Jerusalem Post
Jan 4 2012

France to vote on genocide bill by end January

By REUTERS
01/04/2012 18:50

PARIS – France is set to vote by the end of January on a bill that
would make it illegal to deny the 1915 mass killing of Armenians by
Ottomon Turks amounted to genocide, parliamentary and government
sources said on Wednesday.

Lawmakers in France’s National Assembly — the lower house of
parliament — voted overwhelmingly in favor of a draft law outlawing
genocide denial in December, leading Ankara to cancel all economic,
political and military meetings with Paris and recalling its
ambassador for consultations.

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has described the bill as
“politics based on racism, discrimination and xenophobia” and turned
his anger on French President Nicolas Sarkozy, accusing France of
colonial massacres in Algeria.

From: Baghdasarian