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2014: Bloodiest year so far in Syria
2014: Bloodiest year so far in Syria
According to the report released by the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, 2014 has been the bloodiest year in the civil war in Syria that began in March 2011. According to the report, 76,021 people lost their lives in Syria in 2014.
7 January 2015 Haber Merkezi
Secret Ankara-Paris correspondence prior to cancellation of denial law
Secret Ankara-Paris correspondence prior to cancellation of denial law
Secret electronic correspondence related to the ‘Genocide Law’ that was cancelled by the Constitutional Council of France after being accepted by the Parliament of France has been published. The correspondence between former AKP Member of Parliament Yaşar Yakış and member of the Constitutional Council of France Hubert Haenel have fanned the flames about the debate over the activities of the Turkish lobby in France.
6 January 2015 Haber Merkezi
Greece heads to early elections
Greece heads to early elections
In Greece, the third and final parliamentary vote to elect a President failed, leading to the dissolution of the Parliament. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has announced early general elections on January 25.
29 December 2014 Haber Merkezi
Taliban terror in Pakistan: 126 killed, most of them children
Taliban terror in Pakistan: 126 killed, most of them children
A Taliban assault on a school in a military zone in Peshawar has killed 126. There were around 500 students and teachers at the school at the time of the assault carried out by at least 6 Taliban militants.
16 December 2014
Pope’s team rejects Azerbaijan
Pope’s team rejects Azerbaijan
The teams San Lorenzo in Argentina, and Penarol in Uruguay rejected Azerbaijan’s offer, stating, “Money is not everything”. The common characteristic of the two teams is the broad support they enjoy among the Armenian population in the two countries.
7 November 2014
UK changing its 1915 policy
UK changing its 1915 policy
In his book titled “An Inconvenient Genocide: Who Now Remembers the Armenians?” Geoffrey Robertson QC, leading British human rights lawyer, shows how the denialist approach of the United Kingdom changed over time to today recognize the Armenian Genocide.
13 October 2014

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