Armenia marks centennial of killing of 1.5 million
World leaders are attending ceremonies commemorating the massacre 100 years ago of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks.
The event around the time of the World War I is widely viewed by historians as genocide. Modern Turkey, the successor to the Ottoman Empire, vehemently rejects the charge. Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Francois Hollande and other world leaders and dignitaries assembled Friday morning at the Tsitsernakaberd memorial complex in the capital, Yerevan.
