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News Georgia imam pleads guilty to providing material support to foreign terror group
Georgia imam pleads guilty to providing material support to foreign terror group
Michael Sung
October 13, 2006 02:14:00 pm

Mohamed Shorbagi, the Palestinian imam of a mosque in Rome, Georgia, has pleaded guilty to a charge of providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) , according to a criminal information and plea agreement...

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News Hussein defense to continue genocide trial boycott
Hussein defense to continue genocide trial boycott
Michael Sung
October 8, 2006 10:35:00 am

Khalid al-Dulaimi , lead counsel for Saddam Hussein, said Sunday that the defense team will continue its boycott of Hussein’s genocide trial when it resumes Monday. The protest began when chief judge...

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News Italian prosecutors complete CIA kidnapping probe
Italian prosecutors complete CIA kidnapping probe
Michael Sung
October 8, 2006 09:29:00 am

Italian prosecutors Saturday announced the end of their investigation into the alleged CIA kidnapping of Egyptian cleric Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr in 2003. The cleric, also known as Abu Omar, was seized on the...

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News Marine Corps legal defense coordinator calls for probe of Guantanamo abuses
Marine Corps legal defense coordinator calls for probe of Guantanamo abuses
Michael Sung
October 6, 2006 04:47:00 pm

A top US Marine Corps lawyer has called for an investigation of alleged abuses of detainees at Guantanamo Bay after reviewing a sworn statement filed by a Marine paralegal who said that last month she spoke...

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News Cambodia genocide prosecutor expects to hand cases to judge by year’s end
Cambodia genocide prosecutor expects to hand cases to judge by year’s end
Michael Sung
October 6, 2006 03:11:00 pm

Canadian prosecutor Robert Petit , one of the two active prosecutors for the Cambodian genocide tribunal that will try former leaders of the Khmer Rouge , told a meeting of international prosecutors at The Hague Friday...

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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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On October 16, 1946, 10 Nazi war criminals, including former German Foreign Minister von Rippentrop, were hanged following the verdicts of the Nuremberg war crimes tribunal.

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