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News AI: Iran must halt execution of political dissident
AI: Iran must halt execution of political dissident
Elizabeth LaForgia
June 1, 2014 01:12:45 pm

Amnesty International (AI) urged Iran on Saturday not to execute a political dissident convicted of "enmity against God." Gholamreza Khosravi Savajani was sentenced to death in 2010 on the charge of "enmity against God" for...

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News Final known US prisoner of war released in exchange for Guantanamo detainees
Final known US prisoner of war released in exchange for Guantanamo detainees
Julie Deisher-Edwards
June 1, 2014 10:50:24 am

US President Barack Obama announced Saturday that prisoner of war Bowe Bergdahl had been released into US custody in exchange for five detainees held at Guantanamo Bay. Bergdahl was the only confirmed US prisoner of war...

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News 34 Morsi supporters convicted and fined in Egypt court
34 Morsi supporters convicted and fined in Egypt court
Julie Deisher-Edwards
June 1, 2014 10:08:36 am

An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced 34 supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi each to two years in prison and a USD $1,600 fine for their alleged participation in violence during celebrations of the three-year anniversary of...

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Watergate trial began

On October 4, 1974, the trial of Watergate conspirators HR Haldeman, John Erlichman, John Mitchell, Robert Mardian, and Kenneth Parkinson began, with Judge John Sirica presiding. Review transcripts of the Watergate tapes played at the outset of their trial.

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