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Lessons from a tragic past Glendale-based groups hope handbook will make Armenian Genocide part of high school curriculum for all students. By CLAUDIA PESCHIUTTA http://www.latimes.com/communities/news/bu...tgn0013085.html GLENDALE -- Mehmet Talaat *****, Ismail Enver *****, Kharpert, Der el-Zor. These names and places would inspire little more than curiosity in many people. For others, they are are as integral a part of heritage as the names and birthplaces of ancestors. In an effort to ensure the Armenian Genocide is not forgotten, two Glendale-based groups have worked together to produce a book on the issue for high-school teachers and students. The 118-page book, titled "The Armenian Genocide 1915-1923," includes everything from portraits of central figures to newspaper and eyewitness accounts of atrocities in places such as Kharpert and Der el-Zor. An estimated 1.5 million Armenians were killed after being exiled by the Ottoman Turks in 1915. The Western Region of the Armenian National Committee and the Armenian Cultural Foundation hope to get the book into classrooms in Glendale and other cities. Jim Brown, superintendent of the Glendale Unified School District, said he wants to get copies of the book for local teachers and campus libraries. "It's a timely and important work for us to have access to in the school district," he said. "This is going to be a valuable resource to us." Not all history textbooks include information on the genocide, said Alex Sardar, executive director of the Armenian National Committee's local chapter. "Excluding a historical truth creates a vacuum of ignorance on the issues," he said. "We hope that by educating world citizens at a very young age we are able to stop such violence and crimes against humanity from occurring in the future." The Turkish government denies allegations of a genocide and the U.S. does not officially recognize it. Most of the first 2,000 copies printed of the book, written by Simon Payaslian, have been given out or sold, Sardar said. Money raised by selling the books, which are $20 each, will be used to print more copies, he said. Many copies have been given to local education officials, including Glendale Board of Education members. There is "big interest" in getting the book into local schools, said board member Pam Ellis. The large population of Armenian students in the area and the inclusion of the genocide in state-mandated curriculum are reasons to teach the subject in Glendale classrooms, she said. "The harder it is to find the material, the less likely the teacher is to teach it," Ellis said. "This book just makes the material readily accessible." Sardar sees a connection between the genocide and more recent atrocities, such as school shootings. "There are some underlying issues that are dealt with in this book that are relevant to today's stuff ... issues of tolerance, issues of respect for human life," he said.

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MARYLAND STATE SENATE APPROVES BILL ON RECOGNIZING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE 28.03.2001 YEREVAN, March 28. /Mediamax/. Maryland State Senate approved a bill on recognizing the Armenian genocide of 1915. The bill was approved by 34 votes against 10. The bill still needs the approval of the House of Representatives of Maryland. On March 24 the Turkish Zaman paper reported that U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell sent a letter to deputies in Maryland state and said that the U.S. administration did not approve their initiatives for adopting a resolution on recognizing the Armenian genocide. In his letter Powell said that such initiatives affected foreign policy of the United States. --0--

GEORGE BUSH REAFFIRMS HIS ELECTORAL PLEDGE MADE TO AMERICAN ARMENIANS 28.03.2001 YEREVAN, March 28. /Mediamax/. During his recent visit to Chicago the U.S. President George Bush made statements reaffirming his campaign pledge to "ensure that our nation properly recognizes the tragic suffering of the Armenian people," Mediamax was informed in the Armenian National Committee (ANC) of Illinois. Answering the ANC representatives about his position on his campaign pledge, Bush said: "The Armenians are great people. You know I made a promise to you before I was elected." The ANC representative Rita Sarafian said in this regard that "the American Armenians expect that the President clearly and non-ambiguously classifies the events of 1915 as genocide."--0--

FIRST ARMENIAN LITERARY MAGAZINE IS LAUNCHED ON THE INTERNET 28.03.2001 YEREVAN, March 28. /Mediamax/. The first Armenian literary magazine - is launched on the Internet. As one of the authors of the project, writer Vahram Martirosian told Mediamax, "Bnagir" magazine will be issued once a quarter. Martirosian also said the printed version of the magazine will also be published, with circulation of about 100. The official presentation of the project will be held on March 29. --0--

ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER HOPES THE U.S. PRESIDENT WILL KEEP HIS ELECTORAL PLEDGE 28.03.2001 YEREVAN, March 28. /Mediamax/. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Vardan Oskanian voiced his hope today that the U.S. President George Bush, in his traditional address to the American Armenians on 24 April, will give an assessment to the 1915 events similar to the one he gave during his pre-electoral campaign. In the interview to the Public Television of Armenia Minister Oskanian said: "We hope that the President of the USA will manage to keep his electoral pledge". During his recent visit to Chicago the U.S. President George Bush said: "The Armenians are great people. You know I made a promise to you before I was elected", Mediamax was informed in the Armenian National Committee (ANC) of Illinois. During his pre-electoral campaign George Bush said "the Armenians were subjected to a genocidal campaign". He also promised "to ensure that our nation properly recognizes the tragic suffering of the Armenian people". --0--

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WORLD CUP 2010 FIFA might have agreed on rotation in principal, but, contrary to widely circulated reports, it has not yet agreed that Africa will be the first continent in the rotation. Michel Zen-Ruffinen, FIFA's general secretary, said rotation has "a lot of potential problems" that have yet to be worked out. "We have to be sure there'll be a real choice," he said. "Some confederations have more members capable of hosting the World Cup than others, and we have to be sure the pool of potential bidders is as wide as possible." Meanwhile, former South African national team coach Clive Barker said South Africa, Morocco, Egypt and Nigeria are capable of staging the World Cup. "I think FIFA has looked at Africa and decided that they can take the risk in 2010 and then they won't have to bring it back to the continent for another 20 years," he said. "They'll have breathing space." Complicating matters for FIFA is the fact that by 2010 it will have been 32 years since a South American country last staged soccer's showcase event. Which makes Brazil a good bet for 2014, the year the U.S. wanted the World Cup back. * * * World Cup Qualifiers SATURDAY'S RESULTS * Andorra 0, Netherlands 5 * Armenia 2, Wales 2 * Azerbaijan 0, Moldova 0 * Bosnia 1, Austria 1 * Bulgaria 2, Iceland 1 * Croatia 4, Latvia 1 * Cyprus 0, Ireland 4 * England 2, Finland 1 * Germany 2, Albania 1 * Hungary 1, Lithuania 1 * Malta 0, Denmark 5 * Northern Ireland 0, Czech Republic 1 * Norway 2, Poland 3 * Russia 1, Slovenia 1 * Scotland 2, Belgium 2 * Sweden 1, Macedonia 0 * Luxembourg 0, Faroe Islands 2 * Yugoslavia 1, Switzerland 1 * Turkey 1, Slovakia 1 * Spain 5, Liechtenstein 0 * Romania 0, Italy 2 * Ukraine 0, Belarus 0 Note: Home team listed first

CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE UNANIMOUSLY RECOGNIZED APRIL 24 AS "DAY OF REMEMBRANCE OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE" 23.03.2001 YEREVAN, March 23. /Mediamax/. On Thursday the California State Senate unanimously approved Joint Resolution 5 Designating April 24 as "Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide" The joint resolution memorializes the United States Congress to also commemorate the genocidal acts committed against the Armenian people at the hands of the Turkish Ottoman Empire. California is home to the largest population of Armenians in the United States. --0--

PAKISTAN'S REPRESENTATIVE EXPRESSED "DEEP CONCERN OVER THE AGRESSION AGAINST AZERBAIJAN" 23.03.2001 YEREVAN, March 23. /Mediamax/. Speaking on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), at the 75th session of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights in Geneva, Pakistan's Ambassador at the United Nations, Munir Akram expressed "deep concern over the aggression against Azerbaijan". As IRNA reports, he regretted also the "unabated" violation of the rights of people in Palestine, Golan Heights of Syria, Lebanese territories, Kosovo, Jammu and Kashmir, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Armenia". --0--

U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE POWELL DOESN'T APPROVE THE RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BY MARYLAND STATE 24.03.2001 YEREVAN, March 24. /Mediamax/. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell sent a letter to deputies in Maryland state who have been taking up a resolution on Genocide on Armenians, and said that the U.S. administration did not approve such resolutions. In his letter Powell said that such initiatives affected foreign policy of the U.S. State Department, Turkish Zaman paper reported. Powell stressed that the issue was not among duties of the local assemblies. Quoting observers in Washington D.C. Zaman reported that Powell's letter was a sign of that the U.S.' new administration would continue to follow support given by former President Bill Clinton to Turkey. The California State Senate unanimously approved on March 22 Joint Resolution 5 Designating April 24 as "Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide". No reports on official Washington's negative reaction to this decision have appeared in the press so far. --0--

THE MEETING BETWEEN POPE JOHN PAUL AND PATRIARCH ALEKSEI COULD BE HELD IN ARMENIA 26.03.2001 YEREVAN, March 26. /Mediamax/. Vatican officials suggest that the most likely occasion for a meeting between the heads of the Rome Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church could be in Armenia. In the off the record interview to the Catholic World News agency they noted that Armenia is regarded as "neutral territory." They also say that the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, enjoys good relations with both the Vatican and the Moscow Patriarchate, so that he might serve as an ideal intermediary in setting up the meeting. Moscow's Catholic Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz and Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Kirill have announced on March 23 that the meeting between Pope John Paul II and Patriarch Aleksei II of Moscow "should be truly historic, and not merely a protocol meeting." It is supposed that John Paul II will visit Armenia in autumn 2001 and will take part in the celebrations dedicated to the 1700th anniversary of adoption of Christianity in Armenia. --0--

HOLY ECHMIADZIN DENIES INFORMATION ABOUT POSSIBLE MEETING BETWEEN HEADS OF ROME CATHOLIC CHURCH AND RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN ARMENIA 26.03.2001 YEREVAN, March 26. /Mediamax/. The press-service of Holy Echmiadzin named "not true" the information of the Catholic World News agency about the possible meeting of the heads of Rome Catholic Church and Russian Orthodox Church in Armenia. The press-service of the Holy Echmiadzin informed Mediamax that such initiatives have never been and are not being discussed with the leadership of Armenian Apostolic Church. The Vatican officials have noted in the 23 March interview to the Catholic World News agency that the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Garegin II, enjoys good relations with both the Vatican and the Moscow Patriarchate, so that he might serve as an ideal intermediary in setting up the meeting. --0--

"ALLEY OF HEROES" OPENED IN THE Artsax UNIVERSITY 27.03.2001 YEREVAN, March 27. /Mediamax/. An "alley of heroes" who died during the Artsax-Azerbaijani war was opened in the state University of the Nagorno Artsax Republic. Seventy one trees were planted, this was the number of students and graduates of the University who died defending the country. --0--

EXHIBITION OF ARMENIAN APPLIED ARTS OPENED IN ABU DABI 27.03.2001 YEREVAN, March 27. /Mediamax/. By joint efforts of Armenian Embassy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Abu Dabi culture center the exhibition of Armenian applied art was opened in UAE capital on March 24. As Mediamax was informed in the press service of the Foreign Ministry of Armenia, the exhibition is being held under the patronage of the son of UAE president, Minister for information and culture Abdallah ben Zayed Al Nahayan. The exhibition will be open till March 29. --0--

LEADER OF "21ST CENTURY" PARTY COMPARES ARMENIAN PRESIDENT WITH SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC 27.03.2001 YEREVAN, March 27. /Mediamax/. Leader of "21st century" party David Shahnazarian compared at today's press conference in Yerevan Armenian President Robert Kocharian with Slobodan Milosevic, "due to the policy of whom Yugoslavia lost large territories". "If our society continues to tolerate this dictatorship, we'll repeat Yugoslavia's example", Shahnazarian said. According to him, today Artsax conflict is taken as a territorial argument between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and not as a problem of nations' self-determination. Shahnazarian noted that neither Armenian authorities, nor the OSCE co-chairmen and the international community deny this. Such perception of the problem provides favorable conditions for Azerbaijan at the negotiations, Shahnazarian said. Leader of "21st century" party stated that Azerbaijan's position remained unchanged throughout the meetings of R.Kocharian and H.Aliyev, while Armenia, appearing in foreign policy deadlock, has repeatedly changed its positions in the Artsax conflict settlement, Shahnazarian asserts. "It's obvious, that signing the "Istanbul" declaration at the OSCE summit in 1999, Armenia agreed that Nagorno Artsax Republic is a part of Azerbaijan", D. Shahnazarian said. --0--

PROGRAM OF MAY 9 FESTIVITIES APPROVED IN NAGORNO Artsax 27.03.2001 YEREVAN, March 27. /Mediamax/. Government of Nagorno Artsax Republic (NKR) approved the composition of the governmental commission for organization and realization of festivities on May 9. May 9 is recognized in NKR as Victory Day over fascism, NKR Defense Army Day and Day of liberation of the town of Shushi. As the correspondent of Mediamax reports from Stepanakert, NKR Defense Minister Lieutenant-General Seyran Ohanian heads the governmental commission. In accord with the festivities program, on May 9 the President of NKR, members of the Security Council, National Assembly and the government of the republic will visit Stepanakert memorial complex and the town of Shushi. Sport-cultural events will be held in the capital and regions of Nagorno Artsax on May 8-9. The festivities program includes visits to military units, meetings with veterans of the Great Patriotic War and participants of liberation of Shushi. Soldiers, who distinguished themselves in Artsax war, will be given state awards and valuable presents. Participants of the Great Patriotic War and families of the soldiers, killed in Artsax war are to be given lump sum allowance. --0--

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