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Headlines for April 24, 2008"LE MOND" COMMENTS ON BABACAN'S MESSAGE TO ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
By H. Chaqrian, translated by A.M."Sabah" newspaper on April 22 informed that "Le Mond" newspaper, France, commented on Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan's call upon Armenian authorities to start dialogue with Turkey. "Le Mond" also ...FOREIGN MINISTERS TO MEET IN STRASBOURG
Translated by A.M.The Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Edward Nalbandian and Elmar Mamedyarov are to meet in early May in Strasbourg. According to "Trend" news agency, the arrangement was made by OSCE Minsk ...ROBERT FISK'S BOOK OF GENOCIDE TO BE PRESENTED IN HOLLAND
Translated by L.H.According to local Armenian websites, Dutch version of Robert Fisk's "The First Holocaust" about the will be presented to the European Issues and Foreign Affairs Commissions of the Parliament of Holland ...DIALOGUE WITH ARMENIA AGAIN ON THE AGENDA OF TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER
By Hakob Chaqrian, translated by L.H.On April 21, Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plasnik while being on an official visit to Ankara met with Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan. In a joint press conference after the meeting and also in ...
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Most read news (last 7 days)FRENCH MASONS TO TAKE PART IN ARMENIAN DEMONSTRATION ON APRIL 24
By H. Chaqrian, translated by A.M."WHAT HAPPENED ON APRIL 24" DISCUSSION IN ISTANBUL
By H. Chaqrian, translated by A.M."LE MOND" COMMENTS ON BABACAN'S MESSAGE TO ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
By H. Chaqrian, translated by A.M.CAPITOL HILL SCREENING OF "THE LARK FARM" CAPTIVATES AUDIENCE
Karine Birazian, Armenian National Committee of America, Eastern Region Executive DirectorCANADIAN ARMENIANS COMMEMORATE GENOCIDE
SWEDISH ARCHIVES CONFIRM: IT WAS A GENOCIDE!
Press Release, Armenica.org, Uppsala, Sweden, info@armenica.org, www.armenica.orgBABACAN'S ADDRESS TO RA FOREIGN MINISTER WAS AS WARM AS TURKISH PRESIDENT'S TO SERGE SARKISIAN
By H. Chaqrian, translated by A.M.TURKS CAN ONLY BLAME THEMSELVES FOR NOT JOINING THE EUROPEAN UNION
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier
MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION TO DISCUSS ARMENIAN ISSUE
Translated by A.M.PRESENTATION OF AKCHAM'S "SHAMEFUL ACT" IN GREECE
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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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