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    STATE SENATE RECOGNIZES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

    http://www.wcsh6.com/news/article/196937/2/State-senate-recognizes-Armenian- Genocide
    8:29 AM, Apr 10, 2012

    By Krister Rollins FILED UNDER
    WCSH 6 News
    WLBZ 2 News

    AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - Tuesday the Maine State Senate will
    recognize the Armenia Genocide.

    There's a joint order on the docket that recognizes that in 1915 the
    Ottoman Empire launched a campaign to wipe out the Armenia people...

    Resulting in the death of more than 1.5 million people.

    The resolution says that some survivors settled here in Maine and
    they want to recognize those survivors' contributions to our state,
    and express sympathy for the families of those who died.

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