Obama avoids term 'genocide' in Armenian massacre

US President Barack Obama described the World War I massacre of Armenians as "terrible carnage" but avoided the term genocide, as tempers flared between Armenia and Turkey ahead of the 100th anniversary. Friday marks a century since the start of the massacre waged by Ottoman forces, which Armenia says left 1.5 million people dead. "The Armenian people of the Ottoman Empire were deported, massacred, and marched to their deaths. The White House has avoided calling the incident a gen