Saturday, April 24, 2010

Remembering The Armenian Genocide



Obama Marks Genocide Without Saying the Word -- New York Times

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — President Obama, who as a candidate vowed to use the term genocide to describe the Ottoman slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians nearly a century ago, once again declined to do so on Saturday as he marked the anniversary of the start of the killings.

Trying to navigate one of the more emotionally fraught foreign policy challenges, Mr. Obama issued a statement from his weekend getaway here commemorating the victims of the mass killings but tried to avoid alienating Turkey, a NATO ally, which adamantly rejects the genocide label.

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More News On The Armenian Genocide Anniversary

Obama cites `devastating chapter' in Armenia past -- AP
Obama again stops short of calling slaughter of Armenians a genocide -- L.A. Times
Obama cites `devastating chapter' in Armenia past -- AP
Obama calls 1915 Armenia massacre an atrocity -- Reuters
Armenia marks 'genocide' -- News24
Armenians Mourn World War I-era Killings -- Voice of America
Armenians mark mass killings -- Al Jazeera
Armenians mark WWI killings, ties with neighbors fray -- Washington Post
In pictures: Armenia killings anniversary -- BBC

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