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Shame in the Sun

Keghart.com Team Editorial, 1 September 2010

Another summer expires, and another vacation season starts to wind down, except for citizens of Armenia heading to Antalya, where the season continues well into October.

In 2009 some 50,000 such Armenians vacationed in Turkey, many of them in Antalya on the Mediterranean. In 2010 that embarrassing statistic soared by 30% for tourists headed to Antalya. Next year’s expected increase in the number of Turkey-bound Armenian tourists will be even more painful and incomprehensible to people who see the vacations as an insult to the Armenian nation.
 
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"The Lost Cyclist"

By Mark Gavoor, Glenview IL, 31 August 2010

On July 15th, I received an email from The Chainlink which is “a Chicago online bicycling community.” I am a member and an avid cyclist. For some reason, I paid a little more attention to this e-mail than most I receive from them and actually read it. Amongst the newsy tidbits in the email was an announcement for a meet the author and book reading the next evening, Friday, July 16th. The tidbit read:
 
David Herlihy, author of "Bicycle: The History" will be presenting his
newest two-wheeled tome, "The Lost Cyclist: The Epic Tale of an American Adventurer and His Mysterious Disappearance" in Lincoln Square.
 
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Ցեղասպանության Ճանաչման Մարտիկը

Հարցազրույցը վարեց՝ Համօ Մոսկոֆեան, Բեռլին, Օգոստոս 2010
«Սփյուռքը կը գոյատեվի՝
եթե Հայաստանն ու Արցախը ամուր լինեն»
Մեր զրուցակիցն է Գերմանիայում Հայոց Ցեղասպանության Ճանաչման անխոնջ մարտիկ, Հայաստանի եւ Արցախի նվիրյալ՝ Դոկտ. Ժիրայր Քոչարյանը

ՀԱՐՑ. Դոկտ. Քոչարյան, այսօր արդեն 35 տարի է ինչ նվիրվել ես Հայոց Ցեղասպանության ճանաչմանը, Մայր Հայրենիքին և Արցախին ծառայության սուրբ գործին։ Կարո՞ղ եք որոշ տեղեկություններ տալ Ձեր աշխատանքներին մասին։

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Overdose (Video Presentation)

Information Clearing House, 28 August 2010

This is the story of the greatest financial crisis we will ever see... The one that is on the way.

ABC Australia Documentary - Original Broadcast: 23rd August, 2010.

An ABC - Four Corners documentary about the coming economic crisis, featuring Gerald Celente and Peter Schiff. Original air date: 23rd August, 2010.

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The Turks and the Gorky Exhibition

Avedis Kevorkian, Phildelphia, 28 august 2010

Now, let us pause in our activities and give a thought to the difficult task of the Turkish Minister In Charge of Exporting Article 301.

Laugh not, mock not, ye who have no idea of what odds one must counter to achieve success in such an endeavor.

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Brief News from Lebanon

Hamo Moskofian, Beirut, 26 August 2010

Celebration of the heroic defense of Musa Dagh in Anjar


It has become a national tradition to celebrate the anniversary of the heroic defense of Musa Dagh (Musaler) all over the Armenian Diaspora and in Armenia. The descendants of the heroes and heroines, who were settled in the malaria- and trachoma-infested town of Anjar, in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon by the French authorities, have turned the town into an Armenian paradise. Musalertsis have written one of the brightest pages of modern Armenian history, immortalised in Franz Werfel's world-famous novel.
 
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