Dallas Morning News, TX
Sept 7 2008
World Briefs
Armenians protest Turkish leader’s visit
YEREVAN, Armenia – Thousands of Armenians demonstrated Saturday
against the first-ever visit by a Turkish leader and demanded that
Turkey acknowledge the World War I massacres of Armenian civilians as
genocide. Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul was invited to Yerevan to
watch the World Cup qualifying soccer match between his nation and
Armenia. Turkey won.
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