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  Vote on Armenian genocide put off   U.S. Congress: Supporters of a resolution that would have declared the Ottoman-era killings of Armenians 'genocide' dropped their call for a vote on the measure   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' 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   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   Armenia bill: Bush in damage control   Washington: Top administration officials are shifting into damage-control mode after a House committee approved a resolution that labels the killings as 'genocide'   US bill on Armenia moves forward

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  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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   U.S. Congress: A bill recognising the killing of Armenians in Ottoman times as genocide passed through the House Foreign Affairs Committee by 27 votes to 21
 The nonbinding resolution says the deportation of nearly 2 million Armenians from the Ottoman Empire between in 1915-1923, resulting in the deaths of 1.5 million, amounted to 'genocide' President Bush and key figures lobbied hard against the measure. Turkish President Gul carried is calling the decision 'unacceptable,' saying it 'doesn't fit a major power like the United States.'
    Rice warns against Armenia bill   Washington: The administration has urged the Congress not to pass a resolution declaring the massacre of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire to be genocide Jets pound 'rebel bases' 63 died from forest fires Jan.19   Armenian anger at Turkish murder   The Armenian government has condemned the murder in Istanbul of a prominent journalist Hrant Dink   Outspoken journalist shot dead
   Istanbul: 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     French in Armenia 'genocide' row
   Paris: 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 1...
May.3     Hunt for Armenia air crash bodies  North Caucasus: Bad weather is slowing recovery of the bodies of 113 killed when the Airbus A320 crashed into the Black Sea May.2     Jet lost over Russia, 113 on board
  North Caucasus: An Armenian plane disappeared from radar near the Black Sea resort of Sochi. debris had been found off the coast.    Controllers lost contact with the Airbus A320 shortly after ...
Milosevic found dead in cell

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Oct.13   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 Sep.23   Armenian forum ban splits Turks   Turkey: Turkey's prime minister and the EU have criticised a court ruling ordering the cancellation of the conference

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Sep.26     Pope avoids Armenia controversy  John Paul II avoids the word 'genocide' for ethnic Armenians who died at the hands of Ottoman Turks in 1915 Sep.24     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 Apr.24   27 new martyrs   Vatican: Armenian bishop, who was killed in 1915 in Turkey, and 26 Ukrainians proclaimed as martyrs, step towards beatification 7.9 Earthquake killed 30,000 people

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