Cecile Manorohanta, Madagascar’s defense minister, has resigned in protest after President Marc Ravalomanana’s Government forces killed 25 anti-government protesters over the weekend as politically-linked violence continues in the country. Associated Press
Title: “Understanding violence”
Location: EPFL, Lausanne
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Description: 2009 EPFL-LATSIS Symposium, hosted by the SV Brain Mind Institute, highlighting the effective prevention to be developped on the basis of the recent advances in biology, sociology and modeling
Start Date: 11 Feb 2009
End Date: 13 Feb 2009
CNN carries a story about the impact of the past 10 days’ bombings in Gaza on the next generation of Palestinians, with the seeds of future violence probably being sown, according to specialists interviewed by the US television network.
Title: Violence and reconstruction after peace agreements
Location: Graduate Institute, Auditorium Jacques Freymond, 132 rue de Lausanne, 1202 Geneva
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Description: Lecture organized by the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding. John Darby, Professor of Comparative Ethnique Studies, The Joan C. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, USA
Start Time: 18:30
Date: 15 Oct 2008
