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Armenia Leading Country in Number of Visitors to Neighboring Georgia

staff — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:17:37 +0000

According to figures released by Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, there has been a steady increase in the number of foreign visitors to Georgia in the period 2006–2011. There was a 4% increase in the number of visitors this year as compared to last year. The highest number of visitors to Georgia come from Armenia.

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Armenian oppositionist Levon Ter-Petrosyan meets with European MPs

staff — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:16:47 +0000

Leader of the opposition bloc Armenian National Congress (HAK) Levon Ter-Petrosyan has met with a delegation of European MPs.

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Armenia Delegation Disappointed with Istanbul Symposium to Revitalize Armenia-Turkey Rapprochement: Giragosian

staff — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:42:36 +0000

A two-day symposium entitled “The Normalization Process between Turkey and Armenia: Prospects for Revitalization” took place in Istanbul last week with the participation of about 30 well-known academics and experts from Turkey and Armenia, as well as from other countries.

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Azerbaijan wins Security Council Seat, while Armenians remain idle

staff — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:41:05 +0000

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Pres Aliyev was celebrating last week his country’s historic victory at the United Nations. With an overwhelming number of votes, Azerbaijan was elected for the first time to the prestigious UN Security Council for a two-year term. This column shall address three questions: 1) how did Azerbaijan manage to get elected to such an elite body

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Knesset Speaker on Armenian genocide: my duty is to recognize the tragedies of other people

staff — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:40:25 +0000

Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin said Monday that he wanted to convene an annual parliamentary session of the full Knesset to mark the Armenian Genocide. “It is my duty as a Jew and Israeli to recognize the tragedies of other peoples,” Rivlin said according to news reports

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Doctors in Van Call for Aid as Minister Says All is Good

staff — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:00:24 +0000

Ministers of the Turkish Cabinet arrived in Van yesterday night to survey the aftermath of a 7.2-magnitude earthquake.

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Turkey Thanked Armenia and Israel, But Accepted Earthquake Relief Only from Azerbaijan

staff — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:16:29 +0000

Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan thanked other countries for offers of help, including Israel and Armenia, but said Turkey was able to cope with the effects of the earthquake that struck Van and Ercis on Sunday by itself, Reuters reports . A Reuters source in Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reportedly declared that Turkey received several offers of assistance, however, has not accepted any of them save for Azerbaijan, its rescuers of which are currently working in the disaster zone

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Largest Armenian Church in Middle East Re-Opened in Turkey

staff — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:16:25 +0000

Once one of the largest churches in the Middle East, Surp Giragos Church in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır was reopened for public worship on Oct. 23.

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217 reported dead in Turkey’s earthquake

staff — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:16:07 +0000

Rescue workers and residents in eastern Turkey early Monday scoured the wreckage wrought by the country's most-powerful earthquake in more than a decade, hoping to find survivors, the CNN reported.

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Armenians concerned for fate of “Western Armenia” following Sunday quake near Van

staff — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:14:41 +0000

As casualty figures are expect to rise near Van, in eastern Turkey, following Sunday’s 7.1-magnitude earthquake, Armenians worldwide await information on whether damage done to the city – some 130 miles from Yerevan – included sites of historic value from the time when Van was home to about 185,000 Armenians (as estimated by the Armenian Patriarchate). No news has yet emerged on whether St

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