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Germany Recognizes Armenian Genocide

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Parliament overwhelmingly passed resolution.

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Germany's parliament has officially recognized the 1915 Armenian killings by Ottomans as genocide. The Thursday resolution passed overwhelmingly, with just one lawmaker voting against it and another abstaining. As many as 1.5 million Armenians were killed in what Turkey says was not a targeted attempt at murdering a specific group of people.

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