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28 September 2006 [13:33] - Today.Az
The European Parliament (EP)adopted a critical report on Turkey's accession to the European Union on Wednesday afternoon.
The non-binding report was adopted 320-282. Following amendments to the resolutions, the EP also deleted a clause that would have made recognition of the mass killing of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey as "genocide" a pre-condition for Turkey's membership. However, the parliament stil called on Turkey to acknowledge the Armenian genocide. /www.zaman.com/
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