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NEWS ABOUT: Armenia

Armenia stories: 16 news summaries

 Clinton Helps Save 
 Turkey-Armenia Accord 

Last-minute diplomacy keeps historic agreement on track

Oct 10, 09 5:30 PM CDT
(AP) - Turkey and Armenia signed a landmark agreement today to establish diplomatic relations after a century of enmity and re-open their sealed border. The move came after Hillary Clinton helped clear a last-minute snag that nearly foiled the day. The contentious issue of whether the killing of up to 1.5... More »

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Turkey • Armenia

 Turkey, Armenia Move 
 Toward Diplomatic Ties 

Talks won't touch WWI-era massacre at root of ill feelings, however

Aug 31, 09 9:13 PM CDT
(AP) - Armenia and Turkey, bitter foes for a century, took a step toward reconciliation today by announcing they would launch final talks aimed at establishing diplomatic ties. But they won't discuss the deepest source of their enmity: the World War I-era massacres of Armenians under Ottoman rule. The sides say they... More »

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Turkey • massacre • nationalism • Armenia • Ottoman Empire • diplomatic ties • President Obama

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 168 Dead in 
 Iran Plane Crash 


Jul 15, 09 4:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Russian-made passenger plane traveling from Tehran to the Armenian capital of Yerevan crashed in northwest Iran today, killing all 168 people aboard, Iranian state media reports. Television footage showed the smoking wreckage of the plane, and one official said it burst into flames while still airborne. A representative from... More »

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Iran • plane crash • air disasters • Armenia • airplane • Caspian Airlines

(Newser) - US Armenians criticized President Obama today for refusing to acknowledge the Armenian genocide while visiting Turkey, Politico reports. Obama “missed a valuable opportunity to honor" a campaign pledge, said one advocate, after Obama mentioned “the terrible events of 1915” but avoided saying whether he had pressed Turkey's president... More »

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Barack Obama • Abdullah Gul • Armenia • Armenian genocide

(Newser) - President Obama addressed the Turkish parliament today, and used the opportunity to extend an olive branch to the Muslim world, the New York Times reports. “The United States is not, and will never be, at war with Islam,” said Obama. “America’s relationship with the Muslim world... More »

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Barack Obama • Islam • Turkey • diplomacy • European Union • Muslims • foreign policy • Armenia • Armenian genocide • President Obama

(Newser) - Barack Obama reaffirmed the strength of US-Turkish ties at a press conference in Ankara this morning, touting Turkey as a nation with “similar principles” to the US, and asking for its help in ending the Iraq war. But things got awkward when talk turned to Armenian genocide, which Obama... More »

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Barack Obama • Turkey • Abdullah Gul • Armenia • Armenian genocide • Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

(AP) - A group of about 200 Turkish intellectuals today issued an apology on the Internet for the World War I-era massacres of Armenians in Turkey, the AP reports. The group of prominent academics, journalists, writers and artists avoided using the contentious term "genocide" in the apology, using the less explosive... More »

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Turkey • Armenia • Armenian genocide • intellectual

 Not Scared of TB? 
 You Should Be 

Resistant strain could ravage the world, and we're not ready

Dec 7, 08 1:32 PM CST
(Newser) - "Global complacency" could give rise to a terrifying, drug-resistant form of tuberculosis, writes Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times—and not in some remote outpost on the globe. There have been fewer than 100 cases of this XDR-TB in the past 15 years in the US, but with... More »

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public health • Doctors Without Borders • Armenia • tuberculosis • pandemic • Nicholas Kristof • XDR-TB

8 Die in Armenia; US Urges Calm

Opposition leader asks protesters to lie low until emergency rule ends

Mar 2, 08 7:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Troops patrolled quiet downtown Yerevan today after police fired back at thousands of protesters this weekend and killed eight, Reuters reports. Authorities have declared emergency rule and outlawed mass meetings for the next 3 weeks. "We won't give up, we will be fighting to the very end," said... More »

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oil • Washington • protests • Armenia • emergency rule • election

Armenia Attacks Protesters 

Country declares emergency rule, kills 1 as rallies rage for 2nd week

Mar 1, 08 4:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Armenian cops fired on a crowd of protesters today and killed at least one as the country declared emergency rule, Reuters reports. Protests have raged daily since a Feb. 19 presidential election that opponents say was rigged for ex-premier Serzh Sarksyan. Police are holding opposition hopeful Levon Ter-Petrosian under house... More »

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protests • freedom of expression • freedom of press • police crackdown • Armenia • emergency rule • Levon Ter-Petrosian • Robert Kocharian

Backers Delay Genocide Vote

Turkish tensions scares off support

Oct 26, 07 3:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The four primary sponsors of the House resolution to label the 1915 killings of Armenians in Turkey as genocide have withdrawn support, formally asking Speaker Nancy Pelosi to delay voting on the measure, the AP reports. Enthusiasm for the resolution withered after Turkey withdrew its US ambassador and threatened to... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Turkey • genocide • Armenia • Armenian Resolution • Armenian genocide

Pelosi Vows to Push Turkish Genocide Vote

She ignores knocks from Turks, GOP, as Turkey fires shells into Kurdish villages

Oct 14, 07 6:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi vows to take the Turkey-genocide vote to the floor despite renewed Turkish threats and Republican jabs, the New York Times reports. Turkey’s army chief warned today that “military relations with the United States can never be the same" if the vote passes. GOP lawmaker John Boehner... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Turkey • NATO • genocide • Ankara • United States • Armenia • Iraq war

Turkey Enraged by Genocide Bill

NATO ally says 'political games' will greatly injure relations

Oct 11, 07 9:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Turkey erupted today over a US bill that would officially recognize the 1915-1917 mass killings of 1.5 million Armenians in Turkey as genocide. Turkey’s president said the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which passed the resolution 27-21, “sought to sacrifice big problems for small domestic political games.”... More »

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Turkey • genocide • House of Representatives • Armenia • Armenian Resolution • Armenian genocide • House Foreign Affairs Committee • Iraq war

Over Bush Objections, House Panel
OKs Armenia Bill

Resolution calls Turkey killings 'genocide'

Oct 10, 07 8:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - A House committee today approved a resolution calling World War I-era killings of Armenians by the Turkish government "genocide," despite warnings from the White House and an intense lobbying effort by Turkey. The resolution is largely symbolic, the New York Times reported, but its passage by the full... More »

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Turkey • genocide • Armenia • Ottoman Empire • Armenian genocide • Iraq war

Armenia Measure Puts White House, Turkey on Edge

House bill would term WWI killings 'genocide'

Oct 10, 07 11:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - A bill to term the World War I-era deaths of 1.5 million Armenians at the hands of the Turkish government "genocide" is winning support in Congress—making the White House squirm and Turkey fume, the Washington Post reports. President Bush and eight former Secretaries of State have warned... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Turkey • genocide • House of Representatives • Billy • Armenia • Armenian Resolution • Armenian genocide

Go Where the $ Is Still Good

Planning to travel?  Head to a country where flashing a few dead presidents still means something

Oct 6, 07 6:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - It hurts when even a dollar-friendly country like Canada is giving your green the cold shoulder. Get your money's worth in these countries from foXnoMad:
  1. Morocco
  2. Thailand
  3. Mexico
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China • travel • Jordan • Venezuela • Thailand • Mexico • Morocco • currency • currency exchange • list • Micronesia • Armenia • international currency

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