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Armenia: US Congressional Committee Adopts Resolution Recognizing Armenian Genocide
BY JOSHUA KUCERA
A US congressional committee narrowly passed a resolution on March 4 officially to term Ottoman Turkey’s 1915 massacre of ethnic Armenians as genocide. The move is likely to complicate relations between the United States and Turkey, and could bring the Turkish-Armenian reconciliation process to a halt.
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ALMANAC FACTS
Area: 29,800 sq km (11,506 sq mi)
Population: 2,991,360
Capital: Yerevan 1,254,400
President: Serzh Sargsyan
Religion: Armenian Apostolic 94%, other Christian 4%, Yezidi (Zoroastrian/animist) 2%
Life Expectancy: 71.23 years
GDP per capita: $3,500
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OSI Assistance Foundation - Armenia
7/1 Tumanyan, 2nd Dead-end
Yerevan, 375002, Armenia
Phone/Fax: (374 10) 533-862, 536-758
Email: office@osi.am, mlarisa@osi.am
Executive Director: Ms. Larisa Minasian
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