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Armenia's president to attend match in Turkey

YEREVAN, Armenia—Armenia's president said Monday that he will go to Turkey this week for a football World Cup qualifier between the two national teams, returning a visit by Turkey's president in what has become known as soccer diplomacy. President ...

From AVET DEMOURIAN, Boston Globe,  12 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Abdullah Gul,  Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey, Armenia set reconciliation talks

YEREVAN, Armenia - Armenia and Turkey, bitter foes for a century, took a step toward reconciliation yesterday by revealing that they would launch final talks aimed at establishing diplomatic ties. They won’t, however, discuss the deepest source of ...

From AVET DEMOURIAN, Boston Globe,  1 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  European Union,  Recep Tayyip Erdogan,  Brookings Institution

Armenia, Turkey nearing ties

YEREVAN, Armenia — Armenia and Turkey agreed Monday to final talks aimed at establishing diplomatic relations and resolving a seemingly intractable rift that dates to the massacres of Armenians under Ottoman rule nearly 100 years ago. Both sides said ...

From AVET DEMOURIAN, Denver Post,  1 Sep 2009
Related Topics: BBC

Turkey, Armenia to launch talks on diplomatic ties

Armenia and Turkey, bitter foes for a century, took a step toward reconciliation Monday by announcing they would launch final talks aimed at establishing diplomatic ties. But they won't discuss the deepest source of their enmity: the massacres of ...

From AVET DEMOURIAN, eTaiwan News,  31 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  European Union,  Recep Tayyip Erdogan,  Brookings Institution,  BBC

Turkey, Armenia agree to establish diplomatic ties

Armenia and Turkey agreed Monday to start talks aimed at solving a seemingly intractable rift that dates to the massacres of Armenians under Ottoman rule nearly 100 years ago. It is unclear if the talks to establish diplomatic relations, expected ...

From AVET DEMOURIAN, eTaiwan News,  31 Aug 2009
Related Topics: BBC,  European Union,  Abdullah Gul,  Abraham Foxman

Thousands of Armenians mourn WWI mass killings

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) -- Tens of thousands of Armenians marched through the capital on Friday to commemorate the 94th anniversary of the start of mass killings by Ottoman Turks, many calling on Turkey to recognize the slayings as genocide. Armenia and ...

From AVET DEMOURIAN, Buffalo News,  24 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama

Armenia rallies turn violent

Protesters challenging last month's presidential election results try to flip a car Saturday in Yerevan. ( Johan Spanner, The New York Times ) YEREVAN, Armenia — Armenia's president imposed a state of emergency Saturday after police used tear gas and ...

From AVET DEMOURIAN, Denver Post,  2 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Robert Kocharian

Armenia declares state of emergency

YEREVAN, Armenia Armenia's president imposed a state of emergency Saturday after police used tear gas and fired shots into the air to disperse demonstrators protesting alleged fraud in last month's presidential election. The announcement from the ...

From AVET DEMOURIAN, Globe and Mail,  1 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Robert Kocharian,  Terry Davis

Armenian police detain more activists as gov't, opposition supporters hold dueling rallies

Armenian police detained more opposition activists Tuesday and pro-government and opposition forces staged dueling rallies as tensions remained high over the disputed results of last week's presidential election. Outgoing President Robert ...

From AVET DEMOURIAN, Taiwan News,  27 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Robert Kocharian

Armenian protest over election persists as opposition faces more arrests

A round-the-clock protest over Armenia's disputed presidential election persisted Monday, while authorities placed several opposition supporters under arrest. Opposition supporters claim last week's election was rigged in favor of the country's ...

From AVET DEMOURIAN, Taiwan News,  25 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Robert Kocharian

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