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Ambassador Burcuoğlu departs Paris Turkey has recalled its ambassador to France following the French lower house of parliament approval of a bill on Thursday that would make it a criminal offence to deny Armenian allegations spanning back to 1915.
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Ten-thousand women in Tahrir Square Egyptian activist Ghada Kamal was grabbed, slapped and beaten by an army officer this week during five days of violent demonstrations demanding an end to military rule.
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Libya's new army to be trained in Turkey Libya’s National Transitional Council Chairman Mustafa Abduljalil has announced that they have a reached an agreement for their new army to be trained in Turkey.
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Arab team prepares Syria mission after deadly... Arab League officials arrive in Syria on Thursday to prepare for monitors overseeing an Arab peace plan, after activists said President Bashar al-Assad's forces carried out the deadliest assault in their nine-month crackdown on protests.
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France approves “genocide” bill France took the first step on Thursday to criminalizing the denial of the supposed 1915 mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks, a move that risks damaging Paris' diplomatic and commercial relations with Ankara.
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French Turks protest ahead of critical bill debate Several thousand Franco-Turks demonstrated in central Paris Thursday ahead of a parliamentary vote on a bill that would make it a crime to deny the Armenians’ claim of a 1915 mass killing by Ottoman Turks.
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Baghdad blasts kill 57 as Iraq tensions rise A rash of bombings hit Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 57 people in the first big attack on Iraq's capital since a crisis between its Shi'ite Muslim-led government and Sunni rivals erupted days after the U.S. troop withdrawal.
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Japan says 30-40 years to scrap Fukushima plant Decommissioning Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will take three or four decades, Japan's government said on Wednesday as it unveiled plans for the next phase of a huge and costly cleanup of the tsunami-wrecked complex.
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Eight kidnapped in Syria Iran said on Wednesday five of its technicians had been kidnapped in the Syrian city of Homs, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported.
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Opposition says scores killed in Syria Syrian forces killed at least 56 people in the past 24 hours in the province of Idlib in violence raging ahead of the start of a mission to monitor President Bashar al-Assad's implementation of an Arab League peace plan, activists said on Wednesday.
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Fierce fighting in northern Syria before Arab... Fierce fighting has continued in the northern Syrian province of Idlib, with activists saying nearly 50 people were killed there and elsewhere on Tuesday, shortly before officials arrive to prepare for an Arab League effort to end nine months of bloodshed.
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Philippines declares calamity as storm toll nears... Philippine President Benigno Aquino declared on Tuesday a state of national calamity after flash floods and land slides caused by a typhoon swept through a southern region late last week, killing about 1,000 people and leaving tens of thousands homeless.
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In mourning, hermit kingdom North Korea seals... North Korea was in seclusion on Tuesday, a day after it announced the death of its leader Kim Jong-il, as concern mounted over what would happen next in the deeply secretive nation that is trying to build a nuclear arsenal.
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Philippines digs graves after typhoon kills... Disaster agencies on Monday delivered body bags, food, water, and medicine to crowded evacuation centres in the southern Philippines as officials ordered the digging of graves to prevent disease after hundreds died from flash floods.
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