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The Research Center for Western Armenian Studies has published two documents, proving the Ottoman policy of Islamization of Armenian orphans.

During the Armenian Genocide the Ottoman Government pursued the policy of Turkification of Armenian women and children.

presents two Ottoman documents and their Western Armenian translations. The texts are related to Armenian orphans hosted at a building in Ankara.

In the first document Interior Minister Talaat says it’s inexpedient to leave the Armenian children assembled in the building and orders to relocate them to different Islamic organizations.

The second document is the response by Ankara’s Deputy Governor Atif, who reports details about the number of Armenian women and children in the region and informs that the Armenian orphans will be sent to Islamic organizations.

The documents have been provided to the Research Center for Western Armenian Studies by US-based researcher Gevorg Hakobyan.

Premier League champions Leicester are just one point above the relegation zone after defeat at home by Manchester United left them still searching for a first league win in 2017.

A dour opening half came to life just before the break when the visitors scored twice in two minutes.

First, Henrikh Mkhitaryan latched onto Chris Smalling’s flick-on and raced through on goal before beating Kasper Schmeichel with a clinical finish, the BBC reports.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic then took advantage of terrible Leicester marking to side-foot home his 15th Premier League goal of the season.

Juan Mata ensured there was no way back for the hosts when he finished off a one-two with Mkhitaryan early in the second half.

Leicester never looked like scoring, with their only shot on target a tame Wilfred Ndidi strike just before half-time.

Manchester United remain in the hunt for a top-four finish. They are sixth, one point behind Liverpool and two behind fourth-placed Arsenal.

Blogger Alexander Lapshin’s lawyers have appealed the decision on his extradition to Azerbaijan at the Supreme Court of Belarus, TASS quotes the Court’s Press Secretary Yulia Lyaskova as saying.

“Tomorrow (February 7) the Supreme Court will consider the legality and validity of the ruling of the Minsk City Court, which recognized the decision of the Belarus Prosecutor General’s Office on his extradition to Azerbaijan valid,” she said.

Alexander Lapshin, who holds Russian and Israeli citizenship, was detained in Minsk in December 2015 at the request of Azerbaijan for his prior visits to Nagorno Karabakh.

According to a presidential decree signed on February 6, David Tonoyan has been appointed Minister of Emergency Situations.

President Serzh Sargsyan earlier signed a decree, relieving David Tonoyan from the duties of First Deputy Defense Minister of Armenia.

On 6 February Artsakh President Bako Sahakyan signed a decree, according to which serviceman of the NKR Defense Army Gor Gareginyan was posthumously awarded with the “For Service in Battle” medal for bravery shown during the defense of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic state border.

Gor Gareginyan was killed as a result of ceasefire violation by the Azerbaijani side at about 11:00 this morning.

The body of an Azerbaijani soldier was returned from Armenia to Azerbaijan on Sunday in a transfer facilitated by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The handover took place on the road between the Armenian town of Ijevan and the Azerbaijani town of Gazakh at the international border.

Immediately after the incident on the international border on 29 December 2016, the ICRC offered its services, in its role as neutral intermediary, to facilitate the transfer of the soldier’s body.

In April last year, following an escalation in hostilities in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the ICRC assisted the sides in several operations to search for the bodies of those killed in action and retrieve them from the battlefield, along the Line of Contact. The ICRC also facilitated the handover of the bodies.

The ICRC has been carrying out humanitarian work in the region related to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict since 1992.

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A French soldier on guard at the Louvre in Paris has opened fire on a suspected attacker, media reports say, the BBC reports.

A man shouting “Allahu Akbar” is reported to have tried to attack the soldier with a knife and was seriously injured when the soldier responded.

The attacker is said to have been trying to enter the museum’s underground shop.

A big security operation is under way and the interior ministry has described the situation as “serious”.

The Louvre has been evacuated.

 

Extradition of Russian nationals to third countries is unacceptable, Spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said, TASS reports.

“Russia keeps in touch with the Belarusian side concerning Alexander Lapshin case,” Maria Zakharova told a weekly briefing today.

“We insist that the extradition of Russian citizens to third countries is unacceptable, Zakharova said, commenting on the possible extradition of blogger Alexander Lapshin to Azerbaijan.

“We are in contact with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus and other relevant authorities,” she said.

Alexander Lapshin, who holds Russian and Israeli citizenship, was detained in Minsk in December 2015 at the request of Azerbaijan for his prior visits to Nagorno Karabakh.

Russian and Israeli diplomats have visited Alexander Lapshin in Minsk.

The Karabakh conflict is a direct threat to the security of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry Mariza Zakharova told a press conference today.

She stressed that there is no alternative to the peaceful search for mutually acceptable solutions and this is what any initiative should be targeted at.

As for the perspectives of cooperation between Russia and the UN on the Karabakh issue under new Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Zakharova said: “The contacts with Americans are still ahead, and any comments would be untimely now. Let’s what for these contacts.”

“The conflict is certainly a direct threat to the security, stability and future development of Armenia and Azerbaijan. We have to proceed from this,” Zakharova said.