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    Green Spaces Shrink in Georgian Capital
    Authorities argue that new leisure areas outside the city are the way forward. Residents of the Georgian capital Tbilisi have staged protests against the destruction of city parks in what they see as a creeping encroachment on public spaces, with no advance warning given by the authorities. People in the city’s Nadzaladevi district staged a demonstration on February...
    February 15, 2012 12:14
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    Bryza Confesses his Love for Turkey, Confirming his anti-Armenian Bias
      It appears that my prediction about Matt Bryza leaving the State Department and working as a lobbyist is coming true. After his brief stint as Ambassador to Azerbaijan came to a premature end, Bryza disclosed to the Turkish Hurriyet newspaper last week that he will be “advising people, government, and private sector on major investment projects.”   It remains...
    February 14, 2012 5:25
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    Armenian man prevents murder attempt on Israeli Ambassador to Georgia
    An Armenian man prevented a murder attempt on Israeli Ambassador to Georgia. Roman Khachaturyan, the driver of Ambassador Itskhak Gerberg, called police after he noticed a black plastic bag under the vehicle. The sappers managed to deactivate a grenade found in the bag. Criminal police is examining the vehicle, Gruziya-Online reports. A similar incident was registered...
    February 13, 2012 19:31
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    This time Turks “punish” France, over genocide bill, with parachutes
    The Turkish Aeronautical Association (THK) likewise spoke out against the French Senate’s passing of the bill that criminalizes the denial of genocides, including the Armenian Genocide. THK General Director Osman Yildirim stated that a French company won the tender for the purchase of 150 parachutes, but, because of the passing of the aforesaid bill, they are suspending...
    February 13, 2012 19:23
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    Armenians Need to Pursue Their Cause With More Confidence and Commitment
    By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier   This week’s column deals with the self-defeating attitude of some Armenians whose negative outlook manifested itself once again with the latest news about the French bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide.   Some people hold the skeptical view that any project undertaken by Armenians is doomed...
    February 7, 2012 23:19
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    Armenian women, who were entertaining restaurant patrons, are arrested in Turkey
    Eighteen foreign women—including two minors—, who were working in a restaurant in Turkey’s Kocaeli province, are taken into custody. These women were illegally working as entertainers for the restaurant’s patrons, Turkey’s Anadolu News Agency informs. And there are women from Armenia among the arrestees. It is noted that these women were taken to the department...
    February 7, 2012 10:19
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    Investigation is launched against Turkish minister who denied Armenian Genocide
    The Prosecutor’s Office of Switzerland’s Canton of Zurich launched an inquiry against Turkey’s Minister for EU Affairs, Egemen Bagis. The proceedings were launched after when Bagis had stated in Zurich, and while returning from the World Economic Forum in Davos, that there was no Armenian Genocide, Hurriyet daily of Turkey informs. And in an interview with Anadolu...
    February 6, 2012 17:24
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    French Constitutional Council to decide on bill criminalizing genocides in one month
    PARIS. – French Constitutional Council will cast a verdict on bill criminalizing denial of genocides, including the Armenian Genocide, in early spring. More possible dates are Feb. 29 or March 1, Turkish Sabbah reports. The Council needs minimum 7 votes for the verdict. It accepted the appeal against the bill on Tuesday by 72 French Senators (minimum 60 votes are required...
    February 4, 2012 10:38
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    Sarkozy Warns
    French President Nikola Sarkozy stated that if the Constitutional Council of France rules the recently adopted law on the Armenian genocide is anti- Constitutional, the same fate will be expected for the law on the Jewish Holocaust. As we know the point is about the law penalizing the denial of the Armenian genocide. A similar law exists also with regards to the Jewish...
    February 1, 2012 11:42
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    France Shouldn’t Allow Turkey To Meddle in its Domestic Affairs
    For nearly a century, Turkey’s leaders have tried to hide the monstrous crime of the Armenian Genocide by covering up what really took place in the killing fields of the Syrian desert, then part of the Ottoman Empire. The powerful Turkish state has committed its considerable financial and diplomatic resources to the nefarious cause of genocide denial.   Turkish...
    February 1, 2012 8:15
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    French senator against genocide law criticizes Turkish Ambassador to France
    The Chairman of the Environmental group of the French Senate Jean-Vincent Place who was against the genocide law considers the letter sent to the French Senators by the Turkish Ambassador to France asking to sign a petition to the Constitutional council against the law criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide to be inappropriate and counterproductive, Nouvelles d’Armenie...
    January 28, 2012 12:24
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    Turkish writer Pamuk’s Armenian girl-friend rejects gossips
    ANKARA. – Artist, girl-friend of Turkish famous writer, Noble Prize winner Orhan Pamuk, Caroline Fişekçi, Armenian by origin, rejected information spread by Hurriyet Daily Newsthat Pamuk has left her and went to Latin America. Fişekçi has twitted that her interview to Hurriyet Daily News is totally distorted, Turkish Radical reports. “The interview should have...
    January 12, 2012 21:32
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    We must apologize to Armenians for 1915, I apologize – Turkish ruling party MP
    ISTANBUL. – In an interview with Istanbul’s Agos Armenian weekly, Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) MP Ismet Ucma said the deportation of innocent people in 1915 was a mistake for which an apology must be given to the Armenians. During the interview, when a reflection was made on 1915, the Turkish MP said a great tragedy had occurred in 1915. “If...
    January 10, 2012 12:43
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    American channel calls Karabakh one of offbeat places to visit in 2012
    American ABC News included Nagorno-Karabakh in the list of seven offbeat places to go in 2012. “If you’re looking for an adventure, this landlocked autonomous region between Armenia and Azerbaijan is the place to go. Stay at the recently-built Armenia Hotel in the capital, Stepanakert, and use the city as your base to explore the region. Go hiking through snow-topped...
    January 9, 2012 18:57
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    Sarkozy wants to criminalize Armenian Genocide denial in European states – Hurriyet
    President of France Nicolas Sarkozy wants to spread bills criminalizing the Armenian Genocide throughout Europe,Hurriyet newspaper reported. Once Turkish Ambassador Tahsin Burcuoglu returned to Ankara, Sarkozy took new steps, the newspaper writes. The daily recalls that bill banning Armenian Genocide denial will be most likely discussed in the French Senate on January...
    January 9, 2012 18:52
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    Turkey Besieged by Armenian Successes Long Before the Genocide Centennial
    By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier   Turkish leaders made a serious tactical error in 2011. They were so preoccupied with countering the upcoming tsunami of the centennial of the Armenian Genocide in 2015, that they lost sight of the more immediate political storms facing them.   Armenians quickly capitalized on the Turkish blunder, managing...
    January 4, 2012 10:26
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    Congress Urges Turkey to Return Churches: First Successful Attempt at Restitution
    By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier   Turkey suffered a major setback last week when the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a landmark resolution calling on the Turkish government to return over 2,000 confiscated Christian churches and other properties “to their rightful owners.”   This victory is particularly...
    December 21, 2011 10:39
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    The Tunis Imperative: Human Rights and Development in the Wake of the Arab Spring
    There are moments in history when each of us is called upon to declare where we stand. I believe this is one of those moments.   Over the past year, in Tunis, Cairo, Madrid, New York and hundreds of other cities and towns across the globe, the voice of ordinary people has been raised, and their demands made clear. They want human beings at the centre of our economic...
    December 6, 2011 19:34
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