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If there's anything positive an actor like Clooney's been doing, it's to recognize the Armenian Holocaust at an official commemoration:
- What You Should Know About The Armenian Genocide
From the Federalist: April 24 marks the centennial of the Armenian Genocide, a massive tragedy that brutally snuffed out the lives of up to 1.5 million Armenian Christians in the Ottoman Empire. It was a systematic attempt to exterminate an entire race...
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Turkish Dep PM Emrullah Ishler: "Armenians killed over one million Turks" From Will at THE OTHER NEWS: Turkish Dep PM Emrullah Ishler: "Armenians killed over one million Turks"(Taz). Over one million Turks were killed in Turkey by Armenian gangs, Turkish...
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Kobe Bryant's deal with Turkish Airlines has angered many Armenian Americans Wah, Why Me? Why are the Armenians mad at me? Kobe Bryant's newest endorsement agreement has sparked protests and incited boycotts among Armenian Americans in Los...
- There Was Once A Genocide In Armenia, And The Turks Committed It. Adl?
This story REALLY bothers me.Millions of people died in 1915 in an Armenia ruled by the Turks....yet ANDREW BOSTOM: THE CAMPAIGN sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to combat bigotry and celebrate diversity ("No Place for Hate") has sparked...
- Statue Comemorating Armenian Genocide Destroyed In France - "it Might Have Been Stolen For The Metal"
Or, so say the police. Remember, this comes hard on the heels of the proposal of a new law making it a crime to deny the Armenian genocide. Yep, and all of the sudden, I guess, some "youths" got so hungry (you know, because they don't have "jobs")...
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George Clooney pays respects to Armenia
If there's anything positive an actor like Clooney's been doing, it's to recognize the Armenian Holocaust at an official commemoration:
Hollywood star and rights advocate George Clooney on Sunday led thousands of Armenians on a march to a hilltop memorial in Yerevan to commemorate the 101st anniversary of the World War I-era Armenian genocide.Quite right. That's why I hope he's disappointed with Obama for failing throughout his entire tenure to acknowledge the Armenian genocide for what it was.
A staunch advocate of the massacre's recognition as genocide, Clooney arrived in the ex-Soviet nation on Saturday to take part in the hugely symbolic ceremonies.
Clooney and the French singer of Armenian origin Charles Aznavour joined President Serzh Sarkisian and thousands of Armenians to lay flowers at the eternal flame at the imposing Tsitsernakaberd memorial as requiem services for the victims were held in churches across the country.
Armenians say up to 1.5 million people were killed during World War I as the Ottoman Empire was falling apart, a claim supported by many other countries.
Turkey fiercely rejects the genocide label, arguing that 300,000 to 500,000 Armenians and at least as many Turks died in civil strife when Armenians rose up against their Ottoman rulers and sided with invading Russian troops.
Clooney co-chairs the selection committee of the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity which was established on behalf of the survivors.
The genocide "is a part of Armenia's history, it's also a part of the world's history, it's not the pain of one nation only," the US actor and director said upon his arrival in Yerevan.
The Hollywood heavyweight will name an inaugural recipient of the Aurora Prize during an award ceremony in the city later Sunday.
The laureate will be given a $100,000 grant and will nominate organisations to receive a $1 million award.
"Today, we commemorate the sacred memory of the victims of the Armenian genocide," Sarkisian said in a statement.
Turkey's "policy of denial... has not changed, as has not changed its hostile stance toward everything that is Armenian," he added.
- What You Should Know About The Armenian Genocide
From the Federalist: April 24 marks the centennial of the Armenian Genocide, a massive tragedy that brutally snuffed out the lives of up to 1.5 million Armenian Christians in the Ottoman Empire. It was a systematic attempt to exterminate an entire race...
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Turkish Dep PM Emrullah Ishler: "Armenians killed over one million Turks" From Will at THE OTHER NEWS: Turkish Dep PM Emrullah Ishler: "Armenians killed over one million Turks"(Taz). Over one million Turks were killed in Turkey by Armenian gangs, Turkish...
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Kobe Bryant's deal with Turkish Airlines has angered many Armenian Americans Wah, Why Me? Why are the Armenians mad at me? Kobe Bryant's newest endorsement agreement has sparked protests and incited boycotts among Armenian Americans in Los...
- There Was Once A Genocide In Armenia, And The Turks Committed It. Adl?
This story REALLY bothers me.Millions of people died in 1915 in an Armenia ruled by the Turks....yet ANDREW BOSTOM: THE CAMPAIGN sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to combat bigotry and celebrate diversity ("No Place for Hate") has sparked...
- Statue Comemorating Armenian Genocide Destroyed In France - "it Might Have Been Stolen For The Metal"
Or, so say the police. Remember, this comes hard on the heels of the proposal of a new law making it a crime to deny the Armenian genocide. Yep, and all of the sudden, I guess, some "youths" got so hungry (you know, because they don't have "jobs")...