GENOCIDE

Book trailer: When sentient beings initiate contact, there is usually an important communication involved as E. Slaughter, Sr., author of The American Genocide, learned as he attempted to uncover the cause of his mother's unexpected death. Not satisfied with the stale explanations of harried physicians, Slaughter pieced together parts of the puzzle until he found the real cause: tainted blood products. He soon discovered that a recall of blood tainted with HIV was delayed for two years and that his mother and thousands of others had apparently been the victims of blood poisoning and a massive cover-up.

In Chapter 19 of 21, Shaheen Wirk recounts his Cambodian travel experience and its eye-opening insight into how genocide there eliminated an entire generation's oral history. "There have been a lot of bad things that have happened in human history, but it is rare when no one is alive who remembers it."

To mark the 15th anniversary of the beginning of the Rwandan genocide and the start of a week of national mourning, survivors gathered in the national stadium in Kigali to light candles. Thousands of lights spelled out the word for "hope" in three languages at the event on Tuesday night.

Learn about the student movement to end genocide and how you can get involved.

After surviving drought, war, genocide and other disasters, the most serious threat to the existence of the Himba is the proposed Epupa Falls Dam which the Namibian government says will produce around 200 megawatts of power for Namibians inland - but will destroy the Himba way-of-life in the process.

In Chapter 20 of 21, a Cambodia trip and in particular exposure to a genocide affected culture, encourages traveler Shaheen Wirk to look beyond the headlines and be more inquisitive engaging news and conversation upon his return to the United States.

A refugee who fled Rwanda to escape genocide and civil war, is building a new life in Fort Worth.

An international relations class in Ashburn is trying to illustrate the lives lost in Darfur by lining up one pair of used shoes for each death on the National Mall.

Congolese Tutsi rebels advance further, killing civilians in the eastern town of Kiwanja. But rebels say they targeted pro-government militia fighters. The rebels who are loyal to General Laurent Nkunda are being accused by Human Rights Watch of war crimes. The U.N peacekeeping force in Congo (MONUC) says rebels have violated the cease-fire in the violent North Kivu province. Nkunda accuses Joseph Kabila's army of supporting Rwandan Hutu rebels who took part in the Rwandan genocide.