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Threat of war grows in the Caucasus

By Clara Weiss, June 15, 2012

In the southern Caucasus, where US interests collide with those of Russia and Iran, there is a growing danger of war between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh.

French law forbidding denial of Armenian genocide sent to Constitutional Council

By Antoine Lerougetel, February 9, 2012

On January 31a law penalising the denial of the Armenian genocide was referred to France’s Constitutional Council.

France prepares ban on denying a Turkish genocide of Armenians

By F. Dubois, December 30, 2011

The National Assembly’s passage on December 22 of a law banning the public denial of the Armenian genocide has provoked a major diplomatic crisis between France and Turkey.