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    NEW YORK TIMES TO USE TERM "GENOCIDE" IN REFERENCES TO MASSACRES OF
    ARMENIANS IN OTTOMAN TURKEY

    19.04.2004 18:59

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ New York Times has lifted its long-standing policy against
    the use of the term "genocide" in reference to the massacres of Armenians in
    the Ottoman Empire. As reported by the Armenian National Committee of
    America, the statement released by the newspaper's editorial staff says:
    "After careful study of scholarly definitions of "genocide" we have decided
    to accept the term "genocide" in references to the Turks' mass destruction
    of Armenians in 1915". To note, Boston Globe taken analogous decision in
    July 2003.
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