  Axa Insurance Company will pay $17 Million to Heirs of Armenian Genocide VictimsOctober 13, 2005 - 16:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Descendants of Armenians, who had fallen victim of the Genocide in Ottoman Turkey in 1915, agreed to call back their collective suit against Axa French insurance company. The latter agreed to pay $17 million to Armenian philanthropic organizations. The case was heard at a California court. The plaintiffs accused Axa in unwillingness to pay insurance sums for their relatives' killed in the massacre. One of the lawyers of the Armenian community stated their ultimate goal is to convince Turkey and US to officially recognize the Genocide fact, when 1.5 million Armenians were killed, reported BBC.  Top stories Bernard Arnault's will contribute 200 million euros to help rebuild Notre-Dame cathedral after it was gutted by fire. The Armenian Foreign Ministry has expressed condolences over the deadly crash of a new Ethiopian Airlines plane. The Board of the Harvard Law School Forum had to withdraw the invitation after finding out that Fein denies the Armenian Genocide. Armen Sarkissian has asked former Vice President Joe Biden if he intends to run for president in 2020.   Partner news |  Related sections Topic Latest news "Game Of Thrones" season 8 premiere was pirated 55 million times  The biggest offenders are India, with 9.5 million instances, China with 5.2 million instances and the US with 4 million.Armenian Genocide torchlight procession slated for April 23 This annual procession is the symbolic part of the struggle for the global recognition of the mass killings.Armenia's Levon Aronian gears up for Grenke Chess Classic The elite players of the chess world have moved to the German cities of Karlsruhe and Baden Baden for the Grenke Chess Classic.Armenian PM, Russian President meeting in Kazakhstan on May 29 "The political interaction between Russia and Armenia proceeds very constructively, dynamically," Matvienko said. |
