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    The Armenian lobby to launch a bill

    NTV MSNBC, Turkey
    June 14 2005

    The new so-called Armenian genocide bill is expected to be passed
    by a sub-committee of the International Relations Committee of the
    House of Representatives.


    Guncelleme: 05:16 ET 14 Haziran 2005 SalýWASHINGTON - A new draft
    bill seeking recognition of the so-called Armenian genocide is to
    be presented to the US House of Representatives within a fortnight,
    according to Californian Democrat Adam Schiff.

    The Armenian lobby in the US has been waiting to launch the bill and
    it has been reported that efforts to submit the bill was diverted
    during the visit of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to
    the US last week.

    However, the chairman of the House of Representatives Dennis Hastert
    is reported to be determined not to present the bill to the assembly
    even if it is passed by the House's sub-committees.

    The draft legislation claims that the Ottoman Empire committed acts
    of genocide against its Armenian citizens during the First World War,
    allegations that Turkey strongly denies.

    --Boundary_(ID_ugtKwp7jGigrOrsSE6i3Ng)--
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