decision by the Yerevan mayor “unconstitutional”.

It
is a question in the thoughts of observers and participants of
socio-political life here (which in fact is all of us), as unrest has
spread into Algeria, Yemen and others places, and has turned Egypt
inside out. Yesterday, even Jordan – a monarchy – saw its government
fired, a pre-emptive move by King Abdullah II in the face of citizen
discontent at leadership which the king himself said “had sometimes put
their own interests ahead of those of the public.” It
started when a Tunisian street vendor set himself on fire December 28
(and later died) in protest of a law banning sales of goods in the
street. The next week, the Mayor of Yerevan began a crackdown on the
Armenian capital’s street vendors.The cancer that
finally ate its way into the brain ofby Armenian-American businessman Kirk Kerkorian will transfer
all of its assets, currently valued at $200 million, to the UCLA
Foundation. Before its shutdown, in early February, Lincy donated $10.5
million to the United Armenian Fund and a major portion of this grant
will be used by the UAF to renovate and reconstruct six schools in
northern Armenia. The start of major Lincy projects in Armenia was in
2001 with the three-year $150-million project targeting road
construction, housing construction in the earthquake zone, construction
of cultural centers and schools.In 2006-2008, the
foundation implemented its second major program in Armenia with $60
million. The means were equally divided into three programs -- Yerevan
streets repairs, school building and road construction. Reasons for
Lincy’s closure of the Fund are still unclear and those potentially
privy to its affairs have mostly stopped short of providing