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He's got Armenia under his skin, and we get a guidebook
By some measures, Matthew Karanian was a Connecticut Yankee: a 34-year-old litigator in Hartford, American-born and bred. But he had a wild idea. So he took a summer off, headed for the rustic land of his ancestors, and soon found that Armenia was...
Tags: Yerevan (Armenia), World War I (1914-1918), Turkey, Hate Crimes, UNESCO
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Judge rules against Turkish banks
A U.S. District Court judge has ruled that the federal court system has jurisdiction to hold Turkish banks accountable for seizing land from Armenians during the Armenian Genocide. This ruling was attached to judge Dolly M. Gee's dismissal of a...Tags: Judges, Massacres, Trials, Justice System, Turkey
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Chris Bohjalian sets love amid horror
Chris Bohjalian's novel "The Sandcastle Girls" has many traditional elements of compelling fiction — people with secrets, shocking plot twists, compulsively likable characters and a rich love story. It also describes the 1915 mass killing of...
Tags: Human Interest, Arts and Culture, Authors, World War I (1914-1918), Clubs and Associations
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Glendale school board candidates talk diversity, funding and Armenian genocide
At the first Glendale Unified school board election forum of the season Wednesday night, candidates discussed districtwide diversity, language programs and commemorating the Armenian genocide. About 20 people attended the event hosted and televised by...
Tags: Massacres, Media Industry, Teachers, Elections, Hate Crimes
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'Emotionally compelling' teardrop concept chosen for Armenian genocide memorial in Pasadena
The 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...
Tags: Massacres, Google+, Human Interest, Arts and Culture, Turkey
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Cambodians mourn King Norodom Sihanouk in lavish style
NEW DELHI -- Thousands of people lined the streets of Cambodia's capital Friday for the funeral of King Norodom Sihanouk, a controversial monarch who helped build the young nation after French rule before cozying up to the homicidal Khmer Rouge regime....
Tags: Diabetes, Arts and Culture, Phnom Penh (Cambodia), Hate Crimes, Cambodia
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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: Civil Rights, Judges, International Law, Lawyers, Mexico
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Northwestern to inquire into founder's ties to Indian massacre
As one of the founders of Northwestern University, John Evans is a prominent presence on campus, his name gracing the walls of the institution's alumni center and attached to a number of professorships set up in his honor. But in response to pressure...
Tags: Teachers, Northwestern University, Colleges and Universities, Abraham Lincoln, Hate Crimes
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Justice for genocide in Guatemala?
GUATEMALA CITY — When a judge ruled to admit all the prosecution documents and expert witnesses in the genocide trial here of Gen. Efraín Ríos Montt last week — ensuring that Guatemala will be the first country in history to try one of its own...
Tags: Ronald Reagan, Lawyers, International Law, Judges, Central Intelligence Agency
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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: Massacres, Hate Crimes, Government, Republican Party, Politics
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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: International Law, Radovan Karadzic, United Nations, Ratko Mladic, Extradition
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