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111th US Congress resolution observing Srebrenica genocide

111th-congressObserving the 15th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide and expressing support for 'Srebrenica Remembrance Day' in the United States. Whereas July 2010 marks the 15th anniversary of the fall of Srebrenica to Bosnian Serb forces operating in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the massacre of approximately 8,000 people who were resident in or who had sought refuge in the United Nations-designated 'safe area' of Srebrenica...

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Statement by the president Obama on the 15th anniversary of the genocide at Srebrenica

Barack-Obama08On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the genocide at Srebrenica, and on behalf of the United States, I join my voice with those who are gathered to mourn a great loss and to reflect on an unimaginable tragedy. Fifteen years ago today, despite decades of pledges of "never again," 8,000 men and boys were murdered in these fields and hills.

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World Intellectuals Urge Canadian Parliament to Adopt Srebrenica Genocide Motion (M-416)

Canada-SrebrenicaWe, Members of the International Team of Experts of the Institute for the Research of Genocide Canada express support for Motion M - 416 on Genocide in Srebrenica. On August 29, 2009, MP Brian Masse introduced the Motion that was sponsored by Mr. Brian Masse, MP, and seconded by Mr. Bill Siksay, MP, and Ms. Chris Charlton, MP.

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Croatia leader apologises to Bosnia for wartime role

Ivo_JosipovicSARAJEVO, April 14 (Reuters) - Croatian President Ivo Josipovic apologised to Bosnia on Wednesday for Zagreb's wartime role in fuelling bitter ethnic divisions that still plague the country's Croats, Muslims and Serbs.

His address to the Bosnian parliament was the latest of a series of steps by Croatian and Serbian reformist leaders to heal the wounds of the 1990s wars that followed the breakup of Yugoslavia.

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Utica's newest mosque gets facelift

UTICA - The volunteer construction workers rapidly remaking the exterior of a former church into a European-style mosque stopped working two times during their shift Friday along Court Street. Once, they gathered inside the hulking structure to eat lunch - Bosnian soup, salad, cheese pie, meat and dessert. A second time, they gathered at 1 p.m. with several dozen members of Utica's Bosnian community for prayer in a recently renovated worship room.

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International Conference “The Future of Faith in the Age o Globalization”

globalizationThe phenomenon of globalization has unleashed unprecedented forces in the spheres of politics, culture, economics, science and technology, and international relations. First and foremost, the evolution of the nation-state and its institutions as the most dominant dynamic in global politics and economics...

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