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| Sep.6 |
Armenia |
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Protests greet Turkish president| Thousands of Armenians lined the streets of the capital Yerevan, protesting Abdullah Gul who drove past in the first ever visit by a Turkish leader | |
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| Mar.1 |
Armenia |
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President declares state of emergency  | Robert Kocharian declared a state of emergency, after protests over last month's election turned violent. It's the 11th consecutive day of protests against an allegedly rigged presidential e... | |
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| Oct.11 |
Turkey |
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Turkey recalls U.S. envoy| Turkey warned of repercussions in a growing dispute over congressional efforts to label the World War I era killings of Armenians 'genocide'. Turkey's foreign ministry said the ambassador ... | |
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Armenia welcomes 'genocide' vote President Kocharian has welcomed a vote by US lawmakers backing the description of the killings of Armenians by Turks after 1915 as genocide
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| Oct.10 |
Turkey |
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Turkey condemns US Armenia vote Turkey has denounced a vote by a US congressional committee recognising as genocide the 1915-17 killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks
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Rice warns against Armenia bill The administration has urged the Congress not to pass a resolution declaring the massacre of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire to be genocide
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| Jan.19 |
Armenia |
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Armenian anger at Turkish murder The Armenian government has condemned the murder in Istanbul of a prominent journalist Hrant Dink
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Outspoken journalist shot dead Hrant Dink, 53, was a prominent Turkish-Armenian journalist who spoke out against the killings of Armenians early last century
| He was given a six-month suspended sentence in October 2005 after writing about the Armenian "genocide" of 1915. Prime Minister Erdogan condemned his killing and said 2 suspects had been arrested
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| Oct.12 |
Paris |
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French in Armenia 'genocide' row  French parliament approved a bill making it a crime to deny Armenians suffered genocide by Ottoman Turks
| Armenia says Turks killed 1.5m people systematically in 1915. The bill provides for a year in jail and a heavy fine
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| May.3 |
North Caucasus |
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Hunt for Armenia air crash bodies Bad weather is slowing recovery of the bodies of 113 killed when the Airbus A320 crashed into the Black Sea
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| Oct.13 |
Armenia |
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Armenia heirs win $17m Axa payout The descendants of those who died in killings by Ottoman Turks have agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit
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| Sep.23 |
Turkey |
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Armenian forum ban splits Turks Turkey's prime minister and the EU have criticised a court ruling ordering the cancellation of the conference
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| Sep.26 |
Armenia |
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Pope avoids Armenia controversy John Paul II avoids the word 'genocide' for ethnic Armenians who died at the hands of Ottoman Turks in 1915
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| Sep.24 |
Armenia |
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Pope's Armenia trip threatens row John Paul II will meet the President Kocharian, and pay a visit to a memorial to Armenians killed in massacres in Turkey
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| Apr.24 |
Vatican |
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27 new martyrs Armenian bishop, who was killed in 1915 in Turkey, and 26 Ukrainians proclaimed as martyrs, step towards beatification
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