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    TURKEY URGES NO VOTE IN US ON ARMENIA GENOCIDE

    Associated Press
    March 1 2010

    ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey is urging members of a U.S. congressional
    panel to reject a resolution that would recognize the World War I-era
    killings of Armenians as genocide.

    A Turkish Foreign Ministry statement issued Monday says the resolution
    would harm Turkish-U.S. ties and hamper the reconciliation process
    between Turkey and Armenia.

    The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee is set
    to consider the issue Thursday. A positive vote would clear the
    resolution to be considered by the full House.

    Many scholars view the killings by Ottoman Turks as the first genocide
    of the 20th century. Turkey rejects that.

    The Turkish statement calls on Congress to be aware of the damage
    the resolution would cause and to "act with responsibility."
    From: Baghdasarian
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