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Guatemala high court apparently restarts ex-dictator's trial
MEXICO CITY -- Guatemala’s highest court issued a ruling late Thursday that appears to have broken the complicated legal logjam in the case of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, who is facing genocide charges in the slaughter of ethnic Maya during...
Tags: Human Rights, Judges, Prosecution, Hate Crimes, International Law
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Serb president seeks pardon 'on my knees' for Srebrenica
Reuters* Most conciliatory statement yet by Serbia's Nikolic * Surprise comments follow Bosnian Muslim leader's visit * Serbia in line to start EU accession talks By Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO, April 25 (Reuters) - Serbia's nationalist president has...Tags: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Zeljko Komsic, European Union, United Nations, Hate Crimes
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Turkish scholar talks policy at Glendale's Armenian genocide event
For the first time, a Turkish scholar addressed a crowd of more than 1,400 people at the city's annual event to commemorate the genocide of about 1.5 million people in 1915 by Ottoman Turks, a tragedy still denied by modern-day Turkey 98 years later....
Tags: Washington, DC, Mike Gatto, Adam B. Schiff, Massacres, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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The boy behind Kristallnacht
On the night of Nov. 7, 1938, at the German Embassy in Paris, a 17-year-old Polish Jew named Herschel Grynszpan gained access to the office of a low-ranking Nazi named Ernst vom Rath by promising to turn over an "important document." Instead, Grynszpan...
Tags: Nazi Party, World War I (1914-1918), Car Mechanics, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Book
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Armenian genocide recognition overdue, congressman says
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank), lead sponsor of the Armenian genocide resolution in Congress, delivered his remarks in Armenian on the House floor Wednesday as he honored the estimated 1.5 million Armenians who were massacred in 1915 at the hands of Ottoman...Tags: Adam B. Schiff, Massacres, U.S. Congress, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Turkey
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Hundreds of Armenians protest genocide at Turkish Consulate
Hundreds of Armenians chanted outside the Turkish Consulate in Los Angeles on Wednesday to commemorate the massacre of about 1.5 million of their ancestors 98 years ago — a genocide that has yet to be officially recognized by the U.S. Chanting...
Tags: NATO, Massacres, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Turkey, Barack Obama
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Armenians march, demonstrate in L.A. to protest genocide denial
Thousands of Armenians chanted outside the Turkish Consulate in Los Angeles Wednesday to commemorate the massacre of some 1.5 million of their ancestors 98 years ago -- a genocide that has yet to be officially recognized by the U.S. Chanting “We...
Tags: NATO, Massacres, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Turkey, Barack Obama
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Pasadena Armenian genocide commemoration: 'The scars are not healed'
Hundreds gathered under cloudy skies on Wednesday morning in Pasadena for a pair of solemn outdoor ceremonies commemorating the Armenian genocide and calling for official recognition of the tragedy around the world. A crowd of about 400 at Pasadena...
Tags: Massacres, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Turkey, Lee Baca, Services and Shopping
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Genocide victims remembered at Burbank City Hall
More than 100 people gathered at Burbank City Hall Tuesday to commemorate the Armenian genocide and the Holocaust, which together claimed the lives of 7.5 million people. Descendants of Holocaust victims and survivors lit seven candles at the City...
Tags: Massacres, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Turkey, Youth Organizations, Social Organizations
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Start the Presses: Remembering the Armenian Genocide
Each year Armenians worldwide commemorate the murder of 1.5 million of their ancestors by what was then the Ottoman Empire in the time around World War I. Each year, the United States government – fearing the backlash of Turkish rulers – fails...
Tags: Government, Massacres, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Adam Schiff, National Government
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Video: Schiff delivers speech on House floor in Armenian to honor genocide victims
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank), lead sponsor of the Armenian genocide resolution in Congress, delivered his remarks in Armenian on the House floor Wednesday as he honored the 1.5 million Armenians who were massacred in 1915 at the hands of Ottoman Turks....Tags: Adam B. Schiff, Massacres, U.S. Congress, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Turkey
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Residents have eyes on Sinanyan
I read with some skepticism of Zareh Sinanyan’s change of heart in the matter of the disparaging YouTube comments he had made a few years ago (Zareh Sinanyan admits racist remarks, expresses regret,” Ron Kaye, April 21). I am glad he finally...Tags: Massacres, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Abusive Behavior, Local Elections, Social Issues
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