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Saturday, August 9, 2008

These musicians are never at sea

Entertainment | By Agustin Gurza | August 9, 2008
When music promoter Debbie Ohanian calls from her home in Miami Beach to tip me to some great new band, I always listen. Read more
 

Sunday, March 2, 2008

State of emergency for Armenia

World | March 2, 2008
Armenia’s president imposed a state of emergency Saturday after police used tear gas and fired shots into the air to disperse demonstrators protesting alleged fraud in last month’s presidential election. Read more
 

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Pelosi unsure of genocide measure’s fate

National | By Richard Simon | October 18, 2007
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi came under increasing pressure from members of her Democratic caucus Wednesday not to bring a resolution officially recognizing the Armenian genocide to a vote. Read more
 

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Genocide resolution’s support starts to fade

National | By Richard Simon | October 17, 2007
A controversial measure to officially recognize the Armenian genocide, which only days ago appeared headed for approval in the House, has begun to lose support. Read more
 

Saturday, August 4, 2007

THE NATION - White House gives in on Armenia nominee - It withdraws its choice for ambassador, whom senators objected to.

National | By Paul Richter | August 4, 2007
The White House on Friday formally withdrew its nominee for ambassadorship to Armenia, yielding to senators who opposed the candidate because he refused to call World War I-era killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks a genocide. Read more
 

Monday, July 23, 2007

TRADE - The Armenian connection - A privately funded export office, the state’s only one abroad, has little to show so far.

Business | By Marc Lifsher | July 23, 2007
In the summer of 2003, budget-cutting California lawmakers closed state trade promotion offices in London, Hong Kong, Mexico City and other world business centers, a dozen in all. Read more
 

Monday, May 14, 2007

Ruling party wins general election

World | May 14, 2007
Pro-presidential parties won a large majority in the Armenian parliamentary election, a poll that monitors said was fair and which confirmed support for the prime minister. Read more
 

Saturday, April 21, 2007

Genocide resolution still far from certain

National | By Richard Simon | April 21, 2007
It was the year 2000, and Rep. Read more
 

Thursday, April 5, 2007

Outgoing leader names premier

World | April 5, 2007
Armenian President Robert Kocharyan appointed Serzh Sarksyan as the nation’s prime minister, and many expect the new official to run for president next year when Kocharyan’s final term expires. Read more
 

Sunday, January 7, 2007

Genocide question hits home

National | By Maura Reynolds | January 7, 2007
Nearly two years ago, John Evans did something no U.S. ambassador to Armenia before him had done: He used the word “genocide” – in public – to describe the deaths of about 1.2 million Armenians at the hands of Ottoman Turks. Read more
 

Thursday, October 5, 2006

An instrumental maker

News | By Litty Mathew | October 5, 2006
THE perfect duduk, some say, is carved not in a remote hillside village in Armenia, but, like so much of this instrument’s current existence, here in Los Angeles. Read more
 

Wednesday, March 8, 2006

Troops Trade Gunfire With Armenian Forces

World | March 8, 2006
Azerbaijani and Armenian forces exchanged heavy gunfire and mortar shells at several points along their border in the most serious fighting in months. Read more
 

Thursday, September 1, 2005

Turkey Charges Novelist Over Remarks About Mass Deaths

World | By Amberin Zaman | September 1, 2005
Orhan Pamuk, one of Turkey’s best-known novelists, has been charged with insulting the nation and its people for speaking out against the mass deaths of Armenians during and after World War I and the more recent killings of Kurds, his publisher said Wednesday. Read more
 

Wednesday, July 27, 2005

2001 Bodegas Muga Rioja Reserva

Food | By S. Irene Virbila | July 27, 2005
Run, don’t walk, to the nearest wine shop for a bottle, preferably more, of this terrific Rioja reserva from the ever-reliable Bodegas Muga. Read more
 

Friday, June 3, 2005

Armenian Church Leader Pays Visit

California | Local | By Claudia Zequeira | June 3, 2005
Welcomed by faithful supporters, His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, the highest ranking official in the Armenian Apostolic Church, has begun a tour of California that will include visits to schools and hospitals and a special service Sunday at the Roman Catholic cathedral in downtown Los Angeles. Read more
 

Thursday, May 19, 2005

Armenians’ turn on the red carpet

News | By Geoff Boucher | May 19, 2005
When it comes to red carpet, no one can go wall to wall like L.A. Commercials call them once-in-a-lifetime awards galas, but here it’s really more like a biweekly ritual that keeps limousine fleets in the black and UPN’s airwaves occupied. Read more
 

Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Marchers Remind World of 1915 Armenian Genocide

California | Local | By Mark Arax | April 20, 2005
They had marched for 14 days and 175 miles through the farm fields of California’s middle when they reached this quaint little town on a bend of a river. Read more
 

Sunday, September 26, 2004

The homecoming

Travel | By Aline Kazandjian | September 26, 2004
One last flight of stone steps taunted me, the only obstacle between me and the ruins of Kobayr, a 12th century church complex. Read more
 

Sunday, April 25, 2004

Armenians Mark Genocide

California | Local | By David Pierson | April 25, 2004
Thousands of Armenian Americans throughout the Los Angeles area commemorated a grim chapter in their history – the killing of 1.5 million of their countrymen and women by the Turks between 1915 and 1922 – with protests, prayers, a blood drive and even a rock concert. Read more
 

Thursday, April 22, 2004

As Protests Flag, Armenia’s President Seems to Prevail

World | By David Holley | April 22, 2004
Armenian President Robert Kocharyan’s government appears to have won at least a tactical victory in deflating recent protests and defending his hold on office after an election last year that his opponents claim was rigged. Read more
 
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