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Armenians Cheer As U.S. Senate Approves Genocide Resolution

WASHINGTON — On its fourth try, the Senate approved a resolution Thursday that recognizes the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks a century ago as genocide. The resolution won unanimous approval after being blocked three previous times at the request of the White House. Co-sponsored by Democratic Sen. Robert...

House Recognizes Armenian Genocide in Rebuke to Turkey

The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to recognize the century-old mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide. The move comes as a clear rebuke to NATO ally Turkey in the wake of its invasion of northern Syria. But for members of Congress from the central San Joaquin...

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