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News Saudi Guantanamo Bay detainee plans boycott of military commission trial
Saudi Guantanamo Bay detainee plans boycott of military commission trial
Alexis Unkovic
April 9, 2008 04:43:00 pm

A Saudi Arabian Guantanamo Bay detainee said during a pre-trial hearing Wednesday that he plans to boycott his upcoming military commission trial and does not wish to attend or have legal representation. Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al-Darbi ...

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News Malaysia top judge indicates support for proposed judicial reform
Malaysia top judge indicates support for proposed judicial reform
Alexis Unkovic
April 9, 2008 03:43:00 pm

Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Malaysia Abdul Hamid Mohamad indicated his support Wednesday for the creation of an independent body to govern the appointment and promotion of judges, reportedly telling a group of judges that...

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News China detained over 900 Tibet pro-independence protesters: official
China detained over 900 Tibet pro-independence protesters: official
Alexis Unkovic
April 9, 2008 03:09:00 pm

Police in China have detained 953 people, of which 403 have been formally arrested, in connection with protests against Chinese rule in Tibet last month, Chairman of the Government of the Tibet Autonomous Region...

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News Draft EU counterterror proposals lack rights protections: Marty
Draft EU counterterror proposals lack rights protections: Marty
Alexis Unkovic
April 7, 2008 03:49:00 pm

New EU anti-terror laws proposed by the European Commission fail to adequately reconcile human rights concerns and may conflict with the Council of Europe's Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism , Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly...

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News Slovakia signs agreement to offer prisons to ICTY convicts
Slovakia signs agreement to offer prisons to ICTY convicts
Alexis Unkovic
April 7, 2008 03:25:00 pm

Slovakia has signed an enforcement of sentences agreement with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to allow ICTY convicts to be held in Slovakian prisons, the ICTY announced [press...

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News Kosovo leaders sign draft constitution
Kosovo leaders sign draft constitution
Alexis Unkovic
April 7, 2008 02:52:00 pm

Top officials in Kosovo signed the country's new draft constitution Monday. The constitution now goes to the Assembly of Kosovo , which is expected to approve it. Last Thursday, the...

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News Turkish ruling party proposes amendment to state slander provision
Turkish ruling party proposes amendment to state slander provision
Alexis Unkovic
April 7, 2008 02:08:00 pm

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Monday submitted to parliament a proposed amendment to the controversial Article 301 of Turkey's penal code , which makes "insulting the...

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News Alleged Jemaah Islamiyah leader denies links to Indonesia terror bombings
Alleged Jemaah Islamiyah leader denies links to Indonesia terror bombings
Alexis Unkovic
April 2, 2008 04:47:00 pm

One of two alleged leaders of the Southeast Asian terror group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) Wednesday denied involvement in a series of 2002 Bali night club bombings and other attacks...

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News DOD to charge UK resident held at Guantanamo Bay: NYT
DOD to charge UK resident held at Guantanamo Bay: NYT
Alexis Unkovic
April 2, 2008 03:54:00 pm

The US Department of Defense (DOD) plans to file unspecified terrorism-related charges against one of two UK residents still remaining at Guantanamo Bay, US and British officials told the New York Times Wednesday. UK officials...

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EPA sued over noncompliance with Supreme Court greenhouse gas emissions ruling
Alexis Unkovic
April 2, 2008 03:12:00 pm

Seventeen states Wednesday filed a petition in the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit seeking to compel the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to comply with last year's Supreme Court ruling...

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First US execution by gas

On February 8, 1924, Gee Jon, a Chinese man convicted of murder, was executed by gas in Nevada and became the first person in the United States to be put to death in that manner.

The Nevada state legislature had eliminated hanging and shooting as a method of execution in 1921, and had provided for execution by lethal gas instead. Nevada sent 32 convicts to the gas chamber between 1924 and 1979. Learn more about the history of executions by gas in Nevada.

Mary, Queen of Scots executed

On February 8, 1587, Mary I of Scotland was executed for involvement in a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England. Before execution, Mary denied three times assisting the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth, and crown Mary as ruler of Great Britain. Mary's guilt or innocence is debated to this day. Learn more about the Babington Plot.

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