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ANCA urges Congress to provide $70+ mln in aid to Armenia, Artsakh

 ANCA Government Affairs Director Raffi Karakashian offering Congressional testimony in support of robust U.S. aid to Artsakh and Armenia. In the Armenian National Committee of America’s (ANCA) first Congressional testimony since Armenia’s ...
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Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople Mesrob Mutafyan passes away

 (Jamanak) – The Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, Archbishop Mesrob Mutafyan passed away at Holy Savior Armenian Hospital in Istanbul at noon today. He was the 84th patriarch of Turkey’s Armenian Orthodox community and succeeded Karekin II ...
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Pallone’s New Bill Seeks to Break Down Barriers to U.S.-Artsakh Travel, Communication, and Cooperation

   US Artsakh Travel and Communication.jpg: Pro-Artsakh advocates are encouraged to urge their U.S. legislators to cosponsor Rep. Pallone’s U.S.-Artsakh Travel and Communication Resolution by visiting anca.org/USArtsakh ANCA Backs ...
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The Birth of a Genocide Scholar

 The coverage of the Armenian Genocide in publications like the Toronto Globe to the New York Times has helped scholars point out the truth. In this reflection piece, which appeared originally in the newspaperTorontoHye, genocide scholar Alan ...
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Armenian Genocide survivor dies in U.S. at the age of 104

 (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)- A 104-year-old Milwaukee photographer who survived the Armenian genocide, shot photos of President Franklin Roosevelt and saw Babe Ruth play at Yankee Stadium has died.  B. Artin Haig died Monday of natural causes ...
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Interview With ARS Armenian Private School’s 40th Anniversary Telethon Committee Members

  More than four decades ago, a group of like-minded Armenians came together and decided that in this new country, far from their homeland, they would set out to preserve their language, culture and heritage, ensuring that future generations ...
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The Guardian names demolishment of Armenian cross-stones in Azerbaijan ‘cultural genocide’

 The Guardian has published an article headlined ''Monumental loss: Azerbaijan and 'the worst cultural genocide of the 21st century'' about the demolishment of Armenian cross-stones in Azerbaijan. ARMENPRESS reports the periodical writes that the the ...
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New U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Takes Office

 U.S Embassy in Armenia’s Deputy Chief of Mission Rafik Mansour welcomes Ambassador Lynne Tracy to the embassy in Yerevan YEREVAN—The new Unites States Ambassador to Armenia, Lynne Tracy, began her tour of duty, announced the embassy on Facebook ...
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Cambridge Armenian Community Thanks Retiring Pastor For Decades Of Ministry

 Pastor Hovhannes Sarmazian is retiring after 50 years of service, including 28 at the Armenian Evangelical Church of Cambridge. - David Bebee , Waterloo Region Record. By Laura Booth (Waterloo Region Record, Feb 27, 2019) ...
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15 Years Later, Gurgen Margaryan’s Murder Remains an Act of Heroism in Azerbaijan

 Gurgen Margaryan funeral Ottawa – 15 years ago today, Armenian Army lieutenant, Gurgen Margaryan, was brutally axed to death by Azerbaijani lieutenant Ramil Safarov, while both men were participating in a NATO-sponsored course in Hungary. Despite ...
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