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News Pentagon acknowledges use of white phosphorus against Iraqi enemy fighters
Pentagon acknowledges use of white phosphorus against Iraqi enemy fighters
Lauren Becker
November 15, 2005 07:46:00 pm

Pentagon officials admitted Tuesday that US troops in Iraq used white phosphorus as an incendiary weapon against enemy combatants during a 2004 military assault on the insurgent-controlled city of Fallujah, but remained adamant that it...

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News Enron settles with FERC in investigation of 2000 western power crisis
Enron settles with FERC in investigation of 2000 western power crisis
Lauren Becker
November 15, 2005 07:32:00 pm

Enron and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) agreed to a $1.5 billion settlement Tuesday over allegations that Enron manipulated electricity supplies during the power crisis in California, Oregon, and Washington in 2000-01....

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News Ex-KPMG executive denied bail in tax fraud case
Ex-KPMG executive denied bail in tax fraud case
Lauren Becker
November 15, 2005 07:06:00 pm

A US district judge has denied bail for former KPMG executive David Greenberg, a defendant in the largest criminal tax case in US history. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said Greenberg posed a substantial flight risk...

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News Former Peru president Fujimori to stay in Chile jail pending extradition
Former Peru president Fujimori to stay in Chile jail pending extradition
Lauren Becker
November 8, 2005 07:49:00 pm

Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori was denied release from jail in Chile Tuesday pending a hearing on his extradition to face 21 Peruvian charges of corruption and human rights abuses during his presidency....

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News Supreme Court hears home search permissions case
Supreme Court hears home search permissions case
Lauren Becker
November 8, 2005 07:18:00 pm

The US Supreme Court Tuesday heard oral arguments in Georgia v. Randolph on whether police may search a home when one resident gives permission but the other...

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News Germany tries itinerant Holocaust denier
Germany tries itinerant Holocaust denier
Lauren Becker
November 8, 2005 06:22:00 pm

A court in Mannheim has begun trial proceedings against neo-Nazi Ernst Zundel , a German citizen charged in connection with denying the Holocaust in publications and a website . Holocaust denial constitutes a crime under...

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Eritrean independence referendum begins

Eritrea's referendum for independence from Ethiopia began on April 23, 1993. The effort would later be successful, with over 99 percent of voters choosing independence. The referendum followed an independence war that lasted over thirty years. Learn more about the Eritrea/Ethiopia Conflict and Eritrea's independence.

Charles II of England crowned in restoration of monarchy

Charles II was crowned King of England on April 23, 1661, officially marking the restoration of the monarchy following a period of republican rule under Oliver and Richard Cromwell. The king's coronation took place 12 years after his father, Charles I, was executed for treason. Charles II was already recognized as King of Scotland more than 10 years prior. Learn more about Charles II.

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