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News Senators say US must probe claims that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was tortured
Senators say US must probe claims that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was tortured
Michael Sung
March 17, 2007 10:32:00 am

US senators Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) , both of whom watched last weekend's Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) hearing at Guantanamo Bay for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed , insisted in a...

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News Court-martial finds 101st Airborne sergeant guilty in Iraqi detainee deaths
Court-martial finds 101st Airborne sergeant guilty in Iraqi detainee deaths
Michael Sung
March 17, 2007 10:00:00 am

A US military court-martial found 101st Airborne Staff Sgt. Raymond Girouard guilty of three counts of negligent homicide Friday, but not guilty of premeditated murder for the deaths of three Iraqi detainees [JURIST news...

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News Federal appeals court rules Arizona inmate can waive death penalty challenge
Federal appeals court rules Arizona inmate can waive death penalty challenge
Michael Sung
March 16, 2007 10:46:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled en banc Thursday that Robert Comer, an inmate on death row, "is competent to waive further proceedings... has chosen to do so voluntarily," paving the...

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News Khalid Sheikh Mohammed claims Pearl execution in revised Gitmo transcript
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed claims Pearl execution in revised Gitmo transcript
Michael Sung
March 16, 2007 09:53:00 am

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed testified Saturday at a military status hearing at Guantanamo Bay that he personally "decapitated with my blessed right hand the head of the American Jew, Daniel Pearl, in Karachi," according to...

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News French court convicts doctor in euthanasia case
French court convicts doctor in euthanasia case
Michael Sung
March 16, 2007 08:55:00 am

A French court convicted a doctor for the poisoning death of a terminally ill cancer patient Thursday. Dr. Laurence Tramois was sentenced to a one-year suspended prison sentence for prescribing a fatal dose of potassium chloride that resulted in...

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News Pakistan lawyers boycott courts to protest chief justice suspension
Pakistan lawyers boycott courts to protest chief justice suspension
Michael Sung
March 10, 2007 12:11:00 pm

Hundreds of Pakistani lawyers boycotted courts Saturday to protest Friday's suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry for unspecified misconduct. An estimated 200 lawyers burned images of President Pervez Musharraf in Karachi. Amir...

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News Ecuador constitutional court warns president to respect pending decision
Ecuador constitutional court warns president to respect pending decision
Michael Sung
March 10, 2007 11:37:00 am

Ecuador's Constitutional Tribunal has warned President Rafael Correa that he would be acting illegally if he ignores a potential unfavorable ruling by the Tribunal on a controversial exercise of authority...

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News Afghanistan lower house approves amnesty bill with Karzai revisions
Afghanistan lower house approves amnesty bill with Karzai revisions
Michael Sung
March 10, 2007 11:03:00 am

The Wolesi Jirga , the lower house of the Afghan parliament , voted Saturday to approve a revised resolution calling for an amnesty for groups that allegedly committed war crimes . The resolution, revised by...

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News DOJ leaders admit FBI broke laws in soliciting personal information
DOJ leaders admit FBI broke laws in soliciting personal information
Michael Sung
March 10, 2007 09:48:00 am

Top US Justice Department officials moved quickly Friday to acknowledge fault and apologize for illegal activities after a sharply critical DOJ inspector general's report on Patriot Act investigative practices revealed that the FBI broke and misused...

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News Bangladesh bans all politicial activity following new corruption arrests
Bangladesh bans all politicial activity following new corruption arrests
Michael Sung
March 9, 2007 11:24:00 am

The Bangladeshi interim government issued a complete ban on political activities late Thursday, stating that "the government will take stern action against anyone who breaches" the order. The announcement, issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, expands the January...

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Attica NY prison revolt ended in assault killing 41

On September 13, 1971, National Guardsmen stormed the Attica Correctional Facility in New York state after a four-day standoff with rioting prisoners. This photo, released by New York state authorities, shows Corrections Commissioner Russell Oswald in the Attica prison yard after it was retaken. Thirty-two prisoners and nine guards died in the final assault. Learn more about the Attica revolt and the conditions the prisoners were trying to improve in this retrospective.

Khrushchev takes over leadership of USSR

On September 13, 1953, Nikita Khrushchev was appointed General Secretary of the USSR Communist Party, taking over leadership of the country after the death of Joseph Stalin. Soon after taking office, Khrushchev exposed many of the crimes of his predecessor. He was later forced from power in 1964, largely in response to his handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Read an obituary of Nikita Khrushchev from the New York Times.

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