular sites and a percentage comes back to the ANCA. When you GoodSearch & GoodShop - Choose the ANCA ! Published by the Armenian National Committee of America Disclaimer: This message was distributed to the "ANCA News" list. If you received this message in error or would like to be removed from the list, please send an email to anca_list@capwiz.mailmanager.net or click below. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused. Please forward this message only to friends and family, who you know would be interested in this issue. 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Shut Up About Armenians or We'll Hurt Them Again
Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's latest sinister threat.
Posted Monday, April 5, 2010, at 10:43 AM ET
THE STARVING ARMENIANS
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Rant Number 392 8 April 2010
‘The Pope is Europe’s last hope.’
Boy! What a statement! Especially coming from Tamer, a Turk and a Muslim. It made me sit up.
You are pulling my leg. Surely you have heard of the child abuse scandal...
‘Who hasn’t? Here in Turkey we are lapping it up. Yet, I repeat it: without the Pope, you Europeans are finished.’
Bit perverse, Tamer. Don’t get it. How can you justify evil? The mystery of innocent suffering...
‘Frank, in Islam we believe Allah has created us for his own reasons. To do his will. Shaitan – Satan – only does evil by Allah’s permission. Innocent or not innocent, God is testing all of us. There is no mystery about evil. God allows it as a manifestation of his purposes. And no atheist has the right to ask why.’
A tough theodicy. It impelled me to prod my friend further.
The question is that some clergy – men devoted to divine service – have done terrible things to children. How can that be justified?
‘In Islam we would know how to deal with such people, clergy or not. The problem is that you Europeans no longer believe in proper punishment. Allah will make the perverts suffer in Jehannum – the hereafter – of course, but the guilty must be chastised in this world as well. The indignation people feel would be lessened if they knew the perpetrators were hanged. Or worse. I’d hand them over to the children’s families. We had a case of an Imam in our country...he interfered with a child. The family massacred him. Served him right.’
You are a hard man, Tamer. The EU forbids capital punishment, anyway. But still, the poor victims...
‘Frank, get real. I watched some interviews with victims of abuse on TV. A man swore he was horribly traumatised. Yet he was married, had children, a family. If abuse really had traumatised so much, would he have been able to have a family life? And that guy in Ireland who now heads some ibneler (homosexual) group. Abuse can’t make people gay. He must have been gay in the first place, no?’
Not so sure about that. I knew at least one gay guy who told me men of Sodom had corrupted him. True or not, sexual abuse remains a terrible thing.
‘Yes, Frank. But listen. Abuse takes many forms. You remember the sanctions imposed on Iraq? 500.000 Iraqi children died. As a result of being deprived of proper nutrition. 500.000! Half a million infants and kids. I’d call that abuse, and worse, much worse than abuse. Why isn’t there a Nuremberg Trial for the politicians responsible? Why aren’t your lying, hypocritical Western media asking for the culprits’ prosecution? That satanic woman, Madeleine Albright, then American Secretary of State, declared the children’s deaths were “a price worth paying”. The unnatural monster! She should be in jail. Why isn’t she? And her boss, Clinton, too.’
I remember the atrocious story. The 500.000 figure was in two UNICEF reports. Studies about child mortality rates. Especially in the South of Iraq. Although some claim the figure is misinterpreted and exaggerated. Also, the experts say not everything depended on sanctions. Saddam...
‘I see, Frank. You blame Saddam. But who supported him for years in the war on Iran? You, the West. Also, you are arguing about numbers. What would you Europeans say of someone who started disputing the exact figures of what you call the Jewish Holocaust, eh? Would you approve of that?’
We should leave the Jews out of this, Tamer. As that naive Vatican preacher, Fr Cantalamessa, has learnt, it does no one any good. By the way, I am not a living synecdoche. A walking embodiment of the ‘West’ or ‘Europe’, as you keep calling me. As a Christian, I have plenty of disagreement with the democratic gangsters who rule us today. I never supported the sanctions. As for Ms Albright, may God reward her accordingly. I never had any time for her or for Clinton.
‘Didn’t mean to offend, Frank. I know you would never have wanted the Iraqi children to die.’
Absolutely. The massacre of the innocent. It was a great crime. Its scale and outcome cannot compare with the child abuse by priests. Still, the latter problem remains.
‘The thing is, when we had Greeks in Turkey, we used to joke about the dissolute Greek priests, the papaz. Wine and women, that’s what they were doing, hiding behind their beards. Bad things with children we never imagined. Strange, eh?’
Perhaps. But I must get back to your amazing starting line. “The Pope as Europe’s last hope.” Please, explain.
‘Well, Frank, it’s simple. Europe is dying. European birth rates, it’s all about that. Your people are getting older. Not enough babies are being born. More die than are born. We Turks – well not me, but I hear people say that “we’ll beat the Europeans by breeding.” There was no point for Kara Mustafa to besiege Vienna three centuries ago. We’ll soon conquer it and all the rest by demography. Do you see? I know many Europeans fear for Europe’s future. They are right. Their men and women are not doing their job. They got too selfish. And stupid. Their race is committing suicide. They should start having babies as a patriotic duty, that’s it.’
But what has the Pope got do with it?
‘Frank, it’s obvious. His teaching. People should have babies. The Catholic Church condemns abortion. And contraceptives. The greatest baby-killers. The Pope says it’s a sin. He is right. If people listened to him, Europe would have a future. As it is, it hasn’t.’
A sanguine view, dear friend. You defending this Pope. Extraordinary. Did he not say something unkind about the Prophet? And he doesn’t want Turkey in the EU, does he?
‘No Pope will ever be friendly with Turks. Or with Prophet Muhammad. He cannot be. He hates us. We know that. It makes no difference. I was speaking impartially. From the viewpoint of Europe’s objective interests. Fear not, Turkey will make it into Europe. No Pope can’t stop it. Constantinople was the first to fall. Rome will be next. There is a hadith to that effect. It will happen, insh’allah.’
Huh! Geert Wilders and Nick Griffin sure would lap that up! But you never know when Tamer is joking or not. Anyway, he makes you think.
Revd Frank Julian Gelli
| Eva Rivas - Biographical Notes |
| Eva Rivas was born on July 13, 1987 in Rostov, Russia. During her school years, she actively participated in the school’s social life, winning a number of awards. In elementary school she was the solo singer of the Armenian choir. In the years 1996-2004 she was a soloist with one of the most famous ensembles in Rostov called  “Arevik”, as a member of which she sang both classical and popular songs, in Russian and other languages. As a soloist, Eva was repeatedly a laureate in different contests. In the year 2000 the ensemble “Arevik” was awarded as “Ensemble of the Year”.In 1997 the ensemble gained a “National” title. Astonishing everybody with her performances both within the ensemble and as an individual artist, Eva won the “Grand Prix” in the junior song contest “Scarlet Flower”. During the first junior Russian Delphi games in 1999 in Saratov, while performing an Armenian song from the repertoire of Rosi Armen, Eva was awarded two silver medals. In 2003 “Arevik” ensemble was awarded a diploma in the First Pan-Russian Contest of variety artists and Eva won a diploma in the contest of patriotic songs organised by Nadejda Babkina. In the same year she graduated from the studio “Image Elite” and became one of the leading models of the studio. She was awarded the title of the “Little beauty of Rostov”. At the age of 13 measuring 1.80, she gained an exclusive right to participate in the adult beauty contest and was awarded the title of “Miss Talent”. 2005 marked as a year of new achievements in the life of Eva Rivas. She was awarded the titles of “Golden Voice of Rostov”, “Miss Pearl of Don”. She was also crowned “Vice-Miss of the Caucasus” in Yerevan. In 2005 she won the first prize in the annual ceremony “Armenian Song of the Year”. A year later Eva became prize-holder of the festival “5 stars” held in Sochi. In 2005 she got acquainted with Valeriy Saharyan and in 2008 started cooperating with “Armenian Production”. At present “Armenia Production” have taken charge of her promotion and creative on and off-stage presence. During the 4th National Annual Ceremony “Tashir 2009” Eva sang “Tamam Ashkharh”, one of the most difficult and oldest works of Armenian composer Sayat-Nova. Avetik Isahakyan’s “Lanjer Mardgan” was soon added to her repertoire, which will be included in her Sayat-Nova CD to be released soon. Ruben Matevosyan has been overseeing her efforts in making an impact in the Armenian music scene. In 2009 world-acclaimed director of video-clips and movies Bookhadir Yuldeshev shot “Tamam Ashkharh”, whose crew traveled to Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia and Uzbekistan over a period of 17 days, gaining sensational critics and wide acclaim. |
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| Gibrahayer e-magazine 7 April Nicosia - Following the extensive repairs that the old Armenian Cemetery underwent in the past years, the Armenian Prelature of Cyprus has announced that in terms with the Diocesan Council's decision, a Divine Liturgy and Memorial Service will be held in the Sourp Boghos chapel of that cemetery on the Sunday following Easter. 10:00 am on Sunday, 11th April will mark the first time for almost five decades from the time the chapel was used and almost eighty years after the cemetery fell into disuse; the renovated chapel and its environs will welcome the faithful, who will attend the Liturgy and the subsequent "Merelots" Memorial dedicated to the souls of the departed. The Prelature has also announced that no services will be held on that day at Sourp Asdvadzadzin cathedral, and that all memorial requests and "gdag" memorials will be conducted at Sourp Boghos chapel. |
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| Asbarez - ANKARA, Turkey - On April 24-25, a symposium on the Armenian Genocide, titled “1915 within its pre- and post-historical periods: Denial and Confrontation,” will be held in Ankara. Organised by the Ankara Freedom to Thought Initiative (AFTI), the symposium will not only address the history, but explore issues like the confiscation of Armenian property and reparations. Confirmed participants include Ragip Zarakolu (publisher), Recep Marasli (author of The Armenian National Democratic Movement and 1915 Genocide), Sait Cetinoglu (activist and writer), Dr. David Gaunt (genocide scholar, author of Massacres, Resistance, Protectors: Muslim-Christian Relations in Eastern Anatolia During World War I), Dr. Henry Theriault (professor of Philosophy, Worcester State University), and Khatchig Mouradian (Doctoral student in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Clark University; editor, the Armenian Weekly). Dedicated to the memory of Hrant Dink, the symposium will comprise of four sessions: a) the Armenian Genocide from a historical perspective, b) official ideological denial from the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) to Kemalism, c) Turkification of the Economy and the issue of the confiscated Armenian Property, and d) what needs to be done and how? |
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Gibrahayer - emagazine - 1 April 2010 - A small political party of the far left, represented by Ragip Levent has announced that in the next session of the so-called Assembly of the TRNC (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) he will submit a resolution for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide, honouring the survivors of the Armenian Genocide who fled to Cyprus in the beginning of the 20th century. Levent said that Armenians and Turks lived in harmony for decades and as Turkish Cypriots who witnessed the influx of the Armenians to Cyprus have the moral obligation to make a statement towards history. "As we are all trying to make a fresh start with the solution of the Cyprus problem, we as Turkish Cypriots must do our bit, towards our Armenian Cypriot compatriots" Levent concluded. The so called Parliament of the TRNC will discuss the Armenian resolution tomorrow on April 1 at 11:00am |
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| Press release from the Office of The Armenian MP Vartkes Mahdessian - We are delighted to inform the members of our community that the Office of the Armenian Representative is co-organising, together with the Armenian Prelature, a pilgrimage at the site of the Sourp Magar Monastery on Sunday, 9 May 2010,. This pilgrimage will be under the supervision of the UNFICYP. We would like to ask all persons who wish to participate in this pilgrimage, to register with the Office of the Armenian Representative via telephone number 22-454540 by providing the following details. - Name/Surname, date and place of birth - European ID number or valid passport number - Citizenship Participation cost €10.00. We ask that you necessarily have with you the European ID or passport you provide us by telephone on the day of the pilgrimage. The bus service will depart from the Armenian Prelature at 11:00 am exactly. The last day of registration is Friday, 30 April 2010 |
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The "Sipan" Dance Ensemble of Hamazkayin Cultural and Educational Association Cyprus "Oshagan" Chapter presents its 10th anniversary performance of Armenian traditional dances at the Strovolos Municipal Hall in Nicosia. Director Janna Tahmizian.
Mikela Aynedjian plays in the Finals of the Girls singles under 8 Cyprus National Development Tournament on Thursday 8 April at 10:00 am at the Cyprus National Tennis Center. She will face Mara Vicha in the Finals.
