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Armenian Issue - Video
Archive for April, 2009
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Cautious expectations for relationship between Russia and the US
Posted on April 28, 2009 | No CommentsThis online supplement is produced and published by Rossiyskaya Gazeta (Russia), which takes sole responsibility for the contents Anatoly Torkunov, Professor and Diplomat 27 Apr 2009 The estrangement between Moscow... -
Turkish Prime Minister’s Grandfather Killed by Armenians in 1916
Posted on April 28, 2009 | No Comments27 April 2009 by Seyfi Tolun, Turkish Weekly Turkish historian Cezmi Yurtsever argues that grandfather of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Prime Minister, was massacred by the Armenian militants in 1916.... -
Israel “troubled” by Turkish-Syrian military drill
Posted on April 28, 2009 | No CommentsApr 27, 2009 JERUSALEM, April 27 (Reuters) – Israel is troubled by an unprecedented military exercise between its ally, Turkey, and its arch-foe Syria, Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said... -
Turkey hopes to buy S-400 air defense systems from Russia
Posted on April 27, 2009 | No CommentsISTANBUL, April 27 (RIA Novosti) – Turkey, a NATO member, has expressed interest in buying S-400 Triumf air defense systems from Russia, a Russian defense industry official said on Monday.... -
Black and Jewish: Synagogue gains acceptance
Posted on April 27, 2009 | No CommentsBy KATHY MATHESON • Associated Press • April 25, 2009 PHILADELPHIA — The jubilation in Temple Beth’El’s packed sanctuary overflowed into the aisles, with members dancing, clapping and singing as... -
Old arguments drive modern-day taboos, pain
Posted on April 27, 2009 | No CommentsStory Highlights Disagreement over events in 1915 continue to divide Turks and Armenians Armenians say one million were killed in genocide Turks reject claim that their forebears were involved in... -
ARMENIA-TURKEY student exchange programs yolda
Posted on April 26, 2009 | No CommentsMustafa Oğuz Discovering a culture to dissipate prejudices ANKARA – In a survey carried out to determine the attitudes of university students toward Armenians, it is found that for 44... -
President Obama’s Armenian dilemma
Posted on April 26, 2009 | 1 CommentJim Kirdar The issue of contention is whether the deaths of Armenians during World War I who revolted against the Ottoman Empire (more than once) was an alleged genocide or... -
Turkey criticises Obama comments
Posted on April 26, 2009 | No CommentsArmenia estimates that 1.5 million people were killed Barack Obama’s words on the day marking the killing of Armenians by Turks in World War I were “unacceptable”, Turkey’s foreign ministry... -
New Address, Same Politician
Posted on April 26, 2009 | No CommentsOp-Ed Contributor By ROGER MORRIS Published: April 25, 2009 Ellijay, Ga. “CHARACTER is fate,” Heraclitus told us. The adage is telling for presidencies. And the characters of key appointees —... -
Barack Obama Is No Jimmy Carter. He’s Richard Nixon.
Posted on April 26, 2009 | No CommentsTHE NEW REALISM By Michael Freedman | NEWSWEEK Published Apr 25, 2009 From the magazine issue dated May 4, 2009 Republicans have been trying to link Barack Obama to Jimmy Carter... -
Armenia’s Dashnaktutsiun Party leaves Government coalition
Posted on April 26, 2009 | No CommentsCould it possibly be true that Armenia’s Dashnaktutsiun Party has decided to leave the Government coalition and join the opposition? PanArmenian reports that that was the only issue on the... -
Obama’s April 24 statement no comfort for Turks
Posted on April 26, 2009 | 1 CommentIt is becoming almost an annual ritual for American presidents to issue commemorative declarations every year on April 24 to remember the Armenian "victims" of a tragic historic episode that took place almost 100 years ago. How many such historic episodes nearly a century old do the American presidents commemorate every year? The answer: "zero." -
Summary of DEBKA file Exclusives in the Week Ending April 23, 2009
Posted on April 26, 2009 | No CommentsObama’s charm offensive for radical rulers abandons Israel to Iranian threat DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis 18 April: Even if Israel accepted a two-nation solution to its conflict with the Palestinians and... -
South Caucasus Presents Tangled Web Of Shifting Allegiances
Posted on April 26, 2009 | No CommentsTurkish soldiers guard a road at Dogu Kapi, on the Turkish-Armenian border, on April 15. April 24, 2009 By Brian Whitmore Anticipation is in the air in the Armenian village... -
Bipartisan Congressional Support for Armenian Genocide Recognition on Display at Capitol Hill Observance
Posted on April 26, 2009 | No CommentsANCA CAPITOL HILL ARMENIAN GENOCIDE REMEMBRANCE DRAWS 40 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS “It is long past the time for the United States to formally recognize the Armenian Genocide.” -Speaker Nancy Pelosi... -
Thaw between Turkey and Armenia shifts alliances in South Caucasus
Posted on April 25, 2009 | No CommentsFinancial Times By Isabel Gorst in Moscow Published: April 25 2009 03:00 | Last updated: April 25 2009 03:00 A rapprochement between Turkey and Armenia this week provided further evidence... -
Azerbaijani politicians and political analysts comment on Barack Obama’s 24 April statement
Posted on April 25, 2009 | No CommentsBaku. Elnur Mammadli – APA. “I think that U.S. President Barack Obama’s opinion on the “Armenian genocide” is unscientific approach to history. Such political approaches to history do not serve... -
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Mama Sarah: Barack Obama’s grandmother
Posted on April 25, 2009 | No Comments[...] Barack Obama was born in 1961, the son of a Kenyan father and American mother who had met at a university in Hawaii. They split up when Barack was... -
Simon says…Meds Yeghern
Posted on April 25, 2009 | 1 CommentApril 25, 2009 That segment of the statement, in three languages, is “The Great Disaster,” in English, “Meds Yegherni Hishadage,” in Armenian; and “Buyuk Felaket,” in Turkish. This is how...
