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Blogian comments on the misrepresentation of the words of a journalist partly of Turkish descent speaking in Yerevan, the Armenian capital, by the local pro-opposition A1 Plus news agency. The blog says that a combination of factors such as anti-Turkish sentiment and sexism might have something to do with what it considers to be the twisting of words by The Economist's Amberin Zaman who coincidently also happens to be the wife of the acting U.S. Ambassador to Armenia.
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