As Obama Seeks To Stop Genocide in Darfur, Calls Intensify for Affirmation of Turkey's Genocide of Armenians

Two weeks ahead of the annual commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, US President Barack Obama on Tuesday marked the 15th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda with a statement urging the United States and its world partners to deepen their commitment to ending the cycle of genocide, the White House reported.

YEREVAN--In a letter to the chairman of the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Howard Berman, the Chairman of the Armenian National Assembly's Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Armen Rustamian on Thursday expressed his strong support for US affirmation of the Armenian Genocide, stressing that US recognition would be the greatest contributor to the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations.

LOS ANGELES--The Armenian Tricolor waved with determination on the steps of the Turkish Consulate in Los Angeles on Thursday as thousands of Armenian-Americans came out to demand justice and recognition in protest of 93 years of Turkey's denial of the Armenian Genocide.

After escalating criticism from the Armenian American community for his role in obstructing an article on the Armenian Genocide this April and his discriminatory behavior against Armenian American reporters, Los Angeles Times Managing Editor Douglas Frantz has resigned effective July 6th and will be returning to Istanbul, reported the Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region (ANCA-WR).