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Headlines for April 24, 2007TESTIMONIES OF THE EYEWITNESS SURVIVORS OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AS PRECEPT FOR THE GENERATIONS
By Verjine Svazlian, Dr. Prof., Leading Researcher, Institute of Archaeology & Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences, Armenia.The , as an international political crime against humanity, has become, by the brutal constraint of history, an inseparable part of the national identity, the thought and the spiritual-conscious inner ...URGENT APPEAL TO SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE SURVIVORS
Jean Eckian4000 years of history reduced to nothing in a matter of months by the most heinous crime that a population could experience. A genocide. A genocide that does not finish wreaking havoc until reaching the ...FRANCE PRESERVES ITS POSITION
By H. TsulikianFrance, which has adopted a law on the Armenian Genocide, is steadily preserving its position on the issue of the Armenian Genocide, but also attempts to make the Armenian question sound louder. From ...40-TH AMERICAN STATE, OHIO, RECOGNIZED THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
By A. HaroutiunianGovernor of Ohio Ted Strickland has made a statement recognizing the Armenian Genocide. According to the American office of "Hay Dat", thus Ohio became the fortieth American state to recognize the Armenian ..."ARMENIA" ALTERED TO "ARMENIAN ARMED FORCES" IN US DEPARTMENT OF STATE REPORT
By A. HaroutiunianThe US Department of State revised a mistake in the 2006 Human Rights Report, which said that "Armenia has occupied the Nagorno-Karabakh and 7 regions of Azerbaijan." As Foreign Minister of Armenia Vardan ...MAJOR PART OF TERMS OF PEACE AGREEMENT ON KARABAKH SETTLED
By A. HaroutiunianAccording to Foreign Minister of Armenia Vardan Oskanian, his last meeting with Elmar Mamedyarov in Belgrade was more productive than the previous one. The Co-Chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group made suggestions ...A UNION OF 'SECLUDED'?
By Ruben HayrapetianThere has been more information about Armenia and Armenians in the Russian Media recently. It is connected not only with the death of Andranik Margarian, or the parliamentary elections, but it seems that ...ARMENIA-LATVIA CIRCULATION CAN GROW 10 TIMES
By A. HaroutiunianForeign Minister of Latvia Artis Pabriks visited Yerevan, Armenia and had meetings with severeal high-ranking Armenian officials. On April 22 Mr. Pabriks had a meeting with his Armenian colleague Vardan ...SHAHE GUEBENLIAN, PROMINENT REUTERS JOURNALIST PASSES AWAY
The Times (London), April 10, 2007, TuesdayShahe Guebenlian was born in the ancient city of Adana in turkey in 1920. He never lost his roots as an Armenian and like so many in that community was a talented musician and a multilingual raconteur. ...HRIPSIME REPEATED THE HEROISM OF MELINE. NAZIK AVDALIAN AND TIGRAN MARTIROSIAN BECAME EUROPE VICE-CHAMPIONS
35At the European Weightlifting Championship we have got another champion. An excellent and nice performance showed our experienced sportsman Hripsime Khurshudian. She became a winner in the 75 kg weight-category. ...
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Most read news (last 7 days)THE RADIO-STATION 'AZATUTYUN' (LIBERTY) AND ITS NEW 'CRITERIA'
By Sara PetrosianMASONS COMING TO ARMENIA - WITHOUT ANY CONSPIRACY
By A. HaroutiunianRAFAEL DE NOGALES MENDES AND WE
By Yuri Khachatrian
EU STARTING DISCUSSION OF LAWS PROVIDING FOR PUNISHMENT OF GENOCIDE DENIAL
By H. ChaqrianHRIPSIME REPEATED THE HEROISM OF MELINE. NAZIK AVDALIAN AND TIGRAN MARTIROSIAN BECAME EUROPE VICE-CHAMPIONS
NEVER-ENDING PROTEST
By Melania BadalianMAJOR PART OF TERMS OF PEACE AGREEMENT ON KARABAKH SETTLED
By A. HaroutiunianA MEETING IN FRANKFURT DEDICATED TO THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
OSCE MINSK GROUP REPRESENTATIVES TO VISIT SOUTH CAUCASUS AFTER MAY 12
By A. HaroutiunianARMENIA'S PRIORITY IS NOT RECOGNITION OF GENOCIDE BUT OPENING OF BORDER WITH TURKEY
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Today in Armenian history- 775 Battle of Ardzni (Bagrevand).
- 1877 Tsar Alexander the Second starts the Russian-Turkish War in the Balkans and on the territory of ancient Armenia. The war ended with the victory of Russia.
- 1910 Death of Armenian writer Victoria Azanoor (Pompili). She wrote in Italian. Her books were translated into Armenian by Father Arsen Ghazikian.
- 1915 The arrest, exile and murder of the Armenian intellectuals (about 800) of Constantinople. The Turks start the implementation of their state plan for the Armenian Genocide. About one million Armenians are killed.
- 1937 The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Armenia decides to dissolve the Committee of the Transcaucasian Countries.
- 1965 The Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide took place in about 25 countries out of respect for the memory of the innocent victims. A monument was unveiled in the Main Cathedral of Echmiadsin. The monument to the memory of the Armenian Genocide in Montebello, California.
- 1968 The World Congress of Peace Movements, with the participation of organizations from 64 countries and of 16 international organizations, commemorated the Armenian Genocide.
- 1973 A monument to the memory of the Armenian Genocide is unveiled in Marseilles, France.
- 1975 Opening of monuments commemorating the memory of the 1915 Armenian Genocide. They were in Bikfaya (Lebanon), Athens (Greece) and Milan (Italy).
- 1978 A monument to the memory of the Armenian Genocide is unveiled in Lyon, France.
- 1984 A monument to the memory of the Armenian Genocide was placed in Alfortville, near Paris.
- 1987 An Armenian stone-cross dedicated to the memory of the Armenian Genocide is unveiled in Stuttgart, Germany.
- 1989 A monument dedicated to the memory of the Armenian Genocide was unveiled in Sydney, Australia.
- 1990 President Bush issued a news release calling on all Americans to join with Armenians on April 24 in commemorating "the more than a million Armenian people who were victims".
- 1994 President Clinton issued a news release on April 24, to commemorate the "tragedy" that befell the Armenians in 1915.
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