Harut

of course my comment was a joke...

ed hazaravor nstatsneri mijic el @ndamen@ mekin er sirum... en el anun@ chasec...

paron Edvard, isk du inchi es endegh nayum?

otar xagher a talis...

they did a patriotic job... they blocked the criminals from getting to armenia and being burrden on the public... let the great contry of US of A take care of them.... let them rot in american prisons...

happy birthday people...

azat@ yekeghecum chi amusnanalu, izur huyser mi pahi... mi ktor zaqs....

why are all the azeri news articles written in kindergarten style?

seriously, i have no idea what you're talking about or what you're trying to say... ok... but this (the fact of having 100 years of socialist republics, the 1st, the 2nd, and even somewhat the 3rd one) goes directly against your earlier assumption that "our values and culture" is conservative... ok, seriously, what the hell has this to do with being on the left side of the political spectrum? i share your concerns about our youth... but again i have no idea how you came to the conclusion that this is the "left"'s fault...

you assume a lot... have you ever thought that maybe a lot of armenians in the states don't care about the genocide recognition or any of the promises that obama gave about it? and that they supported obama for the same reason that millions of others in the states supported him?

how does this equate selling out armenians? how does this equate selling out armenians? how does this equate selling out armenians? how does this equate selling out armenians? you failed to show how you came to that conclusion... and my original question remained unanswered... how does supporting left-wing political factions in the west equate selling out armenians?

so how is supporting universal health care, supporting higher taxes in AMERICA, supporting religion-less state, supporting minority rights, etc etc equate selling our own people, ARMENIANS?

kalashnikov-@ galis e "kalach" barric vor@ nshanakum e hactux...

es ashughin lrriv tarel a...

so mkhitar gosh was a republican???

եթե տալիս ենք միայն անվտանգության գոտին, ապա ինչպե՞ս է ԼՂՀ-ն հայտնվում ադրբեջանական կոնֆեդերացիայի կազմում....

It is always easy to sympathize with the people, the hopeless peaceful protestors who go out of their way to struggle for their basic rights. It is always easy to demonize the government, the bloodsucking dictators who have the guns. But in the wake of recent years’ “peaceful revolutions” and failed attempts around the world, I try to see things from the government’s perspective. So the questions I ask are... When does the government cave in to the demands of the protestors? What kind of precedent does it set for the state to comply with the demands of unsatisfied citizens? Are there types of demands that should never be considered? Are the acts of people hording out to the streets and those who lead them out justified? And when are they justified? One thing to keep in mind is that in most of the third world countries the idea of consensus, minority rights, and compromises is non-existent. How does this affect the decision that the government has to make? Does this make sense? Yes? No?

thanks...

հետաքրքիր կլիներ իմանալ այդ «խոշոր 5 ընկերություններ»-ի անունները… and in general, what kind of bs is this i-know-something-but-i'm-not-going-to-tell-you journalism that comes from armenia...

mos, enenc es zarmacats harcnum, vonc vor nor es es gyotverannerin &anachum....

kost@ inchi a edqan qashum?

Armenia signs contract to build nuclear plant Associated Press, 06.04.09, 09:53 AM EDT YEREVAN, Armenia -- Armenia has signed the first contract for the building of an atomic energy plant to replace its aging Soviet-era plant. Energy Minister Armen Movsisian says international engineering firm Worley Parsons won the $460 million contract to manage the project. He said Thursday the project's overall cost is estimated at $4.5 billion. It is scheduled to be completed by 2017 at the site of the existing Medzamor plant, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) west of the capital, Yerevan. Experts have warned for years that the Medzamor plant has safety flaws and should be shut down. Armenia has long resisted shutting it down because it supplies nearly 40 percent of the country's power. http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/06/04/ap6504365.html ================ no word on it in any of the armenian media sources...

An Armenian link, fading Alokparna Das Posted online: Sunday , Jun 07, 2009 at 0245 hrs From a distance, it almost looks like a mosque, complete with a dome and mini minar or chhatri-like projections on its four sides, of which only two have survived. Its peeled-off plaster and dilapidated state reveal layers of slim bricks dating back to the later Mughal period. A closer look and one can spot a plaque announcing the Armenian Association in Kolkata as the trustee of the place. A faded signboard identifies the building as a nearly three-century-old Armenian chapel. Located near the Kishanganj Railway Station in Sarai Rohilla area, this is the only surviving Armenian place of worship in the city. Built most likely around 1781-82, this rundown building and some tombs at its back survived the Revolt of 1857 only to be encroached upon by a colony that’s now called the ‘Christian Compound’. The place was not always as congested as it is now. Professor A. Dasgupta, a retired Delhi University teacher, has fond memories of a quiet cemetery and a medieval structure adjoining it when she stayed in the vicinity as a child. “The solitude, the all-pervading silence and shaded greenery of the cemetery, the adjoining kuchcha road with no habitation, except the railway colony, are part of my cherished memory of the place. Every day, I was taken for a morning walk to the place. Of all the graves, that of a six-year-old girl used to haunt me—perhaps because I was a child myself,” she says. Now, the cemetery has been almost eaten up by encroachers and flower pots, unused cans and discarded mattresses lie on the graves. The chapel does not figure in the ASI list of protected monuments. The local residents, however, say that they have been “protecting and preserving the church”. “We—around 60 Christian families—have been living here for 40-45 years and this is our church,” says Vinod Dayal. “A priest comes here from Tees Hazari for the Sunday service,” says Michael. Asked about tombs and tomb stones, they say that some have been taken away by “the government authorities and some have just fallen apart”. Inside the chapel, white-washed arches have the Cross below them. Outside, narrow pathways lead to a cluster of small homes and courtyards with a grave or two. The Catalogue of the Delhi Museum of Archaeology, complied by J.P. Vogel in 1908, and Armenians in India, by Mesrovb Jacob Seth, mention the chapel, the cemetery—identified as Deramao—and tombstones, some of them in Persian. The oldest grave is dated 1782 by these authors. Father Gregorio, who baptised Begum Sumru of Sardhana (her haveli in Chandni Chowk turned into Bhagirath Place), was also buried here in the early 19th century. Unlike Kolkata, which has an Armenian community and where the Armenian Church is a prominent landmark, Delhi’s Armenian connection is almost erased. The Armenians came here during the Mughal period and even held important positions in the emperor’s court. An Armenian trader who became a Sufi poet and a prominent voice of dissent during Aurangzeb’s reign, Hazrat Sarmad, lies buried opposite the eastern gate of Jama Masjid, along with his guru, Hare Bhare Sahib or Sayyid Abdul Hasan. Sarmad, also known as the naked fakir, had a follower in Dara Shikoh, Shah Jahan’s eldest son. The Sufi was beheaded on Aurangzeb’s orders, because he refused to comply with existing religious and societal norms. His tomb was painted red, denoting his martyrdom; his mentor’s tomb was painted green, signifying hope. Poets and qawwals continue to throng the twin tombs during the annual Urs. Armenian places of worship are believed to have existed pre-1739 when the plundering troops of Nadir Shah destroyed most of these places. Armenians like Col Jacob Petrus fought against the British and controlled places like Gwalior. Today, of course, all this is either part of history books or of only archival value. The chapel in Kishanganj, the last surviving relic of Armenians in Delhi, struggles to survive uncared for and may also die a slow death, unnoticed by most. http://www.indianexpress.com/story-print/472575/