A collection of stories tagged 'genocide' from NPR. http://www.reverbiage.com/ Copyright 2006 Reverbiage.com. Reverbiage is not affiliated with NPR nor its member stations. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:57:52 EST Adapted from John Boyne's novel, Mark Herman's movie is a Holocaust film for younger audiences. And though the naive perspective may work in print, Bob Mondello says it doesn't lend itself to the realities of film. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/58659 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96526153&ft=1&f=1008 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:00:00 EST The northwest African nation of Mauritania remains under military rule after soldiers seized control of the capital this week. And the Rwandan government charges that highly-placed French officials were closely involved in the genocide that left hundreds of thousands of Rwandans dead in 1994. Emira Woods, of the Institute for Policy Studies, offers more on these stories. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53878 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93366946&ft=1&f=1001 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:00:00 EDT The Rwandan government has accused senior French officials of direct involvement in the slaughter of 800 thousand in 1994. A report from a Rwandan commission investigating the genocide alleges 33 senior French officials — including a former president and a former prime minister — were complicit in the genocide. France says its forces in Rwanda at the time were trying to stop the killing. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53795 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93329934&ft=1&f=1001 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:00:00 EDT The birth of Rice-A-Roni began with a friendship between a Canadian immigrant and a survivor of the Armenian genocide. Soon after, an Italian family made "the San Francisco treat" into a popular side dish. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53493 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93067862&ft=1&f=1021 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:54:00 EDT Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic told a war crimes court in the Netherlands on Thursday that he needed more time to study genocide charges against him before entering a plea. Karadzic also told the court he would defend himself. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53501 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93128386&ft=1&f=1001 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:01:00 EDT Former Bosnian Serb president Radovan Karadzic stands before the war crimes tribunal in The Hague on Thursday. Deborah Amos talks with Richard Goldstone — a former U.N. war crimes prosecutor who filed genocide charges against Karadzic back in 1995 — about the Bosnian genocide and the charges Karadzic faces. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53489 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93111071&ft=1&f=1001 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:00:00 EDT Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was transferred to the Netherlands and placed in the custody of the U.N. war crimes tribunal on Wednesday. He faces charges of genocide against Muslims and Croats during the Balkan wars of the 1990s. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53422 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93057137&ft=1&f=1001 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:20:00 EDT After living as a fugitive for more than a decade, former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was arrested Monday on charges related to genocide and war crimes during the Bosnian war. U.S. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke discusses a meeting he had with Karadzic in 1995. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53121 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92829536&ft=1&f=1001 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:28:00 EDT Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was arrested Monday on charges related to genocide and war crimes during the Bosnian war. He had been living as a fugitive for more than a decade. Here's a timeline of key events in his life. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53064 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92775717&ft=1&f=1001 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:42:00 EDT Ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has been ordered transferred to the U.N.'s war crimes tribunal in The Hague to face charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, a Serbian official said Tuesday. Karadzic was arrested after more than a decade as a fugitive. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53018 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92769228&ft=1&f=1001 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:29:00 EDT Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was arrested Monday in Serbia on genocide and other war crimes charges. He had evaded capture for more than a decade. Deborah Amos talks to Dejan Anastasijevic, a Serbian journalist in Belgrade, about Serbian reaction. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53022 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92768045&ft=1&f=1001 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:00:00 EDT Former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic has been arrested. He has been twice indicted for genocide for the siege of Sarajevo and the massacre Muslims at Srebrenica. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright calls the arrest "extremely significant." http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53014 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92762470&ft=1&f=1001 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:30:00 EDT At a time of outright genocide in Darfur, and civil unrest throughout the Sudan, an unprecedented gathering of musicians from across the war-torn country presented a contrasting picture — one of harmony and unity — at the Sudanese Festival of Music and Dance in Chicago. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/52893 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92679342&ft=1&f=1039 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:28:00 EDT Sudan's president has been charged with genocide by the International Criminal Court in The Hague following an investigation into atrocities in the country's western Darfur province. Judges are expected to take months to study the evidence against Omar Hassan al-Bashir. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/52591 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92512727&ft=1&f=1001 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:33:00 EDT The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court will seek an arrest warrant for Sudan's President resident Omar Bashir on charges of genocide in the country's Darfur region. This is the first time a sitting head of state has been charged. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/52517 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92470091&ft=1&f=1070 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:00:00 EDT Five years after the U.S. used the term "genocide" to describe the situation in Sudan's western region of Darfur, conditions remain dire. And a three-year-old peace deal that had inspired some hope may be breaking down. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/50451 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91163180&ft=1&f=1001 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:00:00 EDT When tourists weren't visiting Rwanda, gorillas there didn't reproduce as much. Some think the gorillas were depressed. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/48098 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89850129&ft=1&f=1007 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:42:00 EDT Renee Montagne talks to the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, about continuing protests against Chinese rule in Tibet. She interviewed him Sunday in Seattle in the midst of a five-day conference on compassion. The Dalai Lama renews his call for autonomy for Tibet within China, and says China is carrying out "cultural genocide" in Tibet. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/47559 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89612950&ft=1&f=1001 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:00:00 EDT President Bush arrives in Ghana on the fourth leg of a five-nation Africa tour. He spent the day in Rwanda visiting U.S.-funded HIV/AIDS clinics, cutting the ribbon on a new U.S. embassy and paying tribute to victims of Rwanda's genocide. He also announced millions more dollars in aid to Ghana. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/45456 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19211109&ft=1&f=1001 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:23:00 EST President Bush visits Rwanda on Tuesday to pay tribute to that nation's victims of genocide. He is also highlighting Rwanda's contributions to peacekeeping forces in Darfur. The president will also open a new U.S. embassy and visit U.S.-funded HIV and AIDS clinics. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/45375 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19157776&ft=1&f=1001 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:57:00 EST Khieu Samphan, the head of state of Cambodia's genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s, is arrested and brought before a U.N.-backed tribunal. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/42003 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16414254&ft=1&f=1001 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:51:00 EST Support faded for a measure that would officially recognize as genocide the mass killings of Armenians in 1915. The resolution passed a House committee, but political support waned in the face of criticism that it would harm U.S. relations with Turkey. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/40797 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15436564&ft=1&f=1001 Fri, 19 Oct 2007 06:00:00 EDT It hasn't been a good week for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. She was out-maneuvered by Republicans on the FISA bill, she lost Democratic support on the genocide resolution, and she lost again Thursday on efforts to override the president's veto of the children's health insurance bill. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/40775 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15413648&ft=1&f=1001 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:23:00 EDT Turkey continues to voice its opposition to a controversial resolution circulating in the U.S. House regarding the 1915 mass killing of more than a million Armenians. The Turkish government has threatened to curtail military ties with the U.S., and lawmakers are withdrawing their support of the resolution. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/40729 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15377305&ft=1&f=1001 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:53:00 EDT On Sunday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended her support of the Armenia genocide resolution. But House Minority Leader John Boehner cautioned against bringing the measure to a vote on the floor of the House. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/40598 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15271080&ft=1&f=1001 Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:09:00 EDT