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News Ninth Circuit upholds random security searches at airports
Ninth Circuit upholds random security searches at airports
David Shucosky
June 8, 2005 12:19:00 pm

The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has upheld the drug conviction of a passenger found with cocaine during an airport security check. Sergio Ramon Marquez was randomly selected from a line...

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News UK crime bill would ban replica guns
UK crime bill would ban replica guns
Tom Henry
June 8, 2005 12:08:00 pm

The British government Wednesday announced proposals to stop the manufacture, import, and sale of the majority of replica guns available in the UK. The plan is part of the new Violent Crime Reduction Bill [PDF...

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News Prisoners begin hunger strike as Israeli officials deny Koran abuse
Prisoners begin hunger strike as Israeli officials deny Koran abuse
David Shucosky
June 8, 2005 11:46:00 am

Palestinian detainees at Israel's Megiddo prison began a hunger strike on Wednesday as Israeli officials denied reports that prison guards there had abused the Koran, echoing similar stories from Guantanamo Bay . Prisoners complained that...

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News Britain to extradite 1995 Paris bomb suspect
Britain to extradite 1995 Paris bomb suspect
Tom Henry
June 8, 2005 10:51:00 am

The British government announced Wednesday that it has agreed to extradite Algerian Rachid Ramda , held on a French arrest warrant for the past eight years in connection with a Paris bomb attack in 1995 that took the...

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News EU denounces acquittal of Libyan police alleged to have tortured foreign medics
EU denounces acquittal of Libyan police alleged to have tortured foreign medics
Kate Heneroty
June 8, 2005 10:04:00 am

EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner has called Tuesday's acquittal of 10 Libyan police officers charged with torturing six foreign medics - five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor - into confessions in an AIDS...

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News Iraqi PM promises to fight corruption; two former ministers subpoenaed
Iraqi PM promises to fight corruption; two former ministers subpoenaed
David Shucosky
June 8, 2005 10:00:00 am

Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari Wednesday promised to continue fighting corruption in Iraq's new government. He said "administrative corruption" was one of many challenges Iraq must face, and that the government has "rolled up its sleeves and...

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News Britain retries Afghan warlord in torture case
Britain retries Afghan warlord in torture case
Tom Henry
June 8, 2005 09:52:00 am

A British court Wednesday began a retrial of suspected Afghan warlord Faryadi Sarwar Zardad in what may be the first instance of a country prosecuting an alleged torturer for crimes committed abroad. Zardad is believed to have...

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News FBI under pressure to adopt 9/11 Commission reforms
FBI under pressure to adopt 9/11 Commission reforms
David Shucosky
June 8, 2005 09:38:00 am

The US House Appropriations Committee Tuesday continued to press the FBI to adopt recommended reforms in hearings on the the FBI's new budget . On Monday, members of the 9/11 Commission also expressed concern [CBS...

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News Poll: French want EU constitution renegotiated
Poll: French want EU constitution renegotiated
David Shucosky
June 8, 2005 09:13:00 am

After rejecting the proposed European Constitution , a poll of French citizens released Wednesday says 61 percent want the constitution renegotiated, while 35 percent say it should not be changed. 74 percent believed France could...

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News US now seeking only fraction of original penalty in tobacco case
US now seeking only fraction of original penalty in tobacco case
Tom Henry
June 8, 2005 09:04:00 am

Lawyers for the US Department of Justice Tuesday asked for less than one-tenth of the expected penalty in a civil racketeering case against major tocacco companies. At the conclusion of closing arguments , government...

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Catholic priest Girolamo Savonarola burned at the stake

Radical Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola was burned at the stake in the Republic of Florence on May 23, 1498 for preaching against the practices of the powerful within the Catholic Church, including Pope Alexander VI, and celebrating mass while excommunicated. Learn more about the life of Savonarola and his execution.

Captain Kidd hanged for piracy

On May 23, 1701, Captain William Kidd, convicted of piracy and murder, was hanged in London. His body was later tarred and hung up in a gibbet - an iron cage - at the mouth of the River Thames as a warning to others.

Learn more about Captain Kidd.

South Carolina becomes eighth U.S. state

On May 23, 1788, South Carolina ratified the US Constitution, becoming the eighth American state. Learn more about the history of South Carolina.

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