No need, she thought, to burden Khouri with details of past atrocities - at least, not immediately.

In truth, she was unsure if even certain knowledge of past atrocities could extinguish her love for him now.

President Mandela spoke first, echoing the commission's own proposal that the country fix a time limit on any prosecutions for past atrocities.

Its aim is to remind visitors of past atrocities and the roots of modern technology.

Even after all he'd seen of the Hadenmen's past atrocities, he still believed in talking rather than fighting whenever possible.

The commission, set up to look into past atrocities, has the power to grant amnesty to those who confess all.

Even talking of the past atrocities became illegal.

Police officers testifying recently about past atrocities have offered a frightening picture of how widespread it was.

Now, political analysts say, the government cannot easily suppress emotions over what many people see as Japan's failure to atone for past atrocities.

Accounts of past atrocities are often exaggerated and distorted.