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Turkey's war of words

Reality Check: Turkey's fury at France, immigrant jobs, ICC to try Kenyan presidential hopefuls, vulture funds

Turkey is furious that the Fench Senate has approval a bill making it a crime to deny that Ottoman Turks committed genocide against Armenians in WWI.

Prime Minister, Tayyip Erdogan, says the bill is "racist and discriminatory", and is accusing Nicholas Sarkozy of using the issue to garner votes from Armenians living in France. Erdogan says he will take action against France if Sarkozy signs the bill into law. However, as our correspondent in Turkey, Jonathan Head, says, there is actually very little Erdogan can do. Turkey still has its eye on EU membership, and has binding economic treaties with the EU countries. It is also drawing ever closer to the west politically, and it is unlikely to want to cause any major upsets there.

Although the rhetoric is running high, it seeems that colourful language is all that is likely to emerge.

Migrants disadvantaged in the job market

A new study shows that non-Austrians fare worse on the job market despite being highly qualified. Josef Wallner,s the head of the department for labour policy and integration at the AK, tells Joanna Bostock about the measures that are needed for immigrant workers to be employed in the jobs for which they are trained and qualified.

Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto to face ICC

Two key candidates for the next presidential election in Kenya are among 4 Kenyan politicians who are to stand trial in The Hague, accused of crimes against humanity. One of them, Uhuru Kenyatta, is Kenya's richest man, as well as being the son of the country's founding president, Jomo Kenyatta.

Phil Clark of the School of Oriental and African Studies in London told Steve Crilley about the significance of this trial for the future of Kenya.

Vulture Funds

As Greece struggles to find a way to pay its debts in March, Chris Cummins looks at the way unscrupulous financial companies exploit vulnerable governments.

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