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Joe Biden Recognizes Armenian Genocide, Defying Turkey In Historic Move
US President Joe Biden on Saturday recognized the 1915 killings of Armenians by Ottoman forces as genocide, a watershed moment for descendants of the hundreds of thousands of dead as he defied decades of pressure by Turkey.
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US Congress Formally Recognises Armenian Genocide
The US Congress on Thursday formally recognized the 1915-1917 murder of up to 1.5 million Armenians as genocide. The Senate's passage of the repeatedly stalled resolution is expected to anger Turkey, which denies there was a genocidal mass murder, insisting the Armenians died as a result of World War I.
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US House Of Representatives Recognises Armenian Genocide In Historic Vote
The US House of Representatives took the historic step Tuesday of passing a resolution officially recognizing the "Armenian genocide," a move sure to anger Turkey amid already-heightened tensions with Washington.
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Change Armenian 'Genocide' Stance To Access Incirlik Airbase: Turkey Tells Germany
Turkish permission for German lawmakers to visit the Incirlik airbase will depend on the Berlin government distancing itself from a resolution branding a 1915 massacre of Armenians as "genocide", Turkey's foreign minister said today.
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Pope Francis Visits Armenian Genocide Memorial
Pope Francis on Saturday issued a rallying cry to remember the past after visiting the Armenian genocide memorial in Yerevan, on day two of a trip likely to stir tensions with Turkey.
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Pope Francis Says 'Never Again' To Tragedies Like Armenian Genocide
A sombre Pope Francis, "with pain in my heart," paid tribute today to the 1.5 million Armenians massacred in 1915, an event which he has labelled a genocide, risking Turkey's ire.
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Pope Francis Prays At Armenia Memorial After Denouncing 'Genocide'
Pope Francis heads to Armenia's genocide memorial today for a prayer service, fresh from his ad-libbed declaration that the Ottoman-era massacre of Armenians a century ago was a planned "genocide."
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Pope Francis To Visit Armenia After Irking Turkey With 'Genocide' Label
Pope Francis visits Armenia this weekend and will try to avoid reigniting a diplomatic dispute with Turkey after his branding of the 1915 mass killings of Armenians as a genocide infuriated Ankara last year.
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As Armenia Marks 1915 Killing, Berlin Calls it Genocide
Armenia marked the centenary today of a mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks with a simple flower-laying ceremony attended by foreign leaders as Germany became the latest country to respond to its calls for recognition that it was genocide.
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Mass Murder Cannot be Justified : Vladimir Putin at Armenia Genocide Ceremony
President Vladimir Putin said today that Russia mourned the victims of the Armenian genocide and that mass killings could never be justified.
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Joe Biden Recognizes Armenian Genocide, Defying Turkey In Historic Move
US President Joe Biden on Saturday recognized the 1915 killings of Armenians by Ottoman forces as genocide, a watershed moment for descendants of the hundreds of thousands of dead as he defied decades of pressure by Turkey.
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US Congress Formally Recognises Armenian Genocide
The US Congress on Thursday formally recognized the 1915-1917 murder of up to 1.5 million Armenians as genocide. The Senate's passage of the repeatedly stalled resolution is expected to anger Turkey, which denies there was a genocidal mass murder, insisting the Armenians died as a result of World War I.
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US House Of Representatives Recognises Armenian Genocide In Historic Vote
The US House of Representatives took the historic step Tuesday of passing a resolution officially recognizing the "Armenian genocide," a move sure to anger Turkey amid already-heightened tensions with Washington.
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Change Armenian 'Genocide' Stance To Access Incirlik Airbase: Turkey Tells Germany
Turkish permission for German lawmakers to visit the Incirlik airbase will depend on the Berlin government distancing itself from a resolution branding a 1915 massacre of Armenians as "genocide", Turkey's foreign minister said today.
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Pope Francis Visits Armenian Genocide Memorial
Pope Francis on Saturday issued a rallying cry to remember the past after visiting the Armenian genocide memorial in Yerevan, on day two of a trip likely to stir tensions with Turkey.
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Pope Francis Says 'Never Again' To Tragedies Like Armenian Genocide
A sombre Pope Francis, "with pain in my heart," paid tribute today to the 1.5 million Armenians massacred in 1915, an event which he has labelled a genocide, risking Turkey's ire.
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Pope Francis Prays At Armenia Memorial After Denouncing 'Genocide'
Pope Francis heads to Armenia's genocide memorial today for a prayer service, fresh from his ad-libbed declaration that the Ottoman-era massacre of Armenians a century ago was a planned "genocide."
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Pope Francis To Visit Armenia After Irking Turkey With 'Genocide' Label
Pope Francis visits Armenia this weekend and will try to avoid reigniting a diplomatic dispute with Turkey after his branding of the 1915 mass killings of Armenians as a genocide infuriated Ankara last year.
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As Armenia Marks 1915 Killing, Berlin Calls it Genocide
Armenia marked the centenary today of a mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks with a simple flower-laying ceremony attended by foreign leaders as Germany became the latest country to respond to its calls for recognition that it was genocide.
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Mass Murder Cannot be Justified : Vladimir Putin at Armenia Genocide Ceremony
President Vladimir Putin said today that Russia mourned the victims of the Armenian genocide and that mass killings could never be justified.
