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News Accused ‘Toronto 18’ leader pleads guilty mid-trial
Accused ‘Toronto 18’ leader pleads guilty mid-trial
Sarah Paulsworth
May 10, 2010 03:23:55 pm

The accused leader of the Toronto 18 , Fahim Ahmad, unexpectedly switched his plea to guilty on Monday in the midst of his Canadian trial on terrorism charges. Ahmad is on trial [Toronto Star...

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News US mediation board eases union election rules for airlines, railroads
US mediation board eases union election rules for airlines, railroads
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 10, 2010 02:47:41 pm

The National Mediation Board (NMB) on Monday issued a new labor rule that will make it easier for airline and railroad workers to unionize. Under the new rule, the union must only win a majority...

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News Zimbabwe high court dismisses terrorism charges against cabinet nominee
Zimbabwe high court dismisses terrorism charges against cabinet nominee
Ximena Marinero
May 10, 2010 12:47:13 pm

Zimbabwe's Supreme Court on Monday dismissed terrorism and other charges against Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party treasurer and deputy agriculture minister-nominee Roy Bennett . Bennett, a close ally of Prime...

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News Kuwait court acquits eight accused of planning attack on US base
Kuwait court acquits eight accused of planning attack on US base
Matt Glenn
May 10, 2010 11:46:42 am

A Kuwaiti court on Monday acquitted eight men accused of planning to attack a US base 70 miles south of Kuwait city whom Kuwaiti authorities say have ties to al Qaeda. Defense lawyer Mohammad al-Kundari claims that the six...

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News Obama nominates Solicitor General Elena Kagan to US Supreme Court
Obama nominates Solicitor General Elena Kagan to US Supreme Court
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 10, 2010 10:16:48 am

US President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the US Supreme Court . If confirmed by the US Senate , Kagan would replace...

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News Obama administration seeking to limit Miranda rights in terror cases
Obama administration seeking to limit Miranda rights in terror cases
Matt Glenn
May 10, 2010 09:28:03 am

US Attorney General Eric Holder said Sunday that the Obama administration plans to ask Congress to enact legislation allowing interrogators to question terror suspects for a longer period of time than currently allowed before informing them of...

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News Comoros high court overturns extension of presidential term
Comoros high court overturns extension of presidential term
Dwyer Arce
May 9, 2010 03:43:14 pm

The Constitutional Court of Comoros on Saturday overturned an extension of the president's term in office, holding that his mandate will end later this month. The court ruled that after the mandate ends...

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News China disbars two human rights lawyers
China disbars two human rights lawyers
David Manes
May 9, 2010 11:06:06 am

Two Chinese human rights lawyers who have represented Falun Gong defendants were permanently disbarred Friday after being accused of disrupting courtrooms. In a Beijing Municipal Judicial Bureau [official website,...

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Germany high court rejects temporary injunction against Greece bailout contribution
Haley Wojdowski
May 8, 2010 01:05:15 pm

Germany's constitutional court Saturday refused to issue a temporary injunction against the German government's €22.4 billion ($28.5 billion) contribution to a bailout package for Greece, which...

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Nokia sues Apple for alleged iPad, iPhone patent infringements
Carrie Schimizzi
May 8, 2010 10:04:20 am

Finnish telecommunications company Nokia announced Friday that it has filed a complaint in the US District Court in the Western District for Wisconsin alleging that Apple iPad and iPhone 3G products...

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Marie Antoinette convicted of treason and guillotened

French Queen consort Marie Antoinette was convicted of treason by a Revolutionary court and then guillotined on October 16, 1793. The queen consort was convicted of conspiring with foreign powers, depleting the treasury, and high treason only four days after her initial arrest on October 12. Her husband Louis XVI was executed nine months prior. Learn more about the trial and execution of Marie Antoinette.

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On October 16, 1946, 10 Nazi war criminals, including former German Foreign Minister von Rippentrop, were hanged following the verdicts of the Nuremberg war crimes tribunal.

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