By Thomas C . Nash
Mirror-Spectator Staff
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Operating under the assumption that Sen. Barack Obama will easily carry Massachusetts on November 4, the Belmont-based Armenian Americans for Obama is focusing on swingstates where the last week of campaigning will prove crucial.
Twenty members of the group gathered in Cambridge on October 23 to call Armenian [...]

By Taleen Babayan
Mirror-Spectator Staff
NEW YORK — An evening of recognition and fundraising for the Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) celebrated its eight years of service to Armenia’s youngest citizens.
The elegant evening held at Cipriani, one of the most elegant venues in the city, was well attended. A plethora of prominent guests participated in the program, [...]

ADL Leader’s Letter Marks No
Change in Position
By Thomas C . Nash
Mirror-Spectator Staff
WATERTOWN, Mass. — As the controversy surrounding the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) stance on the Armenian Genocide continues, Watertown Town Council President Clyde L. Younger is receiving criticism for saying he is now satisfied with the organization’s position.
Younger received a letter on October 3 from [...]

YEREVAN (Reuters) — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, projecting Moscow’s diplomatic clout in the Caucasus, pushed on Tuesday, during a visit here, to bring the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan together for talks on Nagorno-Karabagh.
Armenian President Serge Sargisian and Azerbaijan’s Ilham Aliyev last met on the issue in early June, but the war in Georgia in [...]

WASHINGTON — Krikor Salbashian, chairman of ADL New York New Jersey Chapter met at the Armenian Embassy with Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargisian as part of the premier’s meeting with representatives
of the community.
Salbashian also met privately with Arman Kirakossian, first deputy foreign minister of Armenia, and Minister of Economy Nersess Yeritzyan, during which Salbashian presented [...]

YEREVAN — After a long illness, Prof. Garlen Dallakian, former president of the Committee of C u l t u r a l Relations with Diaspora, former president of the Committee of Religious Affairs of Armenia, member of Armenia Academy of Science, historian and politician, died at age 80.
He was an honorary member of the [...]

By Taleen Babayan
Mirror-Spectator Staff
NEW YORK — Close to 500 people filled the Haig and Alice Kavookjian Hall at the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern) to mark the 40th anniversary of the consecration of the St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral on Sunday afternoon, October 12.
Following Archbishop Yeghishe Gizirian’s invocation, Rev. Mardiros Chevian, dean of [...]

By Gayane Abrahamyan
YEREVAN (ArmeniaNow) — Three experts who served on the 9/11 Commission in the United States have been holding meetings at the National Assembly Tuesday, October 7, “to convey information and insights about the lessons learned from the US experience” to Armenian counterparts conducting the probe into the post-election unrest.
Christopher Kojm, Michael Hurley and [...]

By Emil Danielyan
YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Russia expects the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan to meet again shortly after next week’s Azerbaijani presidential election and reach a framework peace agreement on Nagorno- Karabagh, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in a newspaper interview published on Tuesday.
He stressed the importance of a Nagorno- Karabagh settlement and the [...]

By Thomas C . Nash
Mirror-Spectator Staff
WATERTOWN, Mass. — Jack Kevorkian doesn’t work in subtlety. Well-known throughout the 1990s as an advocate for assisted suicide, Kevorkian issued his most infamous statement in 1998 when he gave CBS a video of himself ending a patient’s life and daring the courts to bring charges.
On Sunday, an audience at [...]