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News Tibet courts convict 76 involved in March demonstrations
Tibet courts convict 76 involved in March demonstrations
Ximena Marinero
February 11, 2009 05:21:00 pm

Tibetan courts have convicted 76 people involved in the March 2008 Lhasa riots , according to official remarks on Tuesday by vice-president of the Tibet regional People's Congress Nyima Cering. The high...

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News US military contractor pleads guilty to shooting Afghan detainee
US military contractor pleads guilty to shooting Afghan detainee
Ximena Marinero
February 5, 2009 08:05:00 am

US military contractor Don Ayala pleaded guilty Tuesday to voluntary manslaughter for the 2008 shooting of an Afghan detainee. Ayala had been charged with second-degree murder for shooting and killing  detainee Abdul Salam in retaliation for Salam's earlier...

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News US Navy admiral to review Guantanamo detention conditions
US Navy admiral to review Guantanamo detention conditions
Ximena Marinero
February 4, 2009 09:08:00 am

Vice-chief of US Naval Operations Admiral Patrick Walsh will lead the assessment of operations at the Guantanamo Bay military prison, according to a Tuesday announcement by Pentagon Press Secretary, Geoff Morrell. Walsh...

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News California Supreme Court to hear Proposition 8 arguments in March
California Supreme Court to hear Proposition 8 arguments in March
Ximena Marinero
February 4, 2009 08:07:00 am

The California Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will hear oral arguments on March 5 in the three cases challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 8 , the ballot measure passed in November...

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News Castro presses Guantanamo return to Cuba
Castro presses Guantanamo return to Cuba
Ximena Marinero
January 30, 2009 10:05:00 am

Former Cuban president Fidel Castro on Thursday called on US President Barack Obama to turn over control of the Guantanamo Bay military base to Cuba once the detention...

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News Peru court frees alleged death squad members detained for 6 years without trial
Peru court frees alleged death squad members detained for 6 years without trial
Ximena Marinero
January 28, 2009 09:45:00 am

A Peruvian court on Tuesday ruled that two alleged members of the Colina Group must be released without charge after six years in custody. Douglas Arteaga Pascual and Angel Pino Diaz were never convicted during the 72...

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Russia president ordering review of new treason law
Ximena Marinero
January 28, 2009 07:54:00 am

A spokesperson for Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday announced that Medvedev's administration will modify a legislative proposal that would change the definition of treason, state secrets, and espionage, amid criticisms that the current text could limit...

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News Iraq officials announce reopening of Abu Ghraib prison
Iraq officials announce reopening of Abu Ghraib prison
Ximena Marinero
January 23, 2009 10:11:00 am

The prison formerly known as Abu-Ghraib will be reopened as soon as renovations are completed, and will be renamed Baghdad Central Prison, officials from the Iraqi Ministry of Justice in Baghdad announced on Thursday....

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News Guantanamo prison closure order hailed worldwide
Guantanamo prison closure order hailed worldwide
Ximena Marinero
January 23, 2009 09:08:00 am

Human rights figures and political leaders around the world hailed Thursday's executive order by US President Barack Obama closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay...

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Blagojevich fails to meet second deadline to answer impeachment charges
Ximena Marinero
January 21, 2009 09:32:00 am

Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday allowed a second deadline to lapse without filing formal answers to his impeachment charges . The Illinois State Senate established a January 17 deadline to...

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Mao Zedong widow sentenced to death in China

On January 25, 1981, Jiang Qing, the widow of Mao Zedong, was sentenced to death by a special court in China. The charges stemmed primarily from Jiang's role in the Cultural Revolution. Saying "I was Chairman Mao's dog. I bit whomever he asked me to bite," Qing unsuccessfully argued that she was merely acting at the direction of her late husband, who had died five years earlier. In 1983, Jiang's sentence was commuted to life in prison so that she would have "time to repent." Her official trial documents have still not been released.

Charles Manson and "family" convicted of Tate murders

On January 25, 1971, Charles Manson and three women of his "family" were convicted of murder and conspiracy for the 1969 slayings of seven people, including actress Sharon Tate. Learn more about the trial of Charles Manson from Professor Douglas Linder of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law.

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