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    ARKA News Agency
    April 27 2004


    Romania, Italy, GB, Belarus and Kazakhstan celebrated anniversary
    Armenian Genocide Victims Day

    Meeting in support of TV Channel A+1 to be held in Yerevan on 3 May

    Opposition powers of Armenia sure that their struggle will lead to a
    result

    Actions devoted to Armenian Genocide of 1915 held in Paris

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    ROMANIA, ITALY, GB, BELARUS AND KAZAKHSTAN CELEBRATED ANNIVERSARY
    ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS DAY

    YEREVAN, April 27. /ARKA/. Romania, Italy, GB, Belarus and Kazakhstan
    celebrated anniversary Armenian Genocide Victims Day, RA MFA told
    ARKA. In London, Armenian Embassy organized procession to memorial of
    victims - Cenotaph, and the representatives of the procession gave
    the letter to GB Prime Minister Tony Bler.
    >From the beginning of the 19th century till 1920, the Ottoman Empire,
    legal successor of which is today's turkey, regularly tormented and
    persecuted Armenians. The top of barbarity was in 1915 when over a
    million of Armenians was massacred in different regions of West
    Armenia, part of the Empire.
    The fact of the Armenian Genocide has been recognised by many
    countries, including Uruguay (the first state that recognised the
    genocide in 1965), Russia, France, Argentina, Greece, Lower Chamber
    of Italy, 31 states of the U.S. L.D. -0--

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    MEETING IN SUPPORT OF TV CHANNEL A+1 TO BE HELD IN YEREVAN ON 3 MAY

    YEREVAN, April 27. /ARKA/. `The Fund for Support of Freedom of
    Speech' and the Initiative Group for the support of A+1 TV Channel
    will organize a meeting in the support of the Channel on 3 May, as
    the Initiative Group told ARKA.
    April 2, 2002 the Commission recognised Sharm company as a winner in
    the tender for the 37th decimetre frequency. As a result, A1+
    opposition channel was deprived of the license for 5 years, which
    aroused discontent of the opposition. Currently the information
    agency with the same name published `Ayb Fe' daily. T. M. - 0 -

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    OPPOSITION POWERS OF ARMENIA SURE THAT THEIR STRUGGLE WILL LEAD TO A
    RESULT

    YEREVAN. April 27. /ARKA/. Regular meeting of opposition started
    today in Yerevan. According to the Secretary of Opposition Faction
    Justice Viktor Dallakian, opposition powers of Armenia are confident
    that their struggle will lead to a result. He said that since today
    any dialogue with authorities will be stopped, because main demand of
    opposition is not met.
    He announced 10 offers of the Justice Faction that were represented
    at yesterday's political consultation at RA NA Speaker Arthur
    Baghdasarian. Among basic offers are restoration of legal order,
    release of political prisoners, right for free movement of the
    citizens, legal guarantees of authorities on non-use of power against
    peaceful rallies, punishment of guilty in violent actions on April
    12-13, referendum on vote of confidence to the president. L.D. --0--

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    ACTIONS DEVOTED TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE OF 1915 HELD IN PARIS

    YEREVAN, April 27. /ARKA/. Paris hold actions devoted to the Armenian
    Genocide of 1915 in Ottoman Empire, as RA Foreign Ministry Press
    department told ARKA. According to the information provided the
    actions began on 23 April a day before the commemoration date of the
    victims of the Armenian Genocide. At that day there was no access to
    the Champs-Elysees adjacent to the Etoile Square, from where the
    participants started a march to the Arc de Triomphe. As it is
    mentioned in the press release, RA Ambassador Plenipotentiary and
    Extraordinary in France Eduard Nalbandyan accompanied by the top
    military laid a wreath to the Unknown Soldier Tomb in sign of respect
    to the victims of the Genocide. During the ceremony there were
    performed hymns of two countries and the Armenian and French flags
    were lowered. As also mentioned in the press release, on 244 April
    Paris Municipality organized a reception in memory of the Genocide
    victims attended by RA Ambassador in France and Paris Mayor Bertrand
    Delanoe. On the same day the Armenian church of St. Surb Hovhannes
    Mkrtitch (St. John the Baptist) and on 25 April the Paris Notre Dame
    Cathedral finished liturgy. The press release also mentioned about
    mass actions devoted to the Armenian Genocide held in Marseille,
    Lyon, Grenoble, Toulon, Valance and Cannes.
    The fact of the Armenian Genocide, during which the Ottoman
    authorities annihilated 1.5 million Armenians has been recognised by
    many countries, including Uruguay (the first state that recognised
    the genocide in 1965), Russia, France, Argentina, Greece, Lower
    Chamber of Italy, 31 states of the U.S. T.M. -0--

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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