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    United Press International UPI
    April 24 2010


    Obama: 1915 Armenian killings atrocity

    WASHINGTON, April 24 (UPI) -- U.S. President Obama referred Saturday
    to the slaughter of Armenians in Turkey in 1915 as "one of the worst
    atrocities of the 20th century."

    In a statement in honor of Armenian Remembrance Day, he avoided the
    word "genocide," a term the Turkish government resists.

    "On this solemn day of remembrance, we pause to recall that 95 years
    ago one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century began," Obama
    said. "In that dark moment of history, 1.5 million Armenians were
    massacred or marched to their death in the final days of the Ottoman
    Empire."

    The Turkish government argues the killings were not aimed at the
    elimination of the Armenian people in the Ottoman Empire.

    Obama urged Turkey to confront its own history.

    "I salute the Turks who saved Armenians in 1915 and am encouraged by
    the dialogue among Turks and Armenians, and within Turkey itself,
    regarding this painful history," he said. "Together, the Turkish and
    Armenian people will be stronger as they acknowledge their common
    history and recognize their common humanity."
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