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In Theory: Have you questioned your faith in God?
Q. A recent posting on CNN's Belief Blog discusses how people can lose faith when faced with traumatic events. The article relates former First Lady Laura Bush's experience after being involved in a fatal car accident in 1963. Bush missed a stop sign...Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Laura Bush, CNN (tv network), Larry King, Crime, Law and Justice
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Ruling supports Armenian Genocide suits
The descendants of Armenian Genocide victims won a significant victory Friday when a federal appeals court ruled that they should be allowed to sue to recoup unpaid insurance benefits related to the atrocity. The decision by a three-judge panel of the U....Tags: David Thompson, Adam Schiff, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Hate Crimes, Crimes
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The man who brought faith
I first met Joseph Freeman in 2004. An energetic 91-year-old, Freeman sat by himself at a table in the entryway at the Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center. It was early evening. People came and went. There were classes and meetings. But Freeman sat at his...Tags: Death, Pasadena (Los Angeles, California), Nazi Party, Judaism
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Around Town: The Gaza flotilla hits home
Between 1915 and 1923, the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) massacred nearly 2 million Armenians. There were death marches and extermination camps. For the survivors, there were mass exiles. To this day, Turkey has refused to acknowledge this event, and only 26...Tags: Parties and Movements, NATO, Hate Crimes, Crimes, New York
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In Theory: An interview with Desmond Tutu
Anglican Archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu has announced that, after his 79th birthday in October, he is to resign from nearly all of his official commitments and withdraw from public life, the United Kingdom's Guardian newspaper reported last week. He...Tags: Africa, Justice and Rights, Family, Israel, Crime, Law and Justice
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Around Town: Left. Right. Left. Right.
A few months ago, some out-of-towners showed up at the La Caņada post office, bearing posters depicting President Obama as Hitler. My criticism was immediate and heartfelt. (Around Town: "Even offensive idiocy is protected," Feb. 13). Many of you...Tags: Extradition, Migration, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, The Holocaust (1934-1945)
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Holocaust special slated for rebroadcast
Holocaust special: CBS4 to rebroadcast 'Return to Auschwitz' WFOR-Ch. 4 has announced two rebroadcasts of its special "March of the Living: Return to Auschwitz," which originally aired May 20. A flood of phone calls revealed that viewers in Palm Beach...Tags: Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Palm Beach County, Broward County
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My Word: Persecution in Iran doubly disturbing
At the Holocaust Center in Maitland this past Sunday, representatives of Orlando's Baha'i community described the persecution their fellow believers face in Iran, which is the birthplace of the Baha'i faith. A similar travesty deals with the death...Tags: Religion and Belief, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Maitland, Separation of Church and State, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Holocaust exhibit opens at Posnack JCC
Steven Montrose remembers the Holocaust. "How can I describe the smell of death to you? It's like the drilling of a tooth, the smell of burning flesh," the 74-year-old survivor said to an audience of teachers, police and representatives from churches...Tags: Religion and Belief, Railway Transportation, World War II (1939-1945), Deerfield Beach, The Holocaust (1934-1945)
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Just looking for another public relations boost
As part of its ongoing public relations campaign to rehab its image, shift the focus from the integral role it played in the Final Solution in France, and its absolute refusal to provide any reparations to its victims, The French National Railway (SNCF)...Tags: The Holocaust (1934-1945), France, World War II (1939-1945), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Nazi Party
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Farmworker convicted of killing South African white supremacist
World NowFarmworker convicted of killing South African white supremacist Eugene TerreBlanche: Chris Mahlangu, 29, was convicted Tuesday of killing his employer, South African white supremacist, Eugene TerreBlanche in April 2010. His companion, Patrick Ndlovu, 18,... -
Former Guatemalan dictator can't escape the past
Things just went from bad to worse for former Guatemala dictator Gen. Efrain Rios Montt. The 85-year-old is already charged with human rights abuses committed during that country’s 36-year civil war. This week a judge added a second genocide...
Tags: Civil Rights, Wars and Interventions, Human Rights, Justice and Rights, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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