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News UN rights chief cautions Uzbek government on latest Andijan trials
UN rights chief cautions Uzbek government on latest Andijan trials
Joshua Pantesco
December 24, 2005 01:33:00 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour has again cautioned the Uzbekistan government to observe fair-trial standards after Uzbek courts sentenced another 42 people to 12-20 years in prison during closed hearings Wednesday. Arbour,...

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News UK, Lebanon sign diplomatic assurance on treatment of terror deportees
UK, Lebanon sign diplomatic assurance on treatment of terror deportees
Joshua Pantesco
December 24, 2005 11:42:00 am

The United Kingdom and Lebanon have signed a memorandum of understanding that specifies that non-UK citizens deported from Britain to Lebanon will not be mistreated. According to a foreign office spokesperson in London, the agreement seeks...

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News Egyptian opposition leader sentenced to five years for forgery
Egyptian opposition leader sentenced to five years for forgery
Joshua Pantesco
December 24, 2005 11:20:00 am

Former Egyptian presidential challenger and Al-Ghad opposition party leader Ayman Nour was sentenced Saturday to five years in prison on charges that he forged signatures required for his name to be on presidential ballots....

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News NSA ‘data-mining’ US telecom info in warrantless surveillance program
NSA ‘data-mining’ US telecom info in warrantless surveillance program
Joshua Pantesco
December 24, 2005 10:42:00 am

National Security Agency technicians have been analyzing large volumes of phone and internet traffic information going through American telecomunications data hubs as part of the warrantless surveillance program authorized by President Bush to identify individuals...

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News Saddam judge survives assassination attempt
Saddam judge survives assassination attempt
Joshua Pantesco
December 24, 2005 10:28:00 am

A spokesman for the Iraqi High Criminal Court (formerly the Iraqi Special Tribunal ) trying Saddam Hussein and seven co-defendants said Saturday that a Kurdish investigative judge for the tribunal had been targeted in an unsuccessful assassination attempt....

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News FBI confirms radiation monitoring of Muslim mosques, businesses, homes
FBI confirms radiation monitoring of Muslim mosques, businesses, homes
Joshua Pantesco
December 24, 2005 09:45:00 am

An FBI official Friday confirmed a US News and World Report article claiming that since 9/11 the US government has been clandestinely monitoring radiation levels at over 100 Muslim locations in the Washington DC area - including mosques, businesses...

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News Court denies DeLay bid to hasten appeals process
Court denies DeLay bid to hasten appeals process
Joshua Pantesco
December 22, 2005 03:47:00 pm

The Texas Third Court of Appeals Thursday denied a request by US Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) to hasten his appeals process by reducing allowable filing periods from 20 to five days. Prosecutors...

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News FISC judges to be briefed on NSA warrantless eavesdropping tactics
FISC judges to be briefed on NSA warrantless eavesdropping tactics
Joshua Pantesco
December 22, 2005 01:28:00 pm

The presiding judge of the 11-member Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) , the secret court charged with overseeing government espionage activities, has organized a classified briefing for panel members to allow administration representatives to report on the scope...

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News UPDATE ~ Saddam trial adjourned until Jan. 24
UPDATE ~ Saddam trial adjourned until Jan. 24
Joshua Pantesco
December 22, 2005 01:14:00 pm

The Iraqi Special Tribunal Thursday adjourned the Saddam Hussein trial until January 24 after a day of testimony during which Hussein berated the US for denying his claims, made Wednesday ,...

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News French Senate gives final approval to anti-terror bill
French Senate gives final approval to anti-terror bill
Joshua Pantesco
December 22, 2005 12:50:00 pm

The French Senate approved anti-terror legislation in a 202-122 vote Thursday after preliminarily approving the bill last week. The bill, introduced by conservative presidential hopeful and current Interior Minister Nicolas...

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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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