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News DOD ending TALON military database of domestic terror threats in September
DOD ending TALON military database of domestic terror threats in September
Leslie Schulman
August 21, 2007 02:42:00 pm

The US Defense Department's controversial Threat and Local Observation Notice system, or TALON database , will be discontinued on September 17 but the data it has collected will be retained in...

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News Lawyers rank among most corrupt groups in Kenya: TI report
Lawyers rank among most corrupt groups in Kenya: TI report
Leslie Schulman
August 21, 2007 02:12:00 pm

Lawyers in Kenya are now ranked as the ninth most corrupt group in the country, according to the Kenya Bribery Index 2007, a report released Tuesday by Transparency International (TI) . The annual Kenya Bribery Index ...

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News Leahy urges DOJ internal probe into Gonzales testimony
Leahy urges DOJ internal probe into Gonzales testimony
Leslie Schulman
August 16, 2007 09:00:00 pm

US Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on Thursday asked Department of Justice Inspector General Glenn Fine to investigate potentially misleading or dishonest testimony given in previous hearings by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales ...

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News Ex-Marine charged with voluntary manslaughter for Fallujah deaths
Ex-Marine charged with voluntary manslaughter for Fallujah deaths
Leslie Schulman
August 16, 2007 08:02:00 pm

A former Marine sergeant has been charged with two counts of voluntary manslaughter for killing two Iraqi insurgents during the Multinational National Force-Iraq's November 2004 offensive in Fallujah , his lawyers said Thursday. Jose Nazario will be arraigned...

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News Ashcroft not fully lucid during March 2004 Gonzales visit:  FBI director notes
Ashcroft not fully lucid during March 2004 Gonzales visit: FBI director notes
Leslie Schulman
August 16, 2007 07:27:00 pm

Personal notes by FBI Director Robert Mueller released Thursday reveal that former US Attorney General John Ashcroft was "feeble, barely articulate, clearly stressed" when current Attorney General and then-White House counsel Alberto Gonzales confronted...

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News US House passes resolution calling for Japan apology on WWII ‘comfort women’
US House passes resolution calling for Japan apology on WWII ‘comfort women’
Leslie Schulman
July 30, 2007 07:46:00 pm

The US House of Representatives Monday approved a non-binding resolution , asking Japan to formally apologize for enslaving hundreds of thousands of women in East Asia and the Pacific to serve as "comfort...

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News Russia brings new embezzlement charges against exiled tycoon
Russia brings new embezzlement charges against exiled tycoon
Leslie Schulman
July 30, 2007 07:08:00 pm

Russian prosecutors have brought fresh embezzlement charges against exiled business tycoon Boris Berezovsky , a lawyer appointed to Berezovsky's case said Monday. The charges assert that in 1997 Berezovsky took part in a $13 million...

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News Iraq humanitarian efforts hindered by shaky legal framework:  NGO report
Iraq humanitarian efforts hindered by shaky legal framework: NGO report
Leslie Schulman
July 30, 2007 06:29:00 pm

Humanitarian and relief non-governmental organizations (NGO) are currently unable to effectively meet the needs of eight million Iraqi refugees as a result of Iraq's poor legal framework, according to a joint report issued Monday by Oxfam and...

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News FCC will not reinstate Fairness Doctrine: chairman
FCC will not reinstate Fairness Doctrine: chairman
Leslie Schulman
July 26, 2007 08:44:00 pm

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will not reinstate the Fairness Doctrine, according to a letter released Thursday to Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) by FCC Chairman Kevin Martin. The Fairness Doctrine , under...

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News Massachusetts OKs same-sex marriage licenses for New Mexico residents
Massachusetts OKs same-sex marriage licenses for New Mexico residents
Leslie Schulman
July 26, 2007 08:11:00 pm

City and town clerks in Massachusetts may issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples from New Mexico, according to recent instructions from the Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records . A July 18 internal notice to municipal employees said that...

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Reign of Terror begins in French Revolution

On April 6, 1793, the Committee of Public Safety took power as the executive agency of France during the French Revolution, starting the Reign of Terror. During this period, the Committee sought to eliminate "enemies of the Revolution" by summary trials of noblemen, clergy, merchants, and peasants alike. The Reign of Terror ended with the overthrow the Committee's last and most prominent member, Maximilien Robespierre. By this time, 20,000 to 40,000 Frenchmen and women had been executed by guillotine. Learn more about the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.

'Scottsboro boys' put on trial for alleged rape of white women

On April 6, 1931, the nine "Scottsboro boys" were put on trial in Alabama on false charges of raping two white women during a freight train trip from Tennessee. Learn more about the trial of the Scottsboro boys.

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