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    MICHIGAN ARMENIANS MARK 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF MASSACRE

    Associated Press State & Local
    March 30, 2015 Monday 12:50 AM GMT

    LIVONIA, Mich.

    LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) - Armenian Americans in southeastern Michigan are
    marking the 100th anniversary of the massacre of up to 1.5 million
    Armenians by Ottoman Turkey.

    Historians describe the killings during and after World War I as
    the 20th century's first genocide. The current Turkish government
    continues to deny that genocide occurred.

    The U.S. Census says about 447,000 Americans are of Armenian descent.

    About 17,000 of them live in Michigan.

    The Detroit News (http://bit.ly/1yqr4HI ) says events marking the
    anniversary include an ecumenical service April 24 at St. Mary's
    Antiochian Orthodox Basilica in Livonia. Catholic Archbishop Allen
    Vigneron will give a homily.

    On April 13, Wayne State University's Alumni House hosts a discussion
    with filmmaker Eric Nazarian and violinist Nune Melikian. And actor
    Eric Bogosian speaks April 18 at Dearborn's Edsel Ford High School.

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