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News Federal legal aid program misusing funds to cover luxury expenses: report
Federal legal aid program misusing funds to cover luxury expenses: report
Brett Murphy
August 14, 2006 06:54:00 pm

Legal Services Corp. , a government-funded non-profit corporation that provides legal assistance to indigent Americans, has been using funds to provide luxuries for its board members and executives, AP reported Monday. The corporation turns away about...

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News Australian asylum law faces tight vote in Senate
Australian asylum law faces tight vote in Senate
Brett Murphy
August 13, 2006 11:49:00 am

The Australian government's proposed Migration Amendment (Designated Unauthorised Arrivals) Bill that would require asylum seekers arriving by boat to be processed at offshore camps faces a close vote in the Senate this week, Australian media...

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News Prosecutors seek $183 million payment from ex-Enron CEO Skilling
Prosecutors seek $183 million payment from ex-Enron CEO Skilling
Brett Murphy
August 13, 2006 11:14:00 am

Federal prosecutors have asked US District Court Judge Sim Lake to order former Enron Corp. CEO Jeffrey Skilling to pay $182.2 million for his part in the conspiracy with Kenneth Lay [Houston Chronicle...

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News Iran threatens IAEA withdrawal if nuclear ‘rights’ taken away
Iran threatens IAEA withdrawal if nuclear ‘rights’ taken away
Brett Murphy
August 13, 2006 10:49:00 am

The speaker of Iran's parliament indicated Sunday that the country would pull out of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) if what he called its "inalienable rights" to uranium enrichment were taken away. Gholam-Ali Hadad-Adel ...

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News Israel willing to negotiate with Hezbollah for release of two captured soldiers: report
Israel willing to negotiate with Hezbollah for release of two captured soldiers: report
Brett Murphy
August 13, 2006 10:15:00 am

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has told the parents of two Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah in a July 12 raid that Israel is willing to negotiate with Hezbollah for their release, Haaretz newspaper reported Sunday. Olmert...

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News US soldier disputing Iraq war legality turns himself in after absconding
US soldier disputing Iraq war legality turns himself in after absconding
Brett Murphy
August 12, 2006 11:34:00 am

US Army Sgt. Ricky Clousing, an Iraq war veteran, turned himself in at Fort Lewis on Friday after absconding from Fort Bragg in June 2005 because he no longer wanted to participate in what he says is...

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News British police release one person arrested for airplane terror plot
British police release one person arrested for airplane terror plot
Brett Murphy
August 12, 2006 10:59:00 am

The London Metropolitan Police Service says it has released without charge one of the 24 people arrested earlier this week over an alleged plan to blow up US airplanes leaving from British airports . Police have...

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News Mexico presidential challenger claims partial recount proves electoral fraud
Mexico presidential challenger claims partial recount proves electoral fraud
Brett Murphy
August 12, 2006 10:37:00 am

Mexico leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Friday that inconsistencies evident from the partial recount of votes from the July 2 presidential election show enough errors in the tally that...

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News Federal judge dismisses lawsuit over inconsistent versions of budget bill
Federal judge dismisses lawsuit over inconsistent versions of budget bill
Brett Murphy
August 12, 2006 10:04:00 am

A federal judge Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed by Public Citizen arguing that a $39 billion deficit-reduction bill passed by Congress was unconstitutional because the House version and Senate version ...

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News Iran says it will continue to expand nuclear program by right
Iran says it will continue to expand nuclear program by right
Brett Murphy
August 6, 2006 11:31:00 am

Chief Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said Sunday that Iran will continue to expand its uranium enrichment program despite the UN Security Council resolution setting an August 31 deadline for the country to halt nuclear...

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Mao Zedong widow sentenced to death in China

On January 25, 1981, Jiang Qing, the widow of Mao Zedong, was sentenced to death by a special court in China. The charges stemmed primarily from Jiang's role in the Cultural Revolution. Saying "I was Chairman Mao's dog. I bit whomever he asked me to bite," Qing unsuccessfully argued that she was merely acting at the direction of her late husband, who had died five years earlier. In 1983, Jiang's sentence was commuted to life in prison so that she would have "time to repent." Her official trial documents have still not been released.

Charles Manson and "family" convicted of Tate murders

On January 25, 1971, Charles Manson and three women of his "family" were convicted of murder and conspiracy for the 1969 slayings of seven people, including actress Sharon Tate. Learn more about the trial of Charles Manson from Professor Douglas Linder of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law.

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