NEWLY NAMED MINISTERS ARRIVE AT ELYSEE PALACE
France's Minister of State for the Environment and Sustainable Development Alain Juppe arrives at the Elysee Palace to attend the first weekly cabinet meeting of the newly named government in Paris on May 18, 2007. (UPI Photo/William Alix)
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PARIS, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- French lawmakers said they'd vote on an Armenian genocide bill though the country's foreign minister said the measure was counterproductive.
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