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Glendale, CA - Over thirty members of the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) were present at the fourth public policy forum organized by the Armenian National Committee - Western Region (ANC-WR) on May 21, 2008.

Los Angeles, CA - The Armenian Tricolor waved with determination on the steps of the Turkish Consulate in Los Angeles on Thursday as thousands of Armenian-Americans came out to demand justice and recognition in protest of 93 years of Turkey's denial of the Armenian Genocide.

LOS ANGELES--The Armenian Tricolor waved with determination on the steps of the Turkish Consulate in Los Angeles on Thursday as thousands of Armenian-Americans came out to demand justice and recognition in protest of 93 years of Turkey's denial of the Armenian Genocide.

In March of last year, I found myself in Armenia, walking to the AYF central office in Yerevan. There was a light snow coming down, the streets were filled with mud, and potholes were everywhere. As I walked down those streets, I could not help but compare my experience in Hayastan to the life I had in the States. I thought, “Man, I have it nice back home. A nice house, new car, and . . . hot water.” Being in Armenia, I realized just how much we take things for granted in the States, things which are actually luxuries in Armenia.

While other countries in the world have criticized and increasingly distanced themselves from the Sudanese regime and its atrocities in Darfur, the Turkish government has been going out of its way to forge ever-closer ties with its genocidal apprentice in Khartoum.