Armenia

Movie review: 'Lost and Found in Armenia' is a lost cause

2013-06-06 06:05:00

The lowbrow comedy "Lost and Found in Armenia" so shamelessly wallows in its broad humor, silly contrivances and retrograde stereotypes it almost dares you to be annoyed. Mission accomplished. A kind of pale, reverse twist on "The Russians Are Coming,...

Young newlyweds killed in car crash half a world away

2013-05-19 19:49:00

Beneath a starry sky, Sos� Thomassian and Allen Yekikian held each other on their wedding night, arms looped around hips, eyes locked, for more than 20 minutes so the photographer could capture what would become their favorite wedding photo. Back at the...

Alleged voter fraud in Little Armenia being investigated

2013-05-09 23:47:00

Prosecutors are investigating allegations of voter fraud in Little Armenia, part of a Los Angeles City Council district where two candidates are waging a bitter battle for an open seat. According to a spokeswoman for L.A. County Dist. Atty. Jackie...

Voter fraud alleged in L.A.'s Little Armenia

2013-05-09 16:49:00

Los Angeles County prosecutors have launched an investigation into allegations of voter fraud in Little Armenia, part of a Los Angeles City Council district where two candidates are waging a bitter battle for an open seat. According to a spokeswoman for...

He's got Armenia under his skin, and we get a guidebook

2013-04-17 08:30:00

By some measures, Matthew Karanian was a Connecticut Yankee: a 34-year-old litigator in Hartford, American-born and bred. But he had a wild idea. So he took a summer off, headed for the rustic land of his ancestors, and soon found that Armenia was...

Foreign government offices

2013-02-17 00:00:00

For tourist information about foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. Several no longer list phone numbers, so information is available only through their websites. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at...

Armenian presidential candidate wounded in attack

2013-02-01 12:07:00

MOSCOW -- An Armenian presidential candidate was wounded in a shooting attack Thursday night that disrupted campaigning in the former Soviet republic less than three weeks before the election. Paruyr Hayrikyan of the moderate opposition National Self-...

Nagorno-Karabakh: Old conflict is neither gone nor forgotten

2013-01-16 02:00:00

Sporadic sniper fire over sandbagged trenches that separate Armenians and Azerbaijanis across the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh has been a routine feature of daily life throughout the 19 years that the two sides have grudgingly observed a cease-...

Hundreds protest pardon of man who killed Armenian military officer

2012-09-07 09:23:50

Azerbaijan defends freeing convicted killer as Armenians protest

2012-09-07 12:33:56

Turkey grounds another plane heading to Syria amid tensions

2012-10-15 04:33:39

Turks search aid flight, let plane fly on to Syria

2012-10-15 09:12:39

Jamie Kennedy in "Lost and Found in Armenia."

2013-06-06 04:00:00

Allen Yekikian and Sos� Thomassian married about eight months ago, beneath a starry sky. On May 10, Thomassian and Yekikian died in a head-on car crash while on a weekend getaway in Georgia, Armenia's neighbor to the north.

2013-05-18 12:24:00

The sixth-century monastery of Odzun is in northeast Armenia. Ancient churches and monasteries are found throughout Armenia.

2013-04-16 11:51:01