USA Today: Armenia marks centennial of massacre of 1.5M
YEREVAN, ARMENIA – One hundred years after up to 1.5 million Armenians were massacred by Turks in the Ottoman Empire, a sunny, mountainous, landlocked republic struggles with the past to define its future.
Armenians commemorated 100 years since the atrocities this week with concerts, marches, and demands that other countries join 24 states in recognizing the killings as genocide, the term used to define the events by most historians.
MIDDLE EAST
Iran ships 'turn back' from Yemen as fighting rages.
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ASIA
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Pakistan uses hostage killings to underline risk of US drone strikes.
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Afghan president orders inquiry into unreleased U.N. police report.
Kazakhstan votes for continuity while keeping eye on Ukraine.
Tears and anger in Bangladesh two years after Rana Plaza disaster.
Wartime sex slave urges Japanese PM to apologise during US trip.
AFRICA
Nigerian military enter ‘final stages’ of Boko Haram offensive.
Fighting in South Sudan's Upper Nile drags into third day.
South Sudan security forces surround house of opposition figure.
Ten militants, two soldiers killed in Tunisia clashes: official.
Somalia seeks to drive militants from southern valley bases: PM.
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Fired up by king, Zulu nationalism confronts modern South Africa.
EUROPE
Armenia marks centennial of killing of 1.5 million.
Chechen leader says no notification from federal forces on last weekends mop-up.
Alexis Tsipras seeks interim deal for Greece in talks with Angela Merkel. Euro zone warns Greece no cash till full reform deal.
Italy terror cell that plotted to bomb Vatican smashed, prosecutors say.
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Britain may send Forces to 'smash' Libya's smuggling gangs.
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AMERICAS
Obama confronts 'cruel' reality of his drone war.
Cuba moves closer to exit U.S. terror list.
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Foreigners who came to Brazil in boom times flee the bust.
Russia and Argentina agree framework energy deals.
Calbuco volcano blankets towns in Chile with ash.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
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ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
Comcast abandons $45bn Time Warner Cable deal.
Apple Watch goes on sale in low-key launch at select boutiques.
$1bn payout plan for concussed NFL players.
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