Friday, May 22, 2009

At Turkish Border, Armenians Are Wary of a Thaw - NYTimes.com

"At Turkish Border, Armenians Are Wary of a Thaw

By CLIFFORD J. LEVY
Published: May 21, 2009

LUSARAT, Armenia — Vazgen Shmavonyan keeps a flock of doves at an Armenian Orthodox pilgrimage site here, and they readily venture across the border into Turkey, less than a mile away. But Mr. Shmavonyan cannot follow, as if he is the caged one. Off they go, symbols of something that this region has not had a whole lot of."

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