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News Enron ex-CEO Skilling appeals conviction
Enron ex-CEO Skilling appeals conviction
Katerina Ossenova
September 8, 2007 09:44:00 am

Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling appealed his conviction Friday, claiming errors by prosecutors and the trial judge. In papers filed with the US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals , Skilling's...

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News Suspected ’20th hijacker’ told military tribunal he was tortured: FOIA documents
Suspected ’20th hijacker’ told military tribunal he was tortured: FOIA documents
Katerina Ossenova
September 8, 2007 09:05:00 am

Mohammed al-Qahtani, the so-called "20th hijacker" from the Sept. 11 attacks, has disclaimed his confession about his participation in the terrorist attacks, alleging that his statements were coerced by US torture. In documents obtained by the Associated Press Friday...

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News New Orleans nursing home owners found not guilty of Katrina drowning deaths
New Orleans nursing home owners found not guilty of Katrina drowning deaths
Mike Rosen-Molina
September 7, 2007 09:08:00 pm

A Louisiana state court jury Friday found nursing home owners Salvador and Mabel Mangano not guilty of the drowning deaths of residents at St. Rita's Nursing Home in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina . Lawyers representing the...

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News San Diego diocese to settle 144 clergy sex abuse claims for $198.1M
San Diego diocese to settle 144 clergy sex abuse claims for $198.1M
Mike Rosen-Molina
September 7, 2007 08:19:00 pm

The Catholic Diocese of San Diego Friday announced an agreement to pay $198.1 million to settle 144 claims of sexual abuse by its clergy. In February, 42 clergy sex abuse cases were suspended - the night before...

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News Iran Beirut Marines barracks bombing compensation ruling [US DC]
Iran Beirut Marines barracks bombing compensation ruling [US DC]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
September 7, 2007 07:47:00 pm

Deborah D. Peterson et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran, US District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge Royce Lamberth, September 7, 2007 [ruling that Iran must pay $2.65 billion to compensate the families of 241 US military personnel...

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News CIA director defends US secret detention program
CIA director defends US secret detention program
Mike Rosen-Molina
September 7, 2007 07:20:00 pm

CIA Director Michael Hayden defended the United States' secret overseas detention and interrogation policy Friday, saying that the program had obtained vital information about the terrorist threat against the US detailed in a July report ....

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News US judge fines Iran $2.65B for 1983 Beirut Marine barracks bombing
US judge fines Iran $2.65B for 1983 Beirut Marine barracks bombing
Mike Rosen-Molina
September 7, 2007 06:17:00 pm

A federal judge ruled Friday that Iran must compensate the families of 241 US military personnel killed in the 1983 bombing of the US Marine barracks in Beirut . Iran has been blamed for supporting...

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News Iraq president objects to execution of Saddam-era defense minister
Iraq president objects to execution of Saddam-era defense minister
Mike Rosen-Molina
September 7, 2007 05:03:00 pm

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani Friday objected to the planned execution of former Saddam-era Defense Minister Sultan Hashim Ahmad al-Tai , saying that al-Tai should receive clemency because he was only acting under the threat of death...

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News Poland opting out of EU rights charter: foreign minister
Poland opting out of EU rights charter: foreign minister
Mike Rosen-Molina
September 7, 2007 04:23:00 pm

Poland will not join the European Charter of Fundamental Rights , instead opting for the same exemption clause that allowed the UK to reject the charter this summer, said Polish foreign minister Ana Fotyga Friday...

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News Pakistan reopens corruption case against former prime minister
Pakistan reopens corruption case against former prime minister
Mike Rosen-Molina
September 7, 2007 03:31:00 pm

The government of Pakistan said Friday that it has reopened a corruption case against former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif , the same day that an anti-terrorism court ordered the arrest of his brother, Shahbaz Sharif,...

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Catholic priest Girolamo Savonarola burned at the stake

Radical Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola was burned at the stake in the Republic of Florence on May 23, 1498 for preaching against the practices of the powerful within the Catholic Church, including Pope Alexander VI, and celebrating mass while excommunicated. Learn more about the life of Savonarola and his execution.

Captain Kidd hanged for piracy

On May 23, 1701, Captain William Kidd, convicted of piracy and murder, was hanged in London. His body was later tarred and hung up in a gibbet - an iron cage - at the mouth of the River Thames as a warning to others.

Learn more about Captain Kidd.

South Carolina becomes eighth U.S. state

On May 23, 1788, South Carolina ratified the US Constitution, becoming the eighth American state. Learn more about the history of South Carolina.

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