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    Zaman Online, Turkey
    May 26 2006

    US Recalls Armenian Envoy for Saying 'Genocide'
    By Anadolu News Agency (aa), Washington
    Published: Friday, May 26, 2006
    zaman.com


    United States President George W. Bush recalled the United States
    Ambassador to Erivan, John Evans, who termed the incidents that
    occurred during World War I as `genocide.'

    The White House announced in a statement that it nominated United
    States Ambassador to Dushanbe, Richard Hoagland, as replacement
    ambassador to the Armenian capital Erivan instead.

    State Department Spokesman Sean McCormack said Evans will leave his
    post in Erivan, but offered no explanation as to why ambassador Evans
    was leaving the three- year position after only two years.

    More than 60 deputies from the Armenian lobby in the House of
    Representatives reacted against the decision in a letter they wrote
    to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, which cited they are worried
    about the development and asked for a clarification about Evans'
    condition.

    The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA), an umbrella
    organization for radical Armenian institutions in that United States,
    announced Evans was unseated because he called the Armenian incidents
    `genocide.'

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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