France risks Turkish wrath with Armenia vote

  • 13 years ago
The French senate is to vote today on a bill making it illegal to deny that the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago was genocide. If it passes it will further inflame tensions between France and Turkey over the issue. The lower house's backing of the draft law in December provoked a furious backlash from Turks in France. ... http://www.euronews.net/

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