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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton

Clinton To Visit Caucasus

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia as part of an eight-day trip to countries in northern Europe, the Caucasus and Turkey, which she is due to start on May 31. More

Antigovernment protesters wave their shoes outside the state television building in Cairo in February 2011 during protests that led to the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.

In Annual Rights Report, U.S. Warns Of 'Instability' Following Arab Spring

In a new report, the U.S. State Department calls last year’s uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa “inspirational," with citizens in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Bahrain, Yemen, and Syria standing up and demanding their universal rights, greater economic opportunity, and participation in their countries’ political future. More

Armenia Jails Russian Over Virus

A court in Yerevan has sentenced a 27-year-old Russian citizen to four years in prison after convicting him of organizing a cybercrime group that created a virus that infected about 30 million computers. More

Ankara Sees Better Ties With France

President Abdullah Gul says he's confident Turkey's ties with France will improve rapidly under new President Francois Hollande. More

R.I. Wants Nagorno-Karabakh Recognition

Lawmakers in the U.S. state of Rhode Island have passed a resolution calling on President Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress to recognize Nagorno-Karabakh, the predominantly ethnic-Armenian separatist enclave in Azerbaijan. More

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Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov (left) and his newly appointed Prime Minister Mogamed Daudov.

Chechen Leader Restructures His Government

Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov has restructured the government hierarchy, naming an obscure deputy prime minister as premier. More

A man holds his ballot at a polling station in Yerevan during parliamentary elections on May 6.

Will Disputes Within Two Strongest Parties Nix New Armenian Coalition?

Two weeks after the May 6 parliamentary elections, it remains unclear whether President Serzh Sarkisian's Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) will again seek to form a coalition government as it did in 1999, 2004, and 2007. More

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Features & Commentary

No Saturday Night Fever, As Armenia Mulls Eurovision Blackout

Eurovision fans across the world are clearing their schedules to watch the finals of the globe's most famous song contest. But TV screens may be blank in Armenia, where officials -- citing rising tensions with this year's host Azerbaijan -- have pulled out of the competition and threatened to block broadcasts of the show.

Scuffle Erupts In Georgian Parliament Over Armenian Genocide Issue

A scuffle broke out in the Georgian parliament on April 24 after a deputy suggested that the country consider recognizing the World War I-era Armenian massacres as genocide. Unfortunately, the session was attended by a group of schoolchildren who had come for a lesson on civic education.

With gas prices high, many Armenians rely on firewood for heating

Not Just For Cutting

In Armenia, people often regard forests as sources of timber to sell. But one group of activists is planting trees to show forests are just as valuable when they are left alone.

Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian (far right) talks to residents of the village of Akhuryan during a working visit on April 7, a month before national elections.

News Analysis: Government Promises 'New Armenia' As Vote Nears

The authorities are promising a truly competitive election as Armenians go to the polls next month for the first national vote since a deadly electoral crisis in 2008.

Armenian "Titanic" survivor Neshan Krekorian (seated left) with his wife, Persape (seated right), daughter Angie (center), son George (left), and daughter Alice.

From The Turks To The 'Titanic:' One Armenian's Fateful Escape

As the world gets ready to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the "Titanic," we look at the story of an Armenian passenger who fled the Ottoman Empire only to find himself on the ill-fated ship, and yet he lived to tell the tale.

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