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Glendale schools to take April 24 off
Glendale Unified students and teachers will have next April 24 off in commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, following an agreement signed by school officials and the teachers union this week. Thousands of students of Armenian descent typically skip...Tags: Google Inc., Turkey, Adam B. Schiff, Teaching and Learning, Students
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Schiff introduces Genocide resolution, again
In what has become an annual exercise, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) this week introduced a House resolution calling on the U.S. to formally recognize the Armenian Genocide, in which roughly 1.5 million Armenians were massacred by Ottoman Turks from 1915...
Tags: Google Inc., Turkey, Adam B. Schiff, David Valadao, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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News-Press Editorial: Tending the flame of genocide's victims
Those tending the flame of those who perished in the Armenian Genocide had a bit of a mixed bag this week. In happy news, Glendale Unified and its teachers' union agreed to make April 24 — the day that commemorates the horror — an official day...Tags: Turkey, Adam B. Schiff, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Massacres
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Nappier Joins Investor Pressure On Caterpillar Over Sudan Ties
State Treasurer Denise L. Nappier is ramping up her shareholder activism, joining critics of Caterpillar Inc. who are pushing the mining and construction equipment giant to exit Sudan. Using the power of the state's $26 billion retirement fund, Nappier...Tags: Politics, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Sudan
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Ed Page On Facebook: Has Syria crossed a 'red line'? Should the U.S. intervene?
The following is an abridged comment thread from http://www.facebook.com/edpagecourant. Ryan Sullivan: We need to sit this one out. We're damned if we intervene and we're damned if we don't. I think the last 10-plus years have taught us an important...Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Interior Policy, Iraq, Personal Weapon Control, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Guatemala government must apologize after Rios Montt verdict -judge
ReutersBy Mike McDonald GUATEMALA CITY, May 13 (Reuters) - A Guatemalan court ordered the government on Monday to apologize for atrocities committed against indigenous people in the country's civil war after former dictator Efrain Rios Montt was convicted of...Tags: War Crimes, Interior Policy, Prisons, Unrest, Conflicts and War, National Government
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Guatemala government must apologize after Rios Montt verdict: judge
ReutersGUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A Guatemalan court ordered the government on Monday to apologize for atrocities committed against indigenous people in the country's civil war after former dictator Efrain Rios Montt was convicted of genocide and crimes...Tags: War Crimes, Interior Policy, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Prisons, National Government
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Guatemala's Maya finally find justice over civil war crimes
ReutersBy Mike McDonald GUATEMALA CITY, May 12 (Reuters) - Ana Caba fled her home to live in remote mountains for nearly a decade after Guatemalan troops razed her indigenous Maya village and dozens like it in a brutal counter-insurgency campaign in the early...Tags: War Crimes, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Crimes, Wars and Interventions, Culture
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Former Guatemala dictator Rios Montt found guilty of genocide
MEXICO CITY -- Efrain Rios Montt, the former Guatemalan military dictator who ruled his country during one of the bloodiest phases of its civil war, was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity Friday for the systematic massacre and...
Tags: Politics, Justice and Rights, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Crime, Law and Justice, Wars and Interventions
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Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt guilty of genocide
MEXICO CITY — Efrain Rios Montt, the former Guatemalan military dictator who ruled his country during one of the bloodiest phases of its civil war, was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity Friday for the systematic massacre of more...Tags: War Crimes, Mexico City, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Mexico, Wars and Interventions
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Guatemala judges weighing Rios Montt genocide trial verdict
ReutersBy Mike McDonald GUATEMALA CITY, May 10 (Reuters) - The genocide trial of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt drew to a close on Friday, and a panel of three judges began deliberations on a verdict that could be issued later in the day. Rios...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Guatemala, Prosecution, Witnesses
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Rising incomes buoy profits at Rwandan brewer Bralirwa
ReutersKIGALI, May 10 (Reuters) - Rwandan brewer Bralirwa reported a 30 percent rise in net profit for 2012 on Friday, citing rising demand from a growing number of people with middling or higher incomes in the fast-growing nation once devastated by genocide....Tags: Global Expansion, Coca-Cola Co., Rwanda, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Massacres
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