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A Tale of Two Countries: Armenia and Haiti

A Tale of Two Countries: Armenia and Haiti

Chad Isenhart is a 20-something missionary from Tacoma, Wa. in a unique position. Like most people his age, Isenhart has done some traveling, however unlike his peers who jet off to exotic locales like Cabo San Lucas, Hawaii or Ibiza, he has been spending time in  El Salvador, Moldova, Nicaragua and Georgia and participating in [...]

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Armenia, Diaspora Aid in Haiti Disaster Relief

Armenia, Diaspora Aid in Haiti Disaster Relief

In the wake of the magnitude 7 earthquake that struck only 10 miles from Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince on Tuesday, Armenia, who is all to familiar with the disaster after an earthquake and several diaspora organizations are sending help to the Caribbean country. Nikolay Grigorian, a spokesman for the Armenian Rescue Service told RFE/RL that a [...]

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Haitian Capital Suffers Devastating Earthquake, Aftershocks

Haitian Capital Suffers Devastating Earthquake, Aftershocks

Although the Haitian capital of Port-Au-Prince is more than 6600 miles away from Yerevan, Armenians perhaps best can understand what the people of Haiti might be going through, as a 7.0 earthquake struck the Caribbean country late Tuesday afternoon, causing mass destruction and casualties, much like the 1988 Spitak Earthquake which registered at 6.9 on [...]

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