Thursday, April 24, 2014

Obama avoids using ‘genocide,’ opting for ‘Meds Yeghern’ in April 24 commemoration - INTERNATIONAL

Obama avoids using ‘genocide,’ opting for ‘Meds Yeghern’ in April 24 commemoration

ANKARA

U.S. President Barack Obama has once again avoided using the word “genocide” in his remarks to commemorate the killings of Armenians in 1915, describing it as “Meds Yeghern,” an Armenian term meaning “great calamity.”

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