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News Russia opens fraud investigation against former PM
Russia opens fraud investigation against former PM
David Shucosky
July 11, 2005 03:03:00 pm

Fomer Russian prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov is being investigated by Russia's Prosecutor General for fraud and abuse of trust, according to Russian media reports Monday. Kasyanov is suspected of buying a $100 million country home and another...

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News Indonesia files criminal pollution charges against Newmont mining company
Indonesia files criminal pollution charges against Newmont mining company
David Shucosky
July 11, 2005 01:27:00 pm

Indonesia filed criminal charges Monday against Richard Ness, the American chief of Newmont Mining Corporation's Indonesian subsidiary, alleging environmental pollution. Indonesia previously filed a $133 million civil suit against Newmont, which has denied any wrongdoing...

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News International brief ~ UN General Assembly debates Council expansion
International brief ~ UN General Assembly debates Council expansion
D. Wes Rist
July 11, 2005 01:15:00 pm

Leading Monday's international brief, debate begins today in the UN General Assembly on the draft resolution proposal to expand the UN Security Council by six new permanent member seats, among them the...

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News Iraqi parliament seeks Saddam court shake-up to expedite trial
Iraqi parliament seeks Saddam court shake-up to expedite trial
David Shucosky
July 11, 2005 01:08:00 pm

Iraq's parliament will debate a "comprehensive" bill later this month that would allow it to reorganize the Iraqi Special Tribunal (IST) charged with trying Saddam Hussein and move his trial up, preferably to before the scheduled...

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News Iraqi suspects suffocate in heat after police leave them in metal container
Iraqi suspects suffocate in heat after police leave them in metal container
David Shucosky
July 11, 2005 12:36:00 pm

Nine construction workers have died after Iraqi police left them in a metal container for 14 hours in blistering summer heat. Iraqi police detained 12 men suspected of insurgent activity after a firefight with US troops. One of the...

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News New Supreme Court nominee expected end July
New Supreme Court nominee expected end July
David Shucosky
July 11, 2005 11:52:00 am

Republican officials expect President Bush to put forward a nominee to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor at the end of July, according to Monday's Washington Post. Senator Orrin Hatch has meanwhile joined several other Senators in speculating that...

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News Rove denies leaking Plame identity to TIME reporter
Rove denies leaking Plame identity to TIME reporter
David Shucosky
July 11, 2005 11:03:00 am

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove spoke with TIME magazine reporter Matthew Cooper just days before the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame was revealed in a newspaper column by Bob Novak, but although he...

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News Jury selection starts in first of many Vioxx suits
Jury selection starts in first of many Vioxx suits
David Shucosky
July 11, 2005 10:15:00 am

Jury selection begins Monday in the first of over 3,800 state and federal lawsuits against pharmaceutical giant Merck , alleging that the company knew its popular painkiller Vioxx was dangerous before it voluntarily pulled...

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News UK police say no significant increase in anti-Muslim violence, despite vandalism reports
UK police say no significant increase in anti-Muslim violence, despite vandalism reports
David Shucosky
July 11, 2005 10:06:00 am

The UK Association of Chief Police Officers reported Sunday that relations with Muslims in the UK were "reassuringly calm" in the aftermath of the July 7 London bombings, tentatively linked to Islamic extremists. Fearing public...

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News Released US filmmaker tells of 54-day detention at Camp Cropper
Released US filmmaker tells of 54-day detention at Camp Cropper
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
July 11, 2005 10:06:00 am

Cyrus Kar, the American filmmaker detained by US forces in Iraq in May and held for 54 days after the taxi he was riding in was stopped at a checkpoint and found to be carrying timing devices...

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First US execution by gas

On February 8, 1924, Gee Jon, a Chinese man convicted of murder, was executed by gas in Nevada and became the first person in the United States to be put to death in that manner.

The Nevada state legislature had eliminated hanging and shooting as a method of execution in 1921, and had provided for execution by lethal gas instead. Nevada sent 32 convicts to the gas chamber between 1924 and 1979. Learn more about the history of executions by gas in Nevada.

Mary, Queen of Scots executed

On February 8, 1587, Mary I of Scotland was executed for involvement in a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England. Before execution, Mary denied three times assisting the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth, and crown Mary as ruler of Great Britain. Mary's guilt or innocence is debated to this day. Learn more about the Babington Plot.

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