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Turkey’s First ‘Miss World’ Dies at Age 99
Keriman Halis Ece Tamer, who became Turkey’s first Miss World in 1932, died due to heart failure on Jan. 28, nineteen days shy of her 99th birthday.Read More »
‘As Soon as the Church Collapses, They’ll Say it was Armenian’: Expert
The Armenian Church of the Holy Seal (Surb Nshan) in Old Tbilisi, Georgia, caught fire twice this year — on Jan. 2 and 9.Read More »
Soldier Killed in Karabakh Because of Toothpaste on his Face?
At 3:05 am on Jan. 27, 2012, Armenian serviceman Paylak Shahnazaryan died in a Nagorno-Karabakh military base from...Read More »
UK Ambassadors Promise Armenian People ‘Fruits of their Joint Labor’
The ambassador, commenting on the joint appointment, said: "Only one British publication reacted negatively to our appointment, to...Read More »
Protestors Waiting for Presidential Motorcade were Unable to Deliver Letter to Armenian President
"We came in the morning with the hope that the president rushing to work would notice us and perhaps take an interest in the issue for... Read More »
Female Inmates in Georgia Plead for Custody of their Children, Begin Hunger Strike Today
Female inmates in Georgia whose children were taken away from them and put in an orphanage will be launching a hunger strike on...Read More »
Steven Spielberg’s Holocaust Archive to Include Armenian Genocide Testimonies
A video archive, set up 18 years ago by Steven Spielberg, of tens of thousands of Holocaust testimonies will now be incorporating testimony from...Read More »
Mother of March 1 Victim Promises to Protest if PACE Co-Rapporteur John Prescott Returns to Armenia
"After this, if John Prescott, [one of two PACE co-rapporteurs for monitoring Armenia,] comes to Armenia, we won't ask for a meeting...Read More »
Canadian Couple Sentenced to Life in Person for Killing Their 3 Daughters
A Montreal couple and their son were convicted Sunday of first-degree murder in the deaths of four family members in a...Read More »
‘Let Them Come and Arrest Me’: Turkish Minister Denies Armenian Genocide in Switzerland
Turkey's EU affairs minister has challenged France's controversial genocide-denial bill in Switzerland, saying such efforts have...Read More »