David Manes

Federal judge allows challenge to human gene patent

David Manes

November 3, 2009 12:15:00 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Monday denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging patents on human genes, allowing the case to proceed. The suit...

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House committee approves new investment rating regulations

David Manes

October 28, 2009 01:11:00 pm

The US House Financial Services Committee voted 49-14 Wednesday to approve new regulations governing investment rating agencies. The Accountability and Transparency in Rating Agencies Act , sponsored by Paul Kanjorski (D-PA) , modifies the...

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China official confirms execution of Tibetan demonstrators

David Manes

October 27, 2009 12:13:00 pm

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced Tuesday that the two Tibetan prisoners sentenced to death for their role in the March 2008 Lhasa riots have been executed. The...

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Malaysia appeals court dismisses former opposition leader’s defamation suit

David Manes

October 21, 2009 01:03:00 pm

A Malaysian appeals court on Tuesday rejected a defamation suit filed by former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim against former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad . The suit, which alleged defamation in connection with...

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Iraq parliament fails to update controversial election law

David Manes

October 20, 2009 12:07:00 pm

The Iraqi Parliament delayed a vote Monday that would have updated the controversial provincial election law it passed in September 2008. The proposed election law changes, which include ballots that list candidates rather...

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Former East Germany leader

On August 25, 1997, Egon Krenz, the former of East Germany was convicted of

Five executed for witchcraft in Salem

On August 19, 1692, 5 people - four men and a woman - were executed for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. Learn more about the Salem Witch Trials.

USSR sentences US pilot to 10 years for espionage

On August 19, 1960, US spy-plane pilot Francis Gary Powers was sentenced to 10-years in prison by the Soviet Union after being convicted of espionage. Powers was captured and tried by the USSR after his U-2 was shot down while flying a mission over Soviet airspace. In 1962, Powers was returned to the US as part of a prisoner-exchange agreement.
Read documents about Francis Gary Powers from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, and learn more about the spy-plane incident from the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library.