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Design selected for Armenian genocide memorial in Pasadena
L.A. NOWThe winning design for a public memorial in Pasadena commemorating the Armenian genocide was announced Tuesday. The design by Catherine Menard – a student at the Art Center College of Design, which submitted the concept to the Pasadena Armenian... -
Former Guatemalan dictator to stand trial on genocide charges
MEXICO CITY – Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt will stand trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, a Guatemalan judge ruled Monday, in incidents that took place during the height of the Central American nation's brutal...
Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Congress, Hate Crimes, International Law
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Letters: U.S.-funded violence in Congo
Re "Congo rebels thrive on fear and chaos," Dec. 11 The article about the situation in Congo reveals the alarming truth about Rwanda's exploitation of eastern Congo's natural resources and the unspeakable sexual violence being committed against Congo'...
Tags: National Government, Rwanda, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Congo, Hate Crimes
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Bosnian Serb general found guilty of genocide, sentenced to life
A Bosnian Serb general was convicted of genocide and other war crimes Wednesday by a United Nations tribunal in the Netherlands for his role in plotting and carrying out the murder of thousands of Muslim men in Eastern Bosnia in 1995. Zdravko Tolimir,...
Tags: Radovan Karadzic, Crime, Law and Justice, United Nations, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ratko Mladic
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Armenian Genocide fund down to last details
A U.S. District Court judge ruled this week that an accounting firm can halt what so far have been unsuccessful efforts to contact 16 descendants of Armenian Genocide victims who are due payouts from an insurance fund. Judge Christina Snyder said the...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Justice System, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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Calderon's war on drug cartels: A legacy of blood and tragedy
MEXICO CITY -- "Excuse me, Mr. President. I cannot say you are welcome here, because for me, you are not. No one is." The woman's voice trembled with bitterness and apprehension. She stood just a few feet away from a low stage where Mexican President...
Tags: Justice System, Elections, Shootings, Murder, Politics
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‘Texas Chainsaw 3D’: Bill Moseley reflects on a monster career
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - latimes.comIt was a typical day at the office for Bill Moseley. “I was lying on the floor of the house, ...... -
Former Rwandan minister sentenced to 35 years on genocide charges
A former Rwandan minister was sentenced Thursday to 35 years in jail for crimes tied to the nation's brutal genocide, including handing out machetes to a Hutu militia and spurring them to kill Tutsis. Witnesses described Augustin Ngirabatware as being...
Tags: Rwanda, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, United Nations
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Elie Wiesel's story endures, empowers
NEW YORK — A slender, silver-haired gentleman steps onto a nearly bare stage, the instantaneous applause continuing long after he reaches the spare wooden table awaiting him. For a moment, amid the din, he studies the audience — young and...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Chicago Tribune, United Nations, Lobbying
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Algonquin woman: Saved by boyfriend's 'ultimate kindness' in theater massacre
Tribune reporterAn Algonquin woman whose boyfriend died while protecting her during the Colorado movie theater massacre said she was "saved by John and his ultimate kindness." Julia Vojtsek, 23, in a statement she handed to reporters outside her Algonquin home said that...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Arts and Culture
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Cast a cold eye
Portrait By Brian CassellaLadies and gentlemen, let's compare and contrast. In her blockbuster first novel, "A Woman of Substance," Barbara Taylor Bradford pitted her fiercely determined heroine against almost insurmountable obstacles: grinding poverty, physical abuse, sexual...Tags: Nazi Party, Stroke, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Manhattan (New York City), Chicago Tribune
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More bodies found in Syrian suburb; opposition blames government
World NowMore residents were killed in the Syrian town of Dariya on Sunday, opposition activists said, even as the scope of the previous days' bloodshed was still coming into focus....
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