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Headlines for April 24, 2007
ARMENIANS THROUGHOUT THE GLOBE MARK 92ND ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Today, on April 24, Armenians throughout the globe mark the 92nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey. Mass arrests of the Armenian intellectual, religious, economic and political elite ...STRONG ARMENIA SHOULD BE A RESPONSE TO THOSE WHO PLANNED AND PERPETRATED GENOCIDE
Armenian President Robert Kocharian issued an address over the 92nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire in 1915, the RA leader’s press office reports. The statement says, in part, ...LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL PASSES RESOLUTION ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Recognition of the Armenian Genocide hearing was held in Los Angeles City Council April 20. LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, City Council President Eric Garcetti, Council members and Armenian Consul General ...ARMENIAN GENOCIDE 92ND ANNIVERSARY MARKED IN GERMANY
April 22-24 events dedicated to the 92nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide are held in Frankfurt, Cologne and Berlin with participation of Federal and Land authorities, diplomats, scientific and cultural ...LITURGY IN MEMORY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS CHANTED IN NOTRE DAME DE PARIS
A liturgy to commemorate the Armenian Genocide victims was chanted in the Notre Dame de Paris April 22. RA Ambassador to France Edward Nalbandian, French National Assembly member Patrick Devedjian, political ...MONUMENT TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS INAUGURATED IN MEUDON-LA-FORET
April 21 a monument to the Armenian Genocide victims and Armenian soldiers who gave their lives for France was inaugurated in Meudon-la-Foret, France. Mayor Herve Marseille and RA Ambassador Edward Nalbandian, ...OSCE MG: NEW KOCHARIAN-ALIYEV MEETING TO MARK ENDPOINT FOR NEGOTIATIONS ON BASIC PRINCIPLES
The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, Vartan Oskanian, and Azerbaijan, Elmar Mammadyarov, met in Belgrade on April 18 under the aegis of the three Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Ambassador ...ANCA LAUNCHES "CLICK FOR JUSTICE" CAMPAIGN TO END CYCLE OF GENOCIDE
Protest between April 20th through 30th. The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) escalated its nation-wide campaign to end the cycle of genocide today with the launch of its "Click for Justice" ...ARMENIAN GENOCIDE WAS PERPETRATED BY SADISTIC HUMAN BEINGS WHO TRANSCENDED HUMANITY
“Horrific Armenian genocide that was inflicted on the Armenian people is a crime against humanity,” Zulfi Buhkari, president of Muslim Public Affairs Committee of the U.K. (MPACUK), wrote yesterday in ...SILENCE MARCH IN COMMEMORATION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS TO BE HELD IN POLAND
24 April in Warsaw the Armenian community in Poland will hold the Silence March in commemoration of the Armenian Genocide victims, Edgar Broyan, a member of the Armenian community told PanARMENIAN.Net. ...TURKISH FM GUL TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday confirmed Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul as their ruling AK Party’s candidate in a May presidential election, Reuters reports. "After all our research ...ROBERT KOCHARIAN TO DEPART FOR MOSCOW TO PARTICIPATE IN YELTSIN’S FUNERAL
Armenian President Robert Kocharian will depart for Moscow to participate in the funeral of Russia’s first President Boris Yeltsin, RA leader’s spokesman Victor Soghomonyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. ...TURKISH ADS IN 5 MAJOR U.S. NEWSPAPERS CALL FOR JOINT COMMISSION ON 1915 EVENTS
Through its Washington, DC embassy, Turkey has sent full page ads to 5 important newspapers across the U.S. calling on Armenia to "bring to light together along with Turkey the events of 1915." The ...ADAM SCHIFF: PRESIDENT BUSH CAN USE TERM ‘GENOCIDE’ BUT THE QUESTION IS WHETHER HE WILL
“Given the depth and breadth of support for this year’s Armenian Genocide resolution, there is a better chance of passage than in past years, Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA) said in an interview with ...ARMENIA AND U.S. DESERVE AMBASSADOR WHOSE NOMINATION HAS BEEN APPROVED BY SENATE
“Appointment of Richard Hoagland Ambassador to Armenia is a matter for the Senate, but at this point I do not see the nomination making it to the floor. I hope that President Bush will not use a recess ...MUTUAL INTERESTS OF ANKARA AND WASHINGTON WILL PREVAIL
“Many Jewish members of the House are cosponsors of the Armenian Genocide resolution, including many of Israel’s strongest supporters. Supporters of the resolution should not make the mistake of tying ...ADAM SCHIFF WILL PRESS FOR PARITY IN U.S. MILITARY AID TO ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN
“I believe that in the end the Congress will restore parity in military assistance to Armenia and Azerbaijan,” Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA) said in an interview with PanARMENIAN.Net. “As a member of ..."AN ARMENIAN FUTURE" FIRST ARMENIAN YOUTH CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN MANCHESTER
On April 28 the UK’s 6 major Armenian Youth Organizations have joined forces to organize the first Armenian Youth Conference in the United Kingdom, titled "An Armenian Future" in Manchester Armenian ...ARMENIAN GENOCIDE COMMEMORATION IN TIMES SQUARE NYC
The Armenian National Assembly to America (ANCA), Armenian Assembly of America (AAA) and Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) organized Armenian Genocide Commemoration in Times Square in New York ...ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS COMMEMORATED IN KRASNODAR
An event in memory of the Armenian Genocide victims was held in the Armenian Surb Hovhannes Avetaranish Church in Krasnodar, reports Yerkramas, the newspaper of Armenians of Russia. On behalf of organizations ...EVENTS DATED TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE 92ND ANNIVERSARY HELD IN BENELUX STATES
On April 24 a service for the Armenian Genocide victims was offered in the St. Mary Magdalene Church of Brussels. Armenia’s Ambassador to Benelux states Vigen Chitechyan, leaders of Armenian and Jewish ...JACK LAYTON: “WE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AND NEVER FORGET ABOUT IT”
As we commemorate the Armenian Genocide, it is time to pay tribute to the long overdue recognition of this tragic episode not only in Armenian, but indeed human history, leader of the New Democratic ...ARMENIANS OF MOSCOW CALLED ON TURKEY TO RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AND CONFESS
Events dedicated to the 92nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide launched in Moscow late in the evening of April 23 in the Holy Cross Church. Head of “Hay Dat” Moscow office Yuri Navoyan told the PanARMENIAN.Net ...CANADIAN PREMIER MADE A STATEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ANNIVERSARY
Canadian Prime Minister Steven Harper made a statement in connection with the 92nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. “Today we recall the horrible losses of 1915 in the Ottoman Empire, particularly ...APRIL 24 IS A DAY OF SILENCE FOR ARMENIAN COMMUNITY OF TURKEY
“April 24 is a Day of Silence for the Armenian community of Turkey. Days that precede and follow April 24 are not perceived as a time, when moves must be initiated on the Armenian issue,” said Ara Kochunyan, ...CYPRUS: TURKEY OUGHT TO RECOGNIZE DARK PAGES OF ITS HISTORY AND APOLOGIZE FOR GENOCIDE
The Cyprus government condemns the Armenian Genocide, noting that the modern Turkey, which aspires to join the EU, ought to recognize the dark pages of its history and apologize for the crimes of its ...GENOCIDE ANNIVERSARY: CLASHES TOOK PLACE BETWEEN POLICE AND PROTESTERS IN GREECE
Riot police clashed briefly with demonstrators outside the Turkish consulate in Greek city of Thessaloniki, during a protest over the 92nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide committed by Turks in the ...TURKISH HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS URGE TO APOLOGIZE IN FRONT OF THE ARMENIAN NATION
“All those who are aware of the annihilations of Armenians in 1915, do not keep silence, all those who do not want to call a spade a spade, must know that we present thousands of apologies to the Armenian ...AGAIN GEORGE BUSH DID NOT CALL EVENTS OF 1915 AS GENOCIDE
U.S. President George Bush in his annual April 24 speech did not use the word “genocide” again. George Bush’s statement particularly reads as follows, “Each year on this day, we pause to remember the ...
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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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