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France makes denial of "Armenian genocide" a crime

12 October 2006 [14:15] - TODAY.AZ
French lawmakers on Thursday adopted a bill making it a crime to deny that mass killings of Armenians in Turkey during and after World War II amounted to "genocide."

Deputies in the National Assembly voted 106-91 for the bill, which had prompted outrage in Turkey and had embarrassed the French government. The issue had become intertwined with Turkey's efforts to join the European Union. The Associated Press

/The International Herald Tribune/

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