  TURKEY DEMANDS THAT MICROSOFT ENCARTA'S ENTRY ON THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BE CENSOREDAugust 16, 2000 - 18:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 16.08.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The leading publication for the academic community of the USA, The Chronicle for Higher Education, reports that the Turkish government pressures Microsoft's on-line encyclopedia, Encarta (www.encarta.com), to remove all the records about the Armenian Genocide of 1915.The Turkish government has demanded that any mention of the Armenian Genocide be removed from the entry dealing with Armenia, written by Ronald Grigor Suny, and from the article on genocide, written by Helen Fein. According to the article, published in Chronicle, Microsoft approached both these authors to rewrite their entries. Both Mr. Suny and Ms. Fein rejected these requests and have openly discussed Turkey's pressure tactics with reporters from the Chronicle. -0-   Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.   Partner news |  Latest news 151 detained as civil disobedience campaigns continue in Yerevan  Citizens have been blocking streets in the Armenian capital, demanding Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation.France welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan meeting in Almaty France has welcomed the new round of negotiations between the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan.IDBank issues 2nd tranche of dollar bonds of 2024 On May 13, 2024, IDBank placed registered coupon bonds under the abbreviation AMANLBB2PER9.Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. |
