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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: Teaching and Learning, Adam B. Schiff, Teachers, U.S. Congress, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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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: Adam B. Schiff, U.S. Congress, David Valadao, Michael Grimm, Google Inc.
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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: Judaism, Christianity, Religion and Belief, Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), The Holocaust (1934-1945)
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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: Adam B. Schiff, U.S. Congress, Lobbying, Genocide, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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New videos from Syria spotlight conflict's brutality
New video surfaced on the Internet on Thursday purporting to show Syrian rebel fighters killing 11 prisoners they accused of taking part in massacres by forces loyal to President Bashar Assad. It was the latest of many grisly videos that have...Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Murder, Human Rights, Religious Conflicts, Justice and Rights
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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: Human Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, Sudan, Caterpillar Inc.
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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: Medical Procedures and Tests, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Human Rights, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Wars and Interventions
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Carol Mason named Norwalk City Schools' teacher of the year
Norwalk Reflector, OhioLast year, Norwalk High School senior Connor Sargent studied criminal justice at EHOVE. He'd wanted to enter the field since eighth or ninth grade because he felt it was a strength of his. But Sargent also loved music and felt a desire to return to...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Long Island, Music, Genocide, Rwanda
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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: Human Rights, Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice, National Government, Wars and Interventions
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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: Human Rights, Punishment, National Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Wars and Interventions
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Former Guatemalan dictator Rios Montt denies ordering slaughter
MEXICO CITY -- The former dictator of Guatemala, Efrain Rios Montt, on Thursday took the stand for the first time in his genocide trial and said he did not order the slaughter of hundreds of indigenous Maya. Rios Montt’s sometimes contentious...
Tags: Human Rights, Genocide, Government, Trials, Hate Crimes
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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: Murder, Crime, Law and Justice, Rebellions, Wars and Interventions, Arts and Culture
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