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Home Away From Home: LA’s Armenian hoopsters savor Yerevan success

staff — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:04:34 +0000

Carl Bardakian, of Los Angeles, won Pan-Armenian Games twice with the Valley team in 1999 and 2001. The former NCAA Division I assistant basketball coach returned to Armenia a decade later to win the trophy with the Diaspora team as a coach

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System of a Down to play concert in Moscow

staff — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:45:29 +0000

System of a Down (also knownby its acronym SOAD) will play a concert in Moscow on June 21. An Armenian-American legendary rock band consisting ethnic Armenian musicians Serj Tankian (lead vocals, keyboards, rhythm guitar), Daron Malakian (vocals, guitar), Shavo Odadjian (bass, background vocals) and John Dolmayan (drums), SOAD was formed in 1994.

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Adam Schiff Urges Obama to Properly Acknowledge The Armenian Genocide

staff — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 22:27:55 +0000

Rep. Adam Schiff (CA-29) sent a letter to President Obama Wednesday urging him to properly characterize the murder of 1.5 million Armenian men, women and children as “genocide” in his statement marking the April 24 anniversary of the start of the genocide. Below is the full text of the letter ...

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Assemblyman Gatto’s Armenian Genocide Victims Bill passes California State Assembly

staff — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 22:18:11 +0000

The California State Assembly passed today by a vote of 61-0, AB 173, a bill introduced by Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) and co-authored by Assemblyman Katcho Achadjian (R-San Luis Obispo). AB 173 extends the deadline through 2016 for the families of victims of the Armenian Genocide to file claims ...

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Armenian Assembly’s leadership meets with minority whip Steny Hoyer and Representative Jackie Speier

staff — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:06:26 +0000

In the run-up to the April 13th Capitol Hill Armenian Genocide Commemoration, Armenian Assembly Executive Director Bryan Ardouny continued the Assembly’s outreach efforts on Capitol Hill. “I appreciate the Armenian Assembly’s leadership and the community’s continued activism and the important policy positions that are being articulated,” stated Representative Jackie Speier ...

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Armenian Assembly of America Issues Statement On Legal Battle Over Armenian Genocide Museum

staff — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:50:46 +0000

Armenian Assembly of America issued a statement on The Armenian Genocide Museum case. “Last month the U.S. District Court in Washington, DC issued an order and an accompanying 190-page Memorandum of Opinion regarding the Armenian Genocide Museum case. Although the case is not over, it is important for all members ...

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Armenian-American Mafia’s Actions Resulted in Tighter Medicare Control

staff — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:37:11 +0000

The words ‘Medicare fraud’ conjure pictures of shady doctors, forged paperwork, and unwitting little old ladies – not Armenian mobsters, illegal guns, and Klingon swords. But all those things were at the heart of one incident that was part of the $4 billion Medicaid fraud crackdown Obama administration officials touted ...

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Turkish Hackers Attacked The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Website

staff — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 20:20:28 +0000

The website of the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) has been attacked by hackers and blocked for a short period. According to Turkish news agency Cihan, the attack took place this night and was conducted by a group of hackers from Turkey, Chile and Argentine. The group is known ...

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US Armenian Mafia Godfather Was Denied Bail

staff — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 21:02:03 +0000

A reputed godfather in the Armenian mob won’t be going home for the holidays, New York Post reports. Armen Kazarian, who’s charged with racketeering in a $100 million Medicare-fraud scheme, was denied bail yesterday by a judge who said his “great deal of unexplained wealth” could easily let him flee ...

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Erdogan Asks Obama to Block Armenian Genocide Resolution

staff — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:39:41 +0000

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has sent a letter to US President Barack Obama, urging him to exert efforts to prevent a vote by the US House of Representatives on Armenian genocide resolution. According to Today’s Zaman, the letter was disclosed by Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu on Monday as he ...

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