Author: Dabaghian Diana

Armenian National Committee of Nevada
10651 Capesthorne Way
Las Vegas, Nevada 89135
Tel: (702) 496-4985

PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release
April 27, 2010
Contact: Ara Shirinian
Tel: (702) 496-4985

NEVADA COMMUNITY AND ELECTED OFFICIALS CALL FOR GENOCIDE RECOGNITION

LAS VEGAS, NV—The Armenian community of Nevada came together to
commemorate the 95th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide on April 24, 2010
hosting "A Celebration of Life," which recalled the accomplishments of the
Armenian people since 1915. The event was hosted by the Armenian National
Committee of Nevada in collaboration with other Armenian community
organizations of Las Vegas at the Christ Lutheran Church.

A capacity crowd of over 400 people filled the Church for the event which
featured guest speakers from the community and many prominent elected
officials, including the entire southern Nevada Congressional delegation.
The event was emceed by Pastor Sam Agulian.

In his remarks, Senator John Ensign noted his years of support for the
Armenian Genocide Resolution, and his signing of Senator Barbara Boxer’s
letter to President Obama demanding that President Obama acknowledge the
Armenian Genocide.

Congresswoman Shelly Berkley spoke strongly about the fact that now is the
time for the United States to officially acknowledge the Armenian Genocide,
and that she disagreed with the White House on its opposition.

Senator Harry Reid, the Senate Majority Leader, prepared a special video
greeting confirming his never-ending support for the passage of an Armenian
Genocide Congressional Resolution.

Also present were senior staff members of Congresswoman Dina Titus and
Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons as well as Las Vegas City Council Member Lois
Tarkanian all of whom presented proclamations commemorating the 95th
anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.

Senate Candidate Danny Tarkanian also spoke to the capacity crowd. If
elected, Mr. Tarkanian would be the first person of Armenian descent in the
United States Senate.

Keynote speaker for the event was Garbis Der Yeghiayan, President of
Mashdots College in Glendale, California. Dr. Der Yeghiayan, who holds
doctoral degrees from Northwestern University and the University of La
Verne, delivered a rousing and inspirational speech demanding justice for
the Armenian people which brought the audience to its feet.

Joining the ANC in organizing the event were Las Vegas chapters of the
Armenian American Cultural Society, the Armenian Youth Federation, the
Armenian Relief Society, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, and
Homenetmen as well as the UNLV Armenian Student Association, Saint Garabed
Armenian Apostolic Church, and the Armenian Evangelical Church and the
Armenian Evangelical Church, Las Vegas Chapter.

The Armenian National Committee of Nevada advances the social, economic,
cultural, and political rights of the area’s Armenian American community and
promotes increased Armenian American civic participation at the grassroots
and public policy levels.

AMERIA CJSC IS CONTRACTED FOR EXPORT PROMOTION AND ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY CONSULTANCY SERVICES IN ARMENIA

NOYAN TAPAN
MAY 4, 2010
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, MAY 4, NOYAN TAPAN. One of the trends of Armenian Government’s
2008-2012 Economic Policy is attracting investments and export
promotion. For this purpose the World Bank extended a grant to the
Government of Armenia to finance a project for technical capacity
building and stregthening of proficiency of Armenian Development
Agency (ADA) staff. Ameria CJSC is contracted as an ADA consultant
under the project to specify the strategy for export promotion and
enterprise development in Armenia. While developing export promotion
strategy, Ameria will review the existing export potential of Armenia,
competitiveness of players, as well as suggest possible solutions
for the export development in light of the overall impact of the
world financial crisis. The implementation of the task will require a
period of one year and will be completed through several phases. The
phases will comprise selection of target sectors and identification
of barriers and constraints to exporting in the selected sectors.

Moreover, Ameria will develop tools and initiate programs aimed
at increasing export readiness of Armenian enterprises with export
potential in the target sectors based on international best practices.

Ameria will also support the shortlisted enterprises with export
potential in selection of target markets and provide assistance
in order to assure compliance of selected enterprises with the
requirements of target markets. Ameria will support ADA in the
creation of an "information pool", referring to the key target markets
requirements with particular attention being paid to CIS, EU, Middle
Eastern and North American markets. Ameria will provide assistance to
selected enterprises to develop promotional strategy for exporting,
support selected companies for initial outreach campaign, promoting
business contacts, matchmaking and signing of exporting contracts.

Ameria CJSC Ameria is a leading advisory firm in Armenia specialized
in the areas of corporate restructuring, M&A, legal advisory, direct
and portfolio investments, business and strategic planning, financial
advisory and tax planning, public administration and reforms, etc. As
a part of Ameria financial group Ameria CJSC renders independent,
confidential and objective counsel through a uniquely harmonious and
efficient system of five advisory units: Management Advisory Services,
Financial Advisory Services, Assurance and Taxation, Legal Practice
and Investment Banking.

DATES OF GAS DELIVERY TO ARMENIA UNCLEAR

news.am
May 4 2010
Armenia

It’s been already a week that Russian incoming gas to Armenia is cut
due to landslides in Georgian Kazbegi region.

Despite the pledges by Georgian side to fix the failure till May 1,
the pipeline is yet out of order.

ArmRosgazprom press secretary Shushan Sardaryan informed NEWS.am that
gas from Russia to Armenia is not supplied, "but domestic demand is
met without limitations out of the reserves."

Replying to the question on terms of delivery resumption, Sardaryan
said: "Our dispatchers liaised with repairing managers and learnt
that the works are underway. As of now there are no concrete dates
of restoration competion."

ARMENIAN SEASONS OPEN IN GEORGIA

Aysor
May 3 2010
Armenia

Today marks the opening of the Armenian Cultural Seasons in Georgia,
which include performances by Armenia’s Stated Youth Theatre, the
Spendiarov Academic Theatre Ballet Troupe and the Aram Khachaturian
Music Quartet.

The Armenian Seasons will also offer performances by three Theatres
and exhibitions of works of Armenian photographers and painters.

Two memorials will be installed in dedication to famous Georgians of
Armenian origin, film director Ruben Mamulian and world chess champion
Tigran Petrosian.

AZERBAIJANI DELEGATION TO LEAVE FOR ISRAEL TOMORROW

APA
May 3 2010
Azerbaijan

Baku. Kamala Guliyeva – APA. The international conference "Asia Minor:
mass media and regional conflicts" organized by Azerbaijan’s State
Committee for Diaspora and Azerbaijan-Israel International Association
will be held in Tel Aviv. Press service of the State Committee for
Diaspora told APA that the delegation led by chairman of the committee
Nazim Ibrahimov will leave for Israel on May 4 to attend the event.

The delegation includes parliamentarian Yevda Abramov, head of the
"Mountain Jews" community Semyon Ikhilov, head of "Ashkenazi Jews"
community Gennadi Zelmanovich, vice-president of Eurasia Jews Congress
Matvey Yelizarov, executive director of Baku Jewish House Shaul
Davidov, teacher of the Academy of Public Administration under the
Azerbaijani President, doctor of history Elman Nasirov, political
analyst Tofig Abbasov, chairman of Azerbaijani Journalists’ Union,
editor-in-chief of the Zerkalo newspaper Elchin Shikhli, Director
General of APA Vusala Mahirgizi, Director General of Day.az portal and
Trend information agency Ilgar Huseynov, Director General of the 1st
news information agency Rahman Hajiyev, other media representatives,
mugham singers Nazakat Teymurova, Teyyub Aslanov, kamancha player
Elshan Mansurov, tar player Aliaga Sadiyev, singers Adalat Shukurov,
Lala Mammadova, Khayyam Nisanov and others.

The aim of the event is to hold discussions with the participation
of state officials, political analysts and experts, heads of
Russian-language media outlets functioning in Azerbaijan, Israel,
US and Russia on the role of media in the conflicts.

The conference will focus on Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Middle East
and other conflicts. There will be reports about current state and
prospects of development of cooperation between Azerbaijani and Israeli
mass media, role of Azerbaijan-Israel relations in peace and stability
in the region, religious and ethnic tolerance in Azerbaijan as an
important factor of friendship and partnership between Azerbaijani
and Jewish peoples.

The Azerbaijani delegation will attend the opening of Heydar Aliyev
Alley in Hadera within the visit which will last until May 7.

At the request of Israel-based Azerbaijan-Israel International
Association, Hadera municipality deiced to immortalize Heydar
Aliyev’s memory. Heydar Aliyev’s memorial plate will be founded
in the Alley located at Ahad ha-Am Street in the central part of
Hadera. The reconstruction and innovation work will be done in the
3800 square-meter Alley. The reconstruction and innovation work will
be funded by the government of Israel.

There is a large Azerbaijani community in Hadera. The city is located
near Tel Aviv. It is a green city. The Heydar Aliyev Alley is located
at the center of the city.

‘OPENING OF ARMENIA-TURKEY BORDER WILL NOT BE SUFFICIENT’: AHMET DAVUTOGLU

Tert.am
03.05.10

Turkey certainly wants to open its border with Armenia because it
wants full integration with its neighbors, Turkish Foreign Minister
Ahmet Davutoglu said at a keynote lecture at University of Oxford’s
St. Antony’s College, reported by Today’s Zaman.

"For sure, we want to open our border because we want full integration
with our neighbors. However, opening the Turkey-Armenia border will
not be sufficient; we want to open the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as
well so that regional stability can be maintained," Davutoglu said.

Turkish FM also touched upon other issues pertaining to Turkey’s
foreign policy, among them also relations with Israel.

Referring to the fact that Turkey cancelld war games last year because
Israel was participating in it too, Davutoglu said Turkey would not
partake in any event should there be military tension in the region.

"Yes, last year we canceled those war games, and should there any
potential military tension be noticed in the region, no such war
games will be conducted," said Davutoglu, adding Turkey cannot turn
a blind eye to what is happening in the Gaza Strip now.

TURKISH NATIONALIST CALLS ON AUTHORITIES TO UNLEASH MILITARY ACTIONS AGAINST ARMENIA

Tert.am
03.05.10

Unless Turkey unleashes military actions against Armenia, terrorist
acts by Kurdish Workers Party’s (PKK) will continue, Nationalistic
and Conservative Party leader Ahmet Reyiz Yikmaz said, referring to
recent initiatives by Turkish authorities over the Kurdish problem
and the clashes between the Turks and Kurds that have recently been
more frequent, reports Turkish beyazgazete.com.

"We have stated for several times that acts of terror will increase
after Prime Minister’s visit to Washington … You can compare
the number of the Turkish soldiers killed after the signing of the
Armenia-Turkey Protocols. You can compare the PKK’s actions just a few
days before and after the Prime Minister’s visit to Washington. PKK
is an Armenian terrorist organization. And instead of stating it the
authorities are concluding an armistice with PKK under the pretext
of the Protocols."

OBAMA RENEGS ON ANOTHER CAMPAIGN PROMISE
By Jamal Washington

Fort Liberty
-another-campaign-promise.html
May 2 2010

Politics

Candidate Obama and President Obama don’t have very much in common.

Obama has broken campaign promises regarding tax increases,
earmarks for pork barrel projects, forced health insurance,
government transparency, spending cuts, and hiring corporate shills
as administration heavies. He recently added yet another entry to
his long and growing list of mind-bending reversals.

On 19 January 2008, candidate Obama vowed "I will recognize the
Armenian Genocide." He went on to say "I also share with Armenian
Americans — so many of whom are descended from genocide survivors —
a principled commitment to commemorating and ending genocide. That
starts with acknowledging the tragic instances of genocide in world
history. As a U.S. senator, I have stood with the Armenian American
community in calling for Turkey’s acknowledgment of the Armenian
Genocide."

That seems pretty clear. There is no wiggle room in those statements.

Instead of wiggling, Obama simply lied. He has now refused on multiple
occasions to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide.

Ken Hachikian, chairman of the Armenian National Committee of
America, condemned President Obama’s lack of honesty, "Today we
join with Armenians in the United States and around the world in
voicing our sharp disappointment with the president’s failure to
properly condemn and commemorate the Armenian Genocide. Sadly, for
the U.S. and worldwide efforts to end the cycle of genocide, he made
the wrong choice, allowing Turkey to tighten its gag-rule on American
genocide policy."

The Armenian Genocide was a deliberate and systematic destruction of
the Armenian citizens of the Ottoman Empire during and just after WWI.

It was implemented through government policies of wholesale massacres
and mass deportations, with the deportations consisting of forced
marches under conditions designed to cause the death of the deportees.

The total number of Armenian deaths is estimated to have been between
one and one and a half million individuals.

E Canada Now
April 19 2010

Al Pacino To Play Dr. Kevorkian In HBO Film
Posted by Staff on Apr 19th, 2010

Dr. Kevorkian, known as `Dr. Death’ will be portrayed in a new film
starring Al Pacino. The good doctor made news years ago through the
contraptions he designed to put long-suffering patients out of their
misery by allowing them to control the machines that would end their
life. Dr. Kevorkian did not profit from these actions and did it to
help people escape the terrible suffering they were going through.

In the film, Dr. Kevorkian, who recently met with Al Pacino will be
brought to life on the big screen by a quality actor. It will be an
HBO production. The title of the film is `You Don’t Know Jack’ and it
has received very good reviews by those who have screened it.

Dr. Kevorkian was better known in the 1990s and made a deal not to
engage in further euthanasia in exchange for an early release from
prison. However, he was in prison for over 8 years and was released in
2007. The HBO production will air on April 24th. and it also stars
Susan Sarandon.

It is a film that brings forth an important issue, euthanasia. HBO
continues to produce many quality shows. The doctor himself seems
satisfied with the effort.

Aysor, Armenia
May 1 2010

The Zoo park of Yerevan opened its doors

Today the Zoo of Yerevan opened its doors in front of its visitors. On
the opening ceremony were present the Mayor of Yerevan Gagik
Beglaryan.

The employee of the Zoo told Aysor.am that there are new animals
presented in the Yerevan Zoo this year, she pointed out the white
tiger in that number, which `is unique in the nature.’

The employees of the Park also mentioned that regardless the rain
there have been organized a series of events for the visitors. The
concert and dancing groups with their performances will show that the
animals are woken up from the winter sleep and are waiting for the
visitors.

The entrance for the 6 year old children is free, those who are bigger
than 6 is 300 drams.