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Published on February 20, 2007
TANER AKCAM’S 'A SHAMEFUL ACT' PUBLISHED
One month after ‘Agos’ weekly Editor-in-Chief Hrant Dink’s murder Turkish Historian Taner Akcam publishes his book “A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility.” During the discussions of the book Professor Akcam talked about the 1915 Armenian Genocide that claimed the lives of over one million Armenians.
He told how the Ottoman Turks responded to the charge that they were committing genocide and how the current Turkish government describes what happened. Independent French corespondent Jean Eckiyan told PanARMENIAN.Net. journalist that the talk was hosted by the Armenian Cultural Organization of Minnesota.
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Headlines for February 20, 2007ANDRANIK MARGARYAN: IN 2008 ARMENIA WILL IMPORT GAS FROM IRAN AS MUCH AS FROM RUSSIA
“I hope in 2008 Armenia will import gas from Iran as much as from Russia,” stated Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan in an interview with Jane’s Research Center, PanARMENIAN.Net reported. Experts ...INITIATIVES ON KARABAKH ISSUE IN FRAMEWORK OF UN IMPEDE NEGOTIATIONS
OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair Yuri Merzlyakov stated that initiatives on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement in the framework of the United Nations impede the process of negotiations, PanARMENIAN.Net ...OSCE MG CANNOT REACH CONFIRMATION FROM YEREVAN AND BAKU ON DATES OF MEETING BETWEEN FMS
The meeting between Armenian and Azeri Foreign Ministers Vartan Oskanian and Elmar Mamedyarov in the framework of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict solution approximately will be held at the beginning of ...CHARLES AZNAVOUR: ARMENIA NEEDS DESERVING FUTURE
“Children are the future of the state. Armenia is a country with rich past and it needs deserving future,” stated world-famous singer of Armenian origin Charles Aznavour speaking at the charity concert ...HAY DAT MOSCOW OFFICE, MOSCOW CONFLICT PREVENTION CENTER SIGN COOPERATION AGREEMENT
The Hay Dat office of Moscow and the Moscow Conflict Prevention Center signed an agreement of cooperation on February 19. The agreement was signed by Yuri Navoyan, the director of the Hay Dat office ...ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT PASSED BILL OF DUAL CITIZENSHIP IN ITS FIRST READING
On Tuesday, Armenian Parliament adopted a bill, which supposes introduction of dual citizenship institute in the country, PanARMENIAN.Net reported. Presenting the bill Minister of Justice David Haroutunian ...ROBERT KOCHARIAN AND JACQUES CHIRAC DISCUSSED KARABAKH SETTLEMENT ISSUE
Yesterday, Presidents of Armenia and France Robert Kocharian and Jacques Chirac had a meeting in Paris, PanARMENIAN.Net reported. At the meeting the heads of two states discussed Armenian-French relations, ...MEANS ASSIGNED TO YEREVAN AND BAKU CANNOT BE USED FOR MILITARY PROJECTS
“The U.S. White House Administration has not presented any specific, particularly for Nagorno Karabakh budget to the Congress. Financial aid to Nagorno Karabakh has being provided based on the decision ...PACE MISSION ON CULTURAL MONUMENTS TO VISIT ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN IN MAY
The PACE (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe) mission on cultural monuments will visit the Southern Caucasus in May of 2007, said Edward O’Hara, reporter on cultural heritage of PACE Commission ...OSCE MG APPRECIATES LAST CONSULTATIONS IN PARIS AS 'VERY PRODUCTIVE'
“Consultations in Paris were very productive,” stated OSCE Minsk Group Russian Co-Chair Yuri Merzlyakov commenting on the last meeting of Co-Chairs held February 15-16 in French capital. He underlined ...A MUSEUM AND A PATH IN MEMORY OF SLAIN GURGEN MARGARYAN TO BE OPENED IN YEREVAN
In Yerevan's Ajapnyak community, a museum and a path to Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan who was killed in Hungary will be opened, PanARMENIAN.Net reported. In this regard corresponding documents have ...GERMAN FM HOPES IN ENLARGEMENT OF COOPERATION WITH SOUTH CAUCASUS
The visit of German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is important not only from the point of view of bilateral relations, but also in the context of European Neighborhood Policy with Armenia, ...OSKANIAN: THERE ARE HOPES FOR KARABAKH CONFLICT SOLUTION IN 2007
“I am sure that some progress is possible in 2007 in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement process, stated German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the joint press-conference in Yerevan, ...TANER AKCAM’S 'A SHAMEFUL ACT' PUBLISHED
One month after ‘Agos’ weekly Editor-in-Chief Hrant Dink’s murder Turkish Historian Taner Akcam publishes his book “A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility.” ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1728 Death of General Davit Bek.
- 1862 Defense of Van against Turkish exactions and terrorism.
- 1904 Birth of Abraham Alikhanov in Tbilisi (Georgia). He became a physicist and an academician of the USSR. In 1940, he organized the first expedition to Mount Elbrus to explore Cosmic Rays. He made many basic discoveries in this area.
- 1908 Inauguration of the Ulukhanlu-Julfa railroad.
- 1936 Death of Alexander Tamanyan (architect) in Yerevan. He was born in 1878.
- 1940 Death of public figure Stepan Yessayan. He was one of the founders of "Pan-National" Cultural Organization of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Party.
- 1988 The Autonomous Region (oblast) of Nagorno Gharabagh applies to the Supreme Soviets of Armenia, Azerbaijan and the USSR to consider and resolve positively the question of handing over Nagorno Karabagh from Soviet Azerbaijan to Soviet Armenia.
- 1988 The Regional Council of Deputies from Artsakh decides to be reintegrated with Armenia.
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