New York Times has lifted its long-standing policy against the use of the term "genocide" in reference to the massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. As reported by the Armenian National Committee of America, the statement released by the newspaper's editorial staff says: "After careful study of scholarly definitions of "genocide" we have decided to accept the term "genocide" in references to the Turks' mass destruction of Armenians in 1915". To note, Boston Globe taken analogous decision in July 2003.