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Genocide exhibit opens after softening Armenian genocide

UNITED NATIONS -- An exhibit on the 1994 Rwandan genocide opened Monday at U.N. headquarters after organizers recast a section on the killings of 1 million Armenians in Turkey during World War I -- a reference that angered the Turks.

The exhibit, originally set to open April 9, was postponed after a Turkish diplomat complained about the mention of the Armenian killings. The section now uses the term "mass killings" instead of "murders," does not include the number of people killed, and replaces "Turkey" with "Ottoman Empire."

Armen Martirosyan, Armenia's U.N. ambassador, said the reference still reflects the truth, "to some extent."...

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who opened the exhibit, said it was intended to focus on the genocide in Rwanda...

David Brown, spokesman for the British-based Aegis Trust, which works to prevent genocide and helped organize the exhibit, said his organization feels the reference to the Armenian killings is still "quite strong."
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