42 year-old Ashkhen Mkrtchyan is battling cirrhosis of the liver and her son Eric is right by her side, offering all the moral support he can muster.
The name Ragıp Zarakolu first echoed throughout Turkey in 1971, when he was jailed for “secretly” collaborating with Amnesty International. He spent five months in jail before the charges were dropped. Not surprisingly, the crucifixion of this human rights defender continued and one year later Zarakolu received a two year sentence for an article he published in the newspaper ANT (Pledge) on Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnam War.
The Republican Party member declared 1.5 billion AMD ($3.8 million) in bank deposits as of the end of 2012.
The release of Andy Takakjian's first novel, The Blinding Sun of Hell, conveys a curious mix of rants and recollections, but predominantly a slice of life romp of American Angelinos with a paradoxical and unbridled Armenian in their midst, Harry Asscheekian.