http://www.mail.com/subjects/16608-massacres.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/16608-massacres.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2079608-prison-ex-dictator-soothes-guatemala.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt spent his first full day as a convict Saturday in a 16-by-13 foot cell with a small bed, bathroom and window, after receiving a landmark 80-year sentence for genocide and crime against humanity. It was a steep fall for the now-86-year-old former strongman who ruled Guatemala from March 198... Sun, 12 May 2013 03:08:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2079608-prison-ex-dictator-soothes-guatemala.html 2013-05-12T03:08:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2077970-ex-dictator-convicted-genocide-guatemala.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Former dictator Efrain Rios Montt's conviction of genocide is a historic moment in a country still healing from a brutal, three-decade civil war and his trial offered Guatemala's oppressed indigenous communities their first chance to be heard, human rights activists said. Relatives of those killed and activists celebrated the 80-year... Sat, 11 May 2013 05:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2077970-ex-dictator-convicted-genocide-guatemala.html 2013-05-11T05:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2078064-rios-montt-army-to-dictatorship-to-courtroom.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Efrain Rios Montt ruled as Guatemala's dictator, served as president of Congress, preached as an evangelical pastor and now, at 86, has become the first Latin American strongman to stand trial and be convicted on genocide charges in his own country. A three-member tribunal also found Rios Montt guilty of crimes against humanity and s... Fri, 10 May 2013 23:37:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2078064-rios-montt-army-to-dictatorship-to-courtroom.html 2013-05-10T23:37:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2055402-sd-tribe-faces-ultimatum-sale-massacre-site.html SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A small patch of prairie sits largely unnoticed off a desolate road in southwestern South Dakota, tucked amid gently rolling hills and surrounded by dilapidated structures and hundreds of gravesites — many belonging to Native Americans massacred more than a century earlier. The assessed value of the property: less than $14,000. Th... Wed, 01 May 2013 23:11:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2055402-sd-tribe-faces-ultimatum-sale-massacre-site.html 2013-05-01T23:11:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2040810-top-court-sends-rios-montt-trial-to-judge.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala's highest court on Tuesday ordered that the genocide trial against one of the Central American country's former dictators be taken over by a judge who wants the proceedings to go back to square one. A spokesman for the Constitutional Court, Martin Guzman, said the case of Efrain Rios Montt now goes back to Judge Carol Patri... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:17:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2040810-top-court-sends-rios-montt-trial-to-judge.html 2013-04-24T05:17:50Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2020192-serbia-massacre-puts-spotlight-balkan-vet-woes.html VUKOVAR, Croatia (AP) — Edin Kapidzic fought in Croatia's brutal war for independence and came out alive. Carrying on in peace turned out to be harder. Years after returning from the front lines, the former soldier from eastern Croatia hanged himself in a park in the hometown he defended during the 1991-95 conflict, part of the wider disintegration of the... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:49:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2020192-serbia-massacre-puts-spotlight-balkan-vet-woes.html 2013-04-15T19:49:14Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2012348-bosnian-activist-un-meeting-was-biased.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Bosnian activist Munira Subasic lost 22 close family members in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of thousands of Muslims by Bosnian Serbs, yet she was barred from speaking at a U.N. meeting where Serbia's ultranationalist president attacked the international body's war crimes tribunal for former Yugoslavia which has been prosecuting leaders of the genocide.... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:48:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2012348-bosnian-activist-un-meeting-was-biased.html 2013-04-11T18:48:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2007462-guatemala-war-trial-puts-closer-to-president.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala's struggle to deal with the war crimes of the past, including bringing an aging former dictator and his officers to justice, is hitting the country's current leader. A former soldier testifying at the genocide trial of ex-strongman Efrain Rios Montt, now 86, directly accused President Otto Perez Molina of ordering pillaging... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:25:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2007462-guatemala-war-trial-puts-closer-to-president.html 2013-04-09T15:25:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2000042-syrian-president-warns-fallout-regime-falls.html BEIRUT (AP) — President Bashar Assad warned the fall of his regime or the breakup of Syria will unleash a "domino effect" that will fuel Middle East instability for years to come, in his sharpest warning yet about the potential fallout of his country's civil war on neighboring states. In Moscow, President Vladimir Putin said the Syrian conflict has become... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 22:18:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2000042-syrian-president-warns-fallout-regime-falls.html 2013-04-05T22:18:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2000848-putin-urges-peace-talks-to-syria-massacre.html MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin said the civil war in Syria has become "a massacre" that must be stopped through peace talks between the government and the opposition, and repeated Russia's firm rejection of calls for Syrian President Bashar Assad's ouster. Speaking to the German ARD television in remarks released by the Kremlin on Friday, he rejec... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:08:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2000848-putin-urges-peace-talks-to-syria-massacre.html 2013-04-05T17:08:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1998004-ivory-coast-exhuming-mass-graves.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast officials on Thursday began exhuming dozens of mass graves dating back to the country's 2011 postelection violence, as a new report accused President Alassane Ouattara of failing to bring his supporters to justice for crimes they allegedly committed during the conflict. Justice Minister Gnenema Coulibaly presided ov... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:49:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1998004-ivory-coast-exhuming-mass-graves.html 2013-04-04T16:49:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1988230-attacks-leave-than-50-dead-central-nigeria.html JOS, Nigeria (AP) — Attacks on villages surrounding a central Nigerian city at the heart of unrest between Christians and Muslims have killed more than 50 people this week, officials said Saturday, as authorities pleaded for peace over the Easter holiday. The attacks around Jos, a city in Nigeria's fertile central belt, come as a string of unsolved killin... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 14:23:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1988230-attacks-leave-than-50-dead-central-nigeria.html 2013-03-30T14:23:26Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1984130-chinas-lady-serenaded-tiananmen-troops.html BEIJING (AP) — A photo of China's new first lady Peng Liyuan in younger days, singing to martial-law troops following the 1989 bloody military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, flickered across Chinese cyberspace this week. It was swiftly scrubbed from China's Internet before it could generate discussion online. But the image — seen and shared by out... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 01:09:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1984130-chinas-lady-serenaded-tiananmen-troops.html 2013-03-29T01:09:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1972650-un-rights-body-extends-syria-probe-to-march-2014.html GENEVA (AP) — Dozens of nations agreed Friday to extend a U.N. probe of human rights abuses in Syria's civil war for another year, signaling their grave concern about the escalating violence — and their intent to prosecute abuses. By a vote of 41-1, the U.N.'s top human rights body, based in Geneva, reauthorized its panel of four independent experts to co... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:36:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1972650-un-rights-body-extends-syria-probe-to-march-2014.html 2013-03-22T17:36:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1965288-call-justice-opens-guatemala-ex-leader-trial.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The first witness in the trial of Guatemala's former U.S.-backed dictator testified Tuesday that soldiers razed his village in 1982, killing dozens of his neighbors, tearing the hearts out of victims and setting fire to houses. Nicolas Brito was the first of at least 150 witnesses expected to give their testimony in the trial of Gen.... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 03:21:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1965288-call-justice-opens-guatemala-ex-leader-trial.html 2013-03-20T03:21:17Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1963330-ex-guatemala-strongman-trial-30-years.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — There is no smoking gun in the case files, no direct order from Guatemala's then military dictator to carry out the slaughter of civilians during one of the bloodiest phases of the country's long civil war. In its absence, with trial set to start Tuesday, prosecutors hope to painstakingly prove through a detailed recreation of the mi... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:14:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1963330-ex-guatemala-strongman-trial-30-years.html 2013-03-18T21:14:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1953226-apnewsbreak-bales-to-undergo-sanity-review-sunday.html SEATTLE (AP) — A U.S. soldier charged with killing 16 Afghan civilians is expected to undergo a court-ordered review of his sanity beginning this weekend, after the military judge overseeing the case agreed that the results would not automatically be shared with prosecutors, his lawyers said Wednesday. The review of Staff Sgt. Robert Bales by Army doctors... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:49:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1953226-apnewsbreak-bales-to-undergo-sanity-review-sunday.html 2013-03-14T00:49:13Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1948816-2-years-duekoue-militia-leader-free.html DUEKOUE, Ivory Coast (AP) — His fighters are accused of carrying out the worst massacre perpetrated during Ivory Coast's bloody, post-election conflict two years ago. Despite repeated vows from the government to force them out, they continue to illegally occupy a national park. And when their leader, Amade Oueremi, travels through this western town, he ha... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:37:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1948816-2-years-duekoue-militia-leader-free.html 2013-03-12T14:37:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1937934-dutch-peacekeeper-prosecuted-srebrenica.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The retired general who commanded Dutch peacekeepers in the Bosnian enclave of Srebrenica when Bosnian Serb fighters overran the town and massacred some 8,000 Muslim men won't be prosecuted for involvement in the slayings, authorities announced Thursday. Relatives of three victims of the worst massacre in Europe since World W... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:25:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1937934-dutch-peacekeeper-prosecuted-srebrenica.html 2013-03-07T13:25:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1921938-un-appeals-court-acquits-ex-serb-military-chief.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — In a stunning reversal, U.N. appeals judges on Thursday acquitted the former chief of the Yugoslav National Army of aiding and abetting atrocities by rebel Serbs, including the Srebrenica massacre, by providing them with military aid during the Balkan wars. Gen. Momcilo Perisic, a former close ally of ex-Yugoslav President Sl... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:59:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1921938-un-appeals-court-acquits-ex-serb-military-chief.html 2013-02-28T19:59:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1821266-ny-passes-us-gun-control-law-massacre.html ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Jumping out ahead of Washington, New York state enacted the nation's toughest gun restrictions Tuesday and the first since the Connecticut school massacre, including an expanded assault-weapon ban and background checks for buying ammunition. Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the measure into law less than an hour after it won final p... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1821266-ny-passes-us-gun-control-law-massacre.html 2013-01-15T21:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1778536-us-army-seeks-death-sentence-afghan-rampage.html SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. Army is seeking the death penalty against a soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers in a predawn rampage in March, a punishment some experts say could be hard for prosecutors to obtain given that he was serving his fourth deployment at the time. The announcement Wednesday followed a pretrial hearing last month for Staff Sgt.... Thu, 20 Dec 2012 08:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1778536-us-army-seeks-death-sentence-afghan-rampage.html 2012-12-20T08:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1776944-us-army-seeks-death-penalty-16-afghan-killings.html SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. Army said Wednesday it will seek the death penalty against the soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers in a predawn rampage in March, a decision his lawyer called "totally irresponsible." The announcement followed a pretrial hearing last month for Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, 39, who faces premeditated murder and other charges i... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1776944-us-army-seeks-death-penalty-16-afghan-killings.html 2012-12-19T22:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1764702-witnesses-3-killed-raped-guinea-army.html CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — A military crackdown on protesters in a remote Guinean town this week left three people dead and dozens more wounded, while at least three women were raped by soldiers, witnesses alleged Thursday. A defense official denied soldiers shot civilians, but the incident still added to concerns about Guinea's army, which already has been implicated in a massa... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1764702-witnesses-3-killed-raped-guinea-army.html 2012-12-13T20:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1761120-un-court-convicts-bosnian-serb-genocide.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A U.N. war crimes court convicted a former senior Bosnian Serb army commander Wednesday of genocide for playing a key role in Europe's worst massacre since World War II and sentenced him to life imprisonment, delivering another measure of justice to survivors still hunting for the remains of their husbands and sons. In a majo... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1761120-un-court-convicts-bosnian-serb-genocide.html 2012-12-12T15:39:00Z