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		<title>Op-Ed: Turkish-Armenian Reconciliation in the Backdrop of Ani and Ararat</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2014 21:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Aram Sevanian As we approach the centenary of the Armenian genocide in April 2015, will governments, especially in Ankara, be up to the job? Will there be a government, which will dare to deviate from deeply-rooted State policy? At a time when Twitter and YouTube are blocked in Turkey, and Gezi commemoration demonstrations are [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Op-Ed: Finding a New Way of Remembering Armenian Genocide</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Fullam]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the 98th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, some people were putting together signs to hold outside of consulates or writing letters or calling their state or Congressional leaders while some of us congregated around monuments outside of churches to remember the lives lost almost a century ago. What is clear however is that Armenian [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Dissecting Kessab: What is (and Isn&#8217;t) Happening in the Historical Armenian Town</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2014 16:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; The heartbreaking news came quickly &#8211; the ethnic Armenian town of Kessab in Syria, one of immense historic significance to Armenians had been taken over by hardline Islamists as residents were forced to flee. Rebels advanced to Bashar Al Assad&#8217;s hometown province, but there was more disturbing news &#8211; the Turkish air force shot [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Figs &amp; Dogs: A Tribute to Sosé</title>
		<link>http://www.ianyanmag.com/figs-dogs-a-tribute-to-sose/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 23:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Melanie Vartabedian The fig tree in our backyard is a temperamental beast. Last year it decided to give hardly any fruit. The summer of 2011, the branches were practically dripping with fruit. We usually put out a call to friends and family to relieve us of the burden of these figs. Figs seem to [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The Great (Armenian) Lent: Lessons Learned</title>
		<link>http://www.ianyanmag.com/the-great-armenian-lent-lessons-learned/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Fullam]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For some people the Lenten season passes without much thought, ending on Easter with family and friends and people move on, go and mark the next holiday on their calendar but I’ve spent the past week or so mulling over what I’ve learned in this grand experiment of mine. If you were not aware, I [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Op-Ed: In Armenian Election Aftermath, Lessons Learned?</title>
		<link>http://www.ianyanmag.com/op-ed-in-armenian-election-aftermath-lessons-learned/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The question on most people’s minds in Armenia since the Feb. 18 presidential elections, and the stream of protests that has followed, is what is Raffi Hovannisian going to do next? What is his plan? From one meeting to the next, one village to the next, that seems to be the paramount question. The 2008 [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Armenia and Turkey: Let us be Friends for Once</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2012 16:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Milena Abrahamyan]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The conflict, if it can be called that, between Turkey and Armenia, is an unusual one. It is more like a 100-year-old post-conflict that has been locked up and forgotten, at least on the Turkish side of the border. In Armenia it is much more difficult to ignore the real effects of that contested history. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>կարծիք: Սաֆարովյան աղետը. ներման քաղաքականություն</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 11:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Լորքի Լիպարիտյան եվ Էդգար Մարտիրոսյան Վերջերս ադրբեջանցի լեյտենանտ Ռամիլ Սաֆարովի արտահանձնումն ու դրան հաջորդած ներումը զանգվածային աղմուկ բարձրացրեցին աշխարհով մեկ հայ ժողովրդի մեջ, և «Էկոնոմիստի» «Սայթաքում Բուդապեշտում» վերնագրված հոդվածով Բուդապեշտը հայտնվեց ուշադրության կիզակետում: Փաստերը պարզ են. 2004 թ. փետրվարի 19-ին ՆԱՏՕ-ի Համագործակցություն հանուն խաղաղության ծրագրի մաս կազմող անգլերեն լեզվի դասընթացներին մասնակցելու ժամանակ Սաֆարովը կացնի տասնվեց հարվածով սպանել [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Op-Ed: Politics of a Pardon</title>
		<link>http://www.ianyanmag.com/op-ed-politics-of-a-pardon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Lorky Libaridian and Edgar Martirosyan The recent extradition and subsequent pardon of Azerbaijani lieutenant Ramil Safarov sparked massive outcry across the Armenian diaspora throughout the world and even earned Budapest a spot in the Economist. The facts are simple: on February 19, 2004, Safarov, while partaking in English language courses as part of NATO’s [&#8230;]]]></description>
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