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Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) publicly apologized for not properly acknowledging the Armenian Genocide during her tenure under the administration of U.S. resident Barack Obama. Almost every Armenian-American family was touched in some way by the genocide. Ongoing Turkish denial makes the genocide an open wound… I am very sorry that, during our time in office, we in the Obama administration did not recognize the Armenian Genocide,” Power said in a series of tweets. .... Power has faced much criticism for her silence on Obama’s failure to recognize the Armenian Genocide, and had refused to publicly...

ANKARA - Russian forces have killed more than 20 Turks fighting alongside Chechen rebels, the Russian Federation's defense minister was quoted as saying. At a NATO ministers meeting in Romania, Minister Sergei Ivanov told attending counterparts that about 200 foreign mercenaries were currently fighting alongside rebels in Chechnya, the Interfax news agency reported. He said 24 Turks had been killed while fighting Russian forces and sent veiled criticism to Ankara by saying, "Incidentally, this country is a NATO member and is included in the anti-terrorist coalition, together with Russia." Ivanov was seeking anti-terror cooperation in Romania after a school siege...