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By DESMOND BUTLER, Associated Press Writer

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

WASHINGTON, (AP) --

A House panel defied President Bush on Wednesday and approved a measure that he said would damage U.S. goals in the Middle East.

The measure that would recognize the World War I-era killings of Armenians as a genocide had been strongly opposed by Turkey, a key NATO ally that has supported U.S. efforts in Iraq.

The House Foreign Affairs Commit... Read More

/PanARMENIAN.Net/

“The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee will pass the Armenian Genocide Resolution October 10, ARF Bureau’s Hay Dat and Political Affairs Office Director, Kiro Manoyan told a news conference in Yerevan.

“The Turkish lobby has launched an active campaign to block the resolution. Erdogan’s phone conversation with Bush, talks between the Turkish Foreign Minister and Israeli President, and finally, the letter of eight former Secretaries of State... Read More

/PanARMENIAN.Net/

The authors of the Armenian Genocide Resolution (H. Res. 106) expressed their confidence that the House Foreign Affairs Committee will pass this important human rights legislation during the Committee markup next Wednesday, October 10, the Armenian Assembly of America reported.

In a press statement issued earlier today, Reps. Adam Schiff (D-CA), George Radanovich (R-CA), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N... Read More

/PanARMENIAN.Net/

“Armenians themselves must tell the world about the Genocide, nobody else will do it instead of them. In this issue there is no one that Armenia may rely on. Those politicians who promise to recognize the Armenian Genocide, are acting proceeding purely from their own interests, and we do not have to look for examples very long –the latest three US presidents,” The Independent’s journalist Robert Fisk stated in his lecture at the American University in Yere... Read More

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