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Kosovo Bleeds
1998 News of the World Since Feb. 1998 the Yugoslav army and Serbian police have fought against the separatist Kosovo Liberation Army, but their scorched-earth tactics have been concentrated…The Farming of the Bones
Author:Edwidge DanticatPublisher:Soho Press Edwidge Danticat possesses a gift for narrating excruciating scenes with a poetic economy. This talent makes the 1937 Haitian massacre a perfect…We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
Author:David Gourevitch Publisher:Farrar Straus & Giroux Over the course of a 100 grim days in 1994, nearly a million Rwandans were killed by their neighbors, co-workers, fellow church-…King Birendra 2001 Deaths
King Birendra(Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva)Age: 55 King of Nepal who was shot to death by his son, Crown Prince Dipendra, in a massacre that nearly wiped out the entire royal family. His…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Feelings of a Republican on the Fall of Bonaparte
by Percy Bysshe Shelley To WordsworthLinesFeelings of a Republican on the Fall of Bonaparte I hated thee, fallen tyrant! I did groan To think that a most unambitious slave, Like thou,…Dracula: Fact or Folklore?
Have Dracula stories been exaggerated by political enemies and in peasant folklore? Monster Links Halloween Tricksters and Treats Quiz: Dracula Menacing Monster Guide Quiz:…Gustavus Miller BOWER, Congress, MO (1790-1864)
BOWER Gustavus Miller , a Representative from Missouri; born near Culpeper, Culpeper County, Va., December 12, 1790; attended the public schools; studied medicine in Philadelphia, Pa.; moved to…Ta Mok 2006 Deaths
Ta MokAge: 80 Khmer Rouge leader who was in charge of Cambodia's southwest region under Pol Pot's reign of terror that claimed about 1.7 million victims from 1975 to 1979. Ta Mok's troops…Lord Killanin Biography
Lord KillaninMichael MorrisOlympic Committee president, journalistBorn: 7/30/1914Birthplace: London, England sixth president of the International Olympic Committee who guided the organization…genocide
(Encyclopedia) genocide, in international law, the intentional and systematic destruction, wholly or in part, by a government of a national, racial, religious, or ethnic group. Although the term…Trending
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