"France Postpones Controversial Armenian Genocide Bill
By VOA News
18 May 2006
The French parliament has postponed a vote on a controversial bill that would criminalize attempts to deny claims of an Armenian genocide about 90 years ago in what is now Turkey.
Philippe Douste-Blazy
Philippe Douste-Blazy
Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy told lawmakers the government could not accept the bill, saying it would offend the majority of the Turkish people. Lawmakers then put off the issue until later this year."
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