Definition of genocide
:the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group
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Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso on Wednesday retracted a remark to lawmakers of his faction in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party that could be interpreted as a defense of Adolf Hitler's motive for genocide duringWorld War Two.
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Did Aragorn pursue a policy of systematic genocide and kill them?
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On a continent riven in the last century by two world wars, genocide and a battle of ideas waged across the Iron Curtain, European nations have accepted the burden of curating the tortured landscapes of their past.
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Kagame has been de facto leader or president of the East African nation of 12 million people since his rebels ended its 1994 genocide.
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Historical drama set against the Armenian genocide.
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Historical drama set against the Armenian genocide.
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In March 2016, the Obama administration, with the encouragement of a unanimous vote in the House of Representatives, declared that ISIS was committing genocide against religious minorities in the Middle East.
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And there have been 73 genocide campaigns against them, says Dakhil.
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