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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: The Holocaust (1934-1945), Clubs and Associations, World War I (1914-1918), Literature, Massacres
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Pro-Azerbaijani letter is an outrage
In his letter "The U.S. should back off its criticism of Azerbaijan's handling of the Safarov case" (Sept. 10), Emil Israfilbek displays very concerning signs of lack of compassion and understanding for human rights, by writing that he is unable to...Tags: Baku (Azerbaijan), Human Rights, Azerbaijan, Civil Rights, Massacres
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Lithuania tries to whitewash its role in the Holocaust
In response to Ellen Cassedy's "We are here" (April 18), I offer a second opinion. Can there be hope for a country that claimed the highest percentage of Jewish deaths in all of Europe? More than 95 percent ofLithuania'sJews were annihilated — most...Tags: The Holocaust (1934-1945), Judaism, Lithuania, National Government, Germany
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DNA, Mladic and the science of justice in the former Yugoslavia
Despite his efforts to stave off his long-overdue date with justice, indicted war criminal Ratko Mladic appeared before a panel of judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague on Friday. Soon he will stand trial for...Tags: Human Body, Argentina, Biotechnology Industry, Massacres, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Muslim leaders have given us reason to be wary
Rachel Airey's letter to the editor ("Disgusted by anti-Muslim bigotry" May 16 ) says this "ignorance and prejudice sickens her and makes her ashamed of this country." She says "It's even more sad when polls proclaim that many citizens are wary of Islamic...Tags: Gaza Crisis (2008), Judaism, Hinduism, Islam, Fatah
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Don't call it 'genocide'
As a Turkic-American, I oppose efforts to secure a presidential proclamation designating April 24 as "Armenian genocide" day. Unlike many other tragedies and massacres, the Armenian allegations of Turkish genocide are hotly contested and have been...Tags: Massacres, Turkey, United Nations, International Court or Tribunal, Hate Crimes
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Path of human destruction
Sun Foreign StaffMAJAMARY, Sudan - Before dawn one day in early January, the crackle of gunfire stirred Faloud Suleiman awake in his village in far western Sudan. Members of the Masaaleit tribe, Suleiman and his fellow villagers in Sudan's Darfur region were living in...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Air and Space Accidents, Islam, John Murphy, Health and Safety at Work
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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: Massacres, Teachers, Turkey, Adam B. Schiff, Teaching and Learning
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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: Massacres, David Valadao, Turkey, Adam B. Schiff, Barack Obama
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Interfaith harmony: Imams to visit Auschwitz
Arab News, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaA Saudi preacher is among 14 Muslim scholars from across the globe who will visit the former Nazi Auschwitz death camp in southern Poland next week as part of a Holocaust awareness and anti-genocide program, organizers said yesterday. "This is an...Tags: Massacres, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Judaism, Saudi Arabia, Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)
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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: Massacres, Lobbying, Turkey, Adam B. Schiff, Barack Obama
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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: Massacres, Caterpillar Inc., Sudan, Human Rights, Hate Crimes
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