| January 20, 2007 | -
Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink, who wrote extensively about the Armenian genocide, was shot dead outside his office in Istanbul.
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BBCnews.com
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| January 6, 2007 | -
Armenian politicians were accused of buying votes with potatoes.
| Source:
Telegraph
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| May 3, 2006 | - A plane flying from Armenia to Russia crashed into the Black Sea, killing 113 people.
| Source:
BBC News
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| December 23, 2004 | - Yusuf Halacoglu, president of the Turkish History Institution, accused Armenia of genocide.
| Source:
Zaman Online
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| December 24, 2002 | -
The Department of Justice added Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Armenia to the list of countries whose adult male citizens residing in the U.S. must register with federal authorities but later dropped Armenia after it was pointed out that most Armenians are Christian.
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| December 4, 2001 | - Rwanda hosted a gathering of genocide survivors that included Tutsis, European Jews, American Indians, Cambodians, and Armenians.
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| January 16, 2001 | -
Turkey announced that it had killed 23,000 separatist Kurds in the last 15 years and threatened to get even with France if its parliament passed a bill recognizing the Turkish genocide of Armenians. The U.S. Congress almost passed a similar bill last year.
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