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<DIV><SPAN class=style6><FONT size=4>Balakian and Berktay to Speak at "Armenians and the Left" Symposium</FONT></SPAN><BR>&nbsp;<BR>On <STRONG>Saturday, March 31, 2007</STRONG> in <STRONG>Cambridge</STRONG>,<STRONG> Mass</STRONG>
 ., Professors Peter Balakian of Colgate University and Halil Berktay of
Sabanci University in Istanbul will head a panel discussing <STRONG>
Armeno-Turkish Relations: Pitfalls &amp; Possibilities Following Hrant
Dink&rsquo;s Assassination</STRONG>
 . The event will cap off a day-long "Armenians and the Left" symposium
devoted to a range of contemporary issues. Earlier panels will address other vital themes: <STRONG>The Media and Social Injustice in Armenia</STRONG> and <STRONG>Environmental Politics in Armenia</STRONG>.</DIV>
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<DIV class=style7 align=left><SPAN class=style8><SPAN class=style7><SPAN class=style8><STRONG><FONT color=#cc0000>Panel I: The Media and Social Injustice in Armenia</FONT></STRONG><BR><STRONG>Moderator: </STRONG><BR>Antranig Kasbarian<BR><STRONG>Panelists: </STRONG><BR>Edik Baghdasaryan<BR>Khatchig Mouradian<BR>Gayane Torosyan<BR><STRONG>Discussant:</STRONG> <BR>Stephen Kurkjian</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=style8 align=left><STRONG><FONT color=#cc0000>Panel II: Environmental Politics in Armenia </FONT></STRONG><BR><STRONG>Moderator: </STRONG><BR>Jeff Masarjian<BR><STRONG>Panelists:</STRONG><BR>Jeffrey Tufenkian<BR>Robert Kurkjian</DIV>
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Panel III: Armeno-Turkish Relations: Pitfalls &amp; Possibilities
Following Hrant Dink&rsquo;s Assassination</FONT></STRONG><BR><STRONG>Moderator:</STRONG><BR>Dikran Kaligian<BR><STRONG>Panelists:</STRONG><BR>Peter Balakian<BR>Halil Berktay</SPAN></DIV>
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