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US House Officially Recognizes Armenian Genocide

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   The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to
   officially recognize the mass killings of Armenians by the Ottoman
   Empire as genocide.

   The historic vote was 405 to 11 and is seen as a rebuke to Turkey,
   which has spent nearly a century denying there was a genocide.

   Although the U.S. has several times recognized an Armenian genocide
   through presidential proclamations and House resolutions, this is the
   first time the full Congress passed a measure making it U.S. policy. It
   is unclear if the Senate will follow.

   Congress' 'revenge'

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