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    WBZ TV (CBS)
    June 13 2009

    Judge In Mass. Rejects Armenian Genocide Lawsuit


    BOSTON (AP)
    A federal judge has rejected a lawsuit that challenges state
    Department of Education curriculum guidelines which characterize the
    mass slaying of Armenians during World War I as genocide.

    Some say the killings of Armenians by the Turks in 1915 wasn't
    genocide, but was driven by other factors, such as war.

    In his ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Mark Wolf said the court had
    no role in the contentious debate. He said state and local boards must
    make most decisions on what is taught.

    Attorney Arnold Rosenfeld, who represents the Armenian Assembly of
    America, said the ruling reaffirmed the teaching of the Armenian
    genocide.

    But lawyer Harvey Silverglate, who filed the suit, said the curriculum
    was developed -- without opposing viewpoints -- because of political
    pressure, not educational merit.
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