webfact Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Clooney joins Armenia Remembrance Day commemorationsYEREVAN: -- The people of Armenia and those who support them have not forgotten.On Sunday’s 101st anniversary, Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan, Franco-Armenian singer Charles Aznavour and film star and activist George Clooney led commemorations of the massacres of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during the First World War.The massacres happened in 1915 but the pain, as people gathered at a memorial near the capital Yerevan, and for those across Armenia is still raw. Armenia says 1.5 million people died.It, along with certain international institutions, like the European Parliament, and several states, such as France and Russia, recognise what they call “the genocide”.But Turkey and some historians reject the term of genocide, claiming Armenians were killed in battles in which Armenian paramilitary groups had rallied to the Russian army. -- (c) Copyright Euronews 2016-04-25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soistalker Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 There was a POTATO famine in Ireland, you know. They got over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuamRudy Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartempion Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 (edited) There was a POTATO famine in Ireland, you know. They got over it.The Germans had a NAZI famine, my father never got over it.Ok, genocide is a typical activity performed by humans, why bother? Edited April 25, 2016 by tartempion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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