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    FRANCE TO ISSUE STAMPS FEATURING HRANT DINK

    NTV MSNBC, Turkey
    Feb 22 2007

    French collection maker Christian Genevier had printed stamps in the
    memory of the so-called "Armenian genocide" last year.

    Guncelleme: 17:29 TSÝ 22 Þubat 2007 Perþembe

    PARIS - France is to issue a stamp commemorating slain Turkish Armenian
    journalist Hrant Dink.

    Christian Genevier told Turkish television station NTV that he
    had decided to design Dink stamp after he observed the shock among
    Armenians in Turkey and France at the journalist's murder. He added
    that stamps were ready to go to print and that he already received
    orders.

    In a question whether he sought the permission of the Dink family to
    issue the stamp Genevier responded saying, 'I did not find the need
    to do. I found the photograph on the internet and used it.'

    He added that he did not think that there should be a problem and
    said that had he printed stamps of murdered Russian journalist Anna
    Politovskaya without her family's permission.

    The stamps designed by Genevier are being printed by the French Post
    authority and in comparison with the standard stamp price of 0.5 Euro
    the Dink stamps would be sold for 2.5 Euro.

    --Boundary_(ID_f6Wm66+GHaYWySecSAUqeA)--
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