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Turkish human rights defender may get Nobel Prize

February 3

Swedish MPs have applied to the Nobel Peace Committee to nominate Turkish human rights activist and publisher Ragıp Zarakolu for the peace prize. The MPs said Zarakolu is a symbol formedia freedom and a human rights defender. The application further mentioned the books Zarakolu had published on the Armenian and Kurdish issues, as well as Islam, and said his efforts, for which he was jailed, contributed to bringing cultures together. Zarakolu is also a member of the Turkish PEN Center, as well as a recipient of numerous prestigious international awards. He was arrested on Nov. 1, 2011, alongside prominent academic Büşra Ersanlı and dozens of other suspects upon the order of an Istanbul court over his alleged links with the KCK, the alleged urban wing of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Radikal reported.

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At focus Turkish human rights defender may get Nobel Prize February 3 Swedish MPs have applied to the Nobel Peace Committee to nominate Turkish human rights activist and publisher Ragıp Zarakolu for the peace prize. The MPs said Zarakolu is a symbol formedia freedom and a human rights defender. The application further mentioned the books Zarakolu had published on the Armenian and Kurdish issues, as well as Islam, and said his efforts, for which he was jailed, contributed to bringing cultures together. Zarakolu is also a member of the Turkish PEN Center, as well as a recipient of numerous prestigious international awards. He was arrested on Nov. 1, 2011, alongside prominent academic Büşra Ersanlı and dozens of other suspects upon the order of an Istanbul court over his alleged links with the KCK, the alleged urban wing of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Radikal reported.	Latest news 11:25 Micron CEO Steve Appleton dies in plane crash 11:15 U.S. Congressmen press Clinton to renounce her recent remarks on Genocide 11:05 U.S. Reps. Wolf, Chu commemorate Armenian massacre in Azerbaijan 00:08 Armenian place of worship demolished in Turkey 03.02 Lebanese Armenian MP thanks French envoy for genocide bill adoption 03.02 Puerto Rico to export iguana meat 03.02 Apple, Samsung to have lion share of smartphone profit in 2012 03.02 Panetta calls for unity on tough sanctions against Iran 03.02 Russia rejects latest bid for UN action on Syria 03.02 French senators opposing Genocide bill to visit Baku 03.02 Motorola’s ban on iPad, iPhone sales suspended in Germany 03.02 Americans kidnapped in Egypt released 03.02 Malev Hungarian airline folds amid crisis 03.02 Russia plans 2 space-defense missile plants construction 03.02 Overflowing rivers isolate 10,000 in Australia 03.02 Colosseum closed amid snowstorm 03.02 Turkish human rights defender may get Nobel Prize 03.02 8 Pakistani soldiers killed, 4 abducted in Taliban raid 03.02 French Constitutional Council to examine Genocide bill before March 1 03.02 NATO chief urges for financing Afghan forces	All news Photowire Most popular Sarkozy slams his FM for opposing genocide bill Turkey bans France from using its airspace and territorial waters Electoral Code won’t be changed before May - Free Democrats rep PanARMENIAN Photo Interviews On New Year's Eve, German ambassador in Yerevan, Hans-Jochen Schmidt shared his impressions of Armenia with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. “The first thing that struck me in Armenia was Ararat. In good weather, it offers a marvelous view, so close and yet so far. Hans-Jochen Schmidt: Ararat was the first that struck me in Armenia Classical music lover, Poland’s ambassador to Armenia Zdzislaw Raczynski has a habit to start days off with Wagner’s music. “I think Wagner’s music is a perfect start of the day. It’s encouraging and conveys an impulse for the whole day,” he said in an interview with PanARMENIAN.Net. Zdzislaw Raczynski: Wagner’s music is a good start of a day off

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