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    TOP TEN IMPORTANT EVENTS IN ARMENIAN DIASPORA IN 2012

    http://www.tert.am/en/news/2012/12/25/armenian-diaspora-events/
    25.12.12

    Time to Analyze analytical website has presented the top ten events
    of 2012 in the Armenian Diaspora, Russia-based Armenian newspaper
    Yerkramas reports.

    The first is the nomination of US Senator John Kerry in the office of
    US Secretary of State. For more than 30 years Kerry backed pro-Armenian
    resolutions.

    The second is re-election of ethnic Armenian Patrick Devedjian as
    MP in France, and preservation of his office of the head of the
    Hauts-de-Seine General Assembly. Devedjian is considered one of
    the most influential political figures in France. He is one of the
    brightest representatives of the Armenian lobby and initiator of the
    bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide.

    The third is the adoption of resolutions on recognizing Nagorno
    Karabakh Republic by Australia's biggest state New South Wales,
    US Rhod Island and Massachusetts.

    The fourth is the conduction of Hayastan All-Armenian Fund's telethon
    that gathered 21,442,447 US dollars.

    The fifth event, according to Yerkramas, is the first concert of
    Garnik Sargsyan for Moscow Armenians. The income from the concert
    was transferred to the Syrian-Armenians Assistance Fund.

    The sixth is the conduction of a concert in Armenian St. Giragos
    church in Diyarbakir. Such event did not take place there for 97
    years after the 1915 Armenian Genocide.

    The seventh important event is the return of the historic Armenian
    Source monument in Turkish Boyaji village to the fund of Armenian
    church. The monument was built in 1843 by renowned financer Misak
    Misakyan in the memory of his father Petros Misakyan.

    The eight is the participation of members of the US Senate together
    with the representatives of the Armenian community in the event
    dedicated to the 21st anniversary of Nagorno Karabakh's independence.

    The ninth important event is the visit of Antuan Baghdikyan, chairman
    of France's Armenian former warriors and union of resistance movement,
    to Armenia. Baghdikyan is carrying out intensive work for the memory
    of WW II hero Misak Manushyan and 23 members of his squad.

    The final, tenth significant event is the conduction of events
    dedicated to the 500th anniversary of Armenian Typography in the USA,
    France, India, Russia, Ukraine, Italy, Germany, Argentina, Uruguay,
    Brazil, Cyprus and Australia.

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