SYDNEY: Over 50 Sydney Armenian youth responded to a Facebook call to action by the Armenian Youth Federation of Australia (AYF Australia), gathering to prepare banners for THIS SUNDAY'S PROTEST against the denial of the Armenian Genocide.

A patronizing tone, the dodging of questions and the banning of cameras from public events highlighted Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch's tour of Armenian communities, which culminates in Washington on Tuesday.

YEREVAN (RFE/RL)-The U.S. ambassador in Yerevan, Marie Yovanovitch, claimed on Friday that Armenia would draw substantial economic benefits from the possible opening of its border with Turkey and most Armenians seem to realize that.