"BURNING TIGRIS" TELLING ABOUT ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN OTTOMAN TURKEY TO HIT US BEST SELLER LISTOctober 10, 2003 - 20:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Peter Balakian's powerful work about the American response to the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923 will reach a major milestone next week, with the debut of the "The Burning Tigris" on the New York Times Best Seller list, reported the Armenian National Committee of America. Balakian's work will be listed as #4 in the Best Seller list published in the October 19th edition of the New York Times Book Review. It is the first work on the Armenian Genocide to receive such distinction. It is currently listed among the top-50 best selling books by USA Today. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |