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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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 Armenian anger at Turkish murder  The Armenian government has condemned the murder in Istanbul of a prominent journalist Hrant Dink
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| Aug.6 |
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 Georgia: Russia bomb falls on town| Georgian Interior Minister: Jets flown from Russia fired an air-to-surface missile at Georgian territory in an 'act of aggression' | |
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| Aug.8 |
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Georgia: 'Proof' of missile attack Georgia said it has proof that Russian jets violated its airspace and released a missile. Russia has denied the claim
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| Aug.9 |
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Russia accuses Georgia over attack Gen. Yuri Baluyevsky, the chief of Russia's military General Staff ccused Georgia of fabricating a report of a Russian missile attack
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| Sep.29 |
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 President Saakashvili scorns accusers Mikhail Saakashvili has for the first time spoken about allegations levelled at him by his former defence minister
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| Oct.10 |
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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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  US bill on Armenia moves forward 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.'
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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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Armenia bill: Bush in damage control Top administration officials are shifting into damage-control mode after a House committee approved a resolution that labels the killings as 'genocide'
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| Oct.11 |
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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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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'
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| Oct.25 |
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Vote on Armenian genocide put off| Supporters of a resolution that would have declared the Ottoman-era killings of Armenians 'genocide' dropped their call for a vote on the measure | |
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| Nov.2 |
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Protests against president Saakashvili Tens of thousands of people gathered in Tbilis to protest against Mikhail Saakashvili and demand that elections be held earlier than schedul...
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| Nov.7 |
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Georgia under state of emergency | President Saakashvili has declared a 15-day, nationwide state of emergency after police broke up a sixth day of opposition protests | |
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| Nov.8 |
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Georgia to hold early elections President Saakashvili says a presidential election will be brought forward to January, after a week of protests
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