Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt was found guilty on Friday of genocide and crimes against humanity during the bloodiest phase of the country's 36-year civil war and was sentenced to 80 years in prison. 
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united states defense and military forces
sex crimes
united states politics and government
hagel
chuck
gillibrand
kirsten e
law and legislation
The Pentagon’s press secretary says Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is working to improve the military’s response.
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BY FELICITY BARRINGER
federal aid (us)
environmental protection agency
monson (calif.)
water
central valley (calif)
Bureaucratic and technical obstacles have slowed the distribution of federal aid in places where water is laced with nitrates and other pollutants.
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BY JESS BIDGOOD
muslims and islam
al-barzakh cemetery
funerals and memorials
tsarnaev
tamerlan
boston marathon bombings (2013)
doswell (va)
The problem of what to do with the body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing, was solved when a small cemetery agreed to take it.
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BY ELISABETH MALKIN
sentences (criminal)
decisions and verdicts
rios montt
efrain
human rights and human rights violations
war crimes
genocide and crimes against humanity
mayans
guatemala
The judge who sentenced former dictator Gen. Efraín Ríos Montt to 80 years in prison said the court was “convinced of the intent to destroy the Ixil ethnic group.”
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BY KIA GREGORY AND DAMIEN CAVE
mexico city (mexico)
middletown (ny)
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deaths (fatalities)
shabazz
malcolm
malcolm x
Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of Malcolm X, died in Mexico City on Thursday night after spending much of his life seeking to make peace with his own past and that of his famous family.
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classical music
muscular dystrophy
new york festival of song
blier
steven
A treasured institution, and its revered maestro, celebrate a 25th anniversary with a concert Monday night.
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duane e
A resentencing fight reflects a wide and disturbing pattern.
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BY STEVEN ERLANGER
sars (severe acute respiratory syndrome)
dubai (united arab emirates)
france
French officials said Friday that they are examining three people who came into contact with a man hospitalized with a new respiratory coronavirus related to SARS.
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chickens
drugs (pharmaceuticals)
food and drug administration
research
johns hopkins university
poultry
Though the amount was below danger levels, researchers warned of a small increased risk of cancers in humans.
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Quotation of the Day: "We are with you. We will not move out from this place without rescuing you." — Major M. M. Moazzem Hossain, a Bangladeshi rescuer, to Reshma, a woman who was freed from rubble 17 days after the collapse of a building that killed more than 1,000 people.
Rescue in Bangladesh
How a woman trapped beneath the rubble of a collapsed building in Bangladesh was able to survive for over two weeks before being rescued. Subscribe on YouTub...
Rescue in Bangladesh
How a woman trapped beneath the rubble of a collapsed building in Bangladesh was able to survive for over two weeks before being rescued. Subscribe on YouTub...
