SYDNEY: NSW Member for Kogarah, Cherie Burton MP (ALP) recently spoke about the Armenian, Hellenic and Assyrian Genocides in State Parliament, stating "the truth of the genocide, the truth of what happened to the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek peoples, is undeniable".

Kosovo's Foreign Minister Skender Hyseni urged Armenia to recognize the mostly Albanian-populated territory's independence from Serbia when he met with his Armenian counterpart, Edward Nalbandian, in New York late on Wednesday.

Leading Kurdish activist Leyla Zana was sentenced to 15 months in prison Tuesday for remarks upholding the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and its struggle for social justice for Turkey's oppressed Kurdish population, judicial sources said.