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 | Court in Azerbaijan extends former Karabakh leader’s arrest by 5 months The Binagadi District Court in Azerbaijan has granted the prosecutor’s petition to extend the arrest of Arkady Ghukasyan. Ucom General Director joins High-Tech Development Panel Discussion The discussion was titled "The Role of International Corporations and Investors as Catalysts for Development of High-Tech Ecosystem." U.S. still believes “peace is possible” between Armenia, Azerbaijan The United States continues to believe that peace is possible between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Vedant Patel says. Dozens detained as antigovernment protest continue in Armenia At least 63 people demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation were detained on May 14 as they blocked streets in Yerevan. |