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WORLD - ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN MASS KILLINGS DRAWS TENS OF THOUSANDS
Morning Star
April 26, 2010 Monday
UK
Tens of thousands of Armenians in Yerevan laid flowers at a monument
to the victims of mass killings by Ottoman Turks at the weekend,
marking the 95th anniversary of the start of the genocide.
Across the world, hundreds of thousands of the Armenian diaspora
marked the anniversary.
Historians estimate that up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed by
Ottoman Turks around the time of World War I.
Turkey denies that the deaths constituted genocide, saying the toll has
been inflated and those killed were victims of civil war and unrest.
Residents of Yerevan and other regions and representatives of the
Armenian diaspora marched to a monument on a hill overlooking the
capital. Some carried placards such as "Nobody and nothing will be
forgotten!" and "Genocide never gets old."
Armenian President Serge Sarkisian described the slaughter as
"unprecedented in its scope, monstrosity and graveness of its
consequences" in an address to the nation.
In Paris, about 1,000 people took part in a commemoration which
climaxed at the Arc de Triomphe.
Morning Star
April 26, 2010 Monday
UK
Tens of thousands of Armenians in Yerevan laid flowers at a monument
to the victims of mass killings by Ottoman Turks at the weekend,
marking the 95th anniversary of the start of the genocide.
Across the world, hundreds of thousands of the Armenian diaspora
marked the anniversary.
Historians estimate that up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed by
Ottoman Turks around the time of World War I.
Turkey denies that the deaths constituted genocide, saying the toll has
been inflated and those killed were victims of civil war and unrest.
Residents of Yerevan and other regions and representatives of the
Armenian diaspora marched to a monument on a hill overlooking the
capital. Some carried placards such as "Nobody and nothing will be
forgotten!" and "Genocide never gets old."
Armenian President Serge Sarkisian described the slaughter as
"unprecedented in its scope, monstrosity and graveness of its
consequences" in an address to the nation.
In Paris, about 1,000 people took part in a commemoration which
climaxed at the Arc de Triomphe.