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News Prosecutors question Italy spy chief in CIA abduction case
Prosecutors question Italy spy chief in CIA abduction case
Krista-Ann Staley
July 15, 2006 01:13:00 pm

Italian prosecutors on Saturday questioned Nicolo Pollari, chief of the Italian Intelligence and Security Services , regarding his role in the alleged CIA extraordinary rendition of Egyptian cleric Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr , also...

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News Critics slam proposed FISC oversight of NSA surveillance program
Critics slam proposed FISC oversight of NSA surveillance program
Krista-Ann Staley
July 15, 2006 11:59:00 am

Politicians, civil rights advocates and privacy advocates have criticized the recent White House agreement allowing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) to determine the constitutionality of the NSA's controversial domestic spying program ....

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News UK Enron bankers plead not guilty to fraud charges
UK Enron bankers plead not guilty to fraud charges
Krista-Ann Staley
July 15, 2006 10:32:00 am

Former NatWest bankers David Bermingham, Giles Darby and Gary Mulgrew, pleaded not guilty Friday to a total of seven counts of wire fraud for an allegedly fraudulent sale of Enron stock. The bankers were extradited...

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News Sixth Circuit refuses to rehear Ten Commandments courthouse display case
Sixth Circuit refuses to rehear Ten Commandments courthouse display case
Krista-Ann Staley
April 25, 2006 09:23:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has refused to conduct a full court rehearing of a three-judge panel's ruling that a Mercer County, Kentucky courthouse display containing the Ten Commandments...

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News Eighth Yemen prison escapee surrenders; USS Cole mastermind still at large
Eighth Yemen prison escapee surrenders; USS Cole mastermind still at large
Krista-Ann Staley
April 25, 2006 08:40:00 am

Yemeni al Qaeda member Khaled Mohammed Abdullah al-Batati, one of the 23 prisoners who escaped from prison in February , has turned himself in to authorities. Al-Batati, the eighth escapee to turn himself in, was serving a three-year...

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News DC sniper Muhammad agrees to ‘stand by’ lawyers in Maryland trial
DC sniper Muhammad agrees to ‘stand by’ lawyers in Maryland trial
Krista-Ann Staley
April 25, 2006 07:56:00 am

DC sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad agreed Monday to allow three attorneys to stand by and provide advice upon request when he begins representing himself at his trial , set to begin May 1. Maryland Judge...

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News Philippines lawmakers charged with conspiracy to kill president
Philippines lawmakers charged with conspiracy to kill president
Krista-Ann Staley
April 24, 2006 03:36:00 pm

Forty-nine leftist Philippines politicians, including six current lawmakers and former Senator Gregorio Honasan , face charges of rebellion for allegedly conspiring with the Communist Party of the Philippines to kill and replace President Gloria Macapagal...

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News Saddam prosecution plays recorded phone call in closing evidence against Hussein
Saddam prosecution plays recorded phone call in closing evidence against Hussein
Krista-Ann Staley
April 24, 2006 02:40:00 pm

Iraqi prosecutors Monday played in court a taped phone conversation allegedly between Saddam Hussein and co-defendant Taha Yassin Ramadan , a former vice president, where the two discussed the situation in Dujail. The voice...

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News Latest Palestinian cabinet pick prompts targeted assassination concerns
Latest Palestinian cabinet pick prompts targeted assassination concerns
Krista-Ann Staley
April 21, 2006 01:06:00 pm

The appointment of Jamal Abu Samhadana , fugitive leader of the militant Popular Resistance Committees , as director general of the Palestinian Authority's Interior Ministry and head of a new Palestinian security force raised concerns Friday that...

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News US not planning trials for al Qaeda detainees, Negroponte says
US not planning trials for al Qaeda detainees, Negroponte says
Krista-Ann Staley
April 21, 2006 12:16:00 pm

John Negroponte , director of US national intelligence, has said that the US has no immediate plans to put detained suspected senior al Qaeda members on trial. In a speech Thursday commemorating the first anniversary of...

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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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