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    Athens News Agency
    April 25 2005

    Memorial service in Athens commemorates 90th anniversary of Armenian
    genocide
    Athens, 25/4/2005 (ANA)

    A memorial service in commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the
    Armenian genocide was held on Sunday under the auspices of the Athens
    prefecture, and with Interior and Public Administration Minister
    Prokopis Pavlopoulos representing the government.
    "Such anniversaries do not just affect only those that fell; they do
    not only affect those people who, for national reasons, remember all
    that occurred in the past ... Such anniversaries affect all of us,
    all countries and all of the world's peoples," Pavlopoulos said.

    Among others, brief addresses were made by the Armenian ambassador in
    Greece, Vahram Kazhovan, and former Parlia-ment president Apostolos
    Kaklamanis.

    After the memorial service a wreath was laid at the Tomb of the
    Unknown Soldier for the estimated 1.5 million victims of the Armenian
    genocide.
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