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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Saddam lawyer kidnapped in Baghdad
BREAKING NEWS ~ Saddam lawyer kidnapped in Baghdad
Jeannie Shawl
October 20, 2005 03:22:00 pm

Sky News is reporting that Saadoun Janabi, a member of the legal defense team for Saddam Hussein , has been kidnapped in Baghdad.4:07 PM ET - Reuters is now reporting the kidnapping victim, also identified by police...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ DeLay booked on conspiracy, money laundering charges
BREAKING NEWS ~ DeLay booked on conspiracy, money laundering charges
Jeannie Shawl
October 20, 2005 02:18:00 pm

AP is reporting that Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) has turned himself in for booking on criminal conspiracy and money laundering charges. A warrant was issued for DeLay's arrest Wednesday,...

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News Spanish judge orders arrest of US soldiers for killing of journalists in Iraq
Spanish judge orders arrest of US soldiers for killing of journalists in Iraq
Jeannie Shawl
October 19, 2005 07:08:00 pm

Spanish High Court Judge Santiago Pedraz on Wednesday issued an international arrest warrant for three US soldiers from the 3rd Infantry, Sgt. Thomas Gibson, Capt. Philip Wolford and Lt. Col. Philip de Camp, over the death of a Spanish...

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News Student accused in Bush assassination plot alleges Saudi torture led to confession
Student accused in Bush assassination plot alleges Saudi torture led to confession
Jeannie Shawl
October 19, 2005 04:24:00 pm

Ahmed Omar Abu Ali , a Virginia man charged with joining al Qaeda and plotting to assassinate President Bush, testified Wednesday that he had been beaten and tortured after being arrested in Saudi Arabia. The testimony...

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News Canadian authorities charge Rwandan man with war crimes
Canadian authorities charge Rwandan man with war crimes
Jeannie Shawl
October 19, 2005 03:55:00 pm

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police on Wednesday arrested and charged a Rwandan man living in Toronto with war crimes and crimes against humanity in connection with the 1994 genocide in Rwanda . Desire Munyaneza, 39,...

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News Iraqi, foreign views mixed on opening of Saddam trial
Iraqi, foreign views mixed on opening of Saddam trial
Jeannie Shawl
October 19, 2005 03:31:00 pm

Many Iraqis watched intently Wednesday as the trial of Saddam Hussein opened, but the proceeding drew mixed reviews in Iraq and abroad. Shiite and Kurdish Iraqis welcomed the start of the trial, with many watching on...

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News Miers confirmation hearings to start November 7
Miers confirmation hearings to start November 7
Jeannie Shawl
October 19, 2005 12:31:00 pm

According to congressional aides, confirmation hearings for US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee are set to begin on November 7. The aides have said that committee chairman...

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News UN continues to allow sexual abuse by peacekeepers, report says
UN continues to allow sexual abuse by peacekeepers, report says
Jeannie Shawl
October 19, 2005 12:09:00 pm

The United Nations is not taking proper measures to end sexual abuse during peacekeeping missions, according to an independent review report released Tuesday. The report, filed by Refugees International, concludes ...

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News DeLay associate says charges outrageous, result of political motives
DeLay associate says charges outrageous, result of political motives
Jeannie Shawl
October 19, 2005 11:48:00 am

An attorney for Jim Ellis, head of Americans for a Republican Majority and an associate of former House majority leader Tom DeLay , said in court documents Tuesday that all charges against Ellis are a result of government...

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Former Peru president cleared of corruption charges
Jeannie Shawl
October 19, 2005 10:38:00 am

Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori on Tuesday was cleared of corruption in a 1994 arms purchase case, a week after he was barred from running in Peru's 2006 presidential election by the country's...

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Bruno Hauptmann executed for kidnap, murder of Lindbergh baby

On April 3, 1936, Bruno Hauptmann was executed by electric chair for the kidnapping and murder of the Charles Lindbergh baby.

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On April 2, 1895, the libel trial of the Marquess of Queensberry began on allegations that he called Oscar Wilde a "posing somdomite [sic]". The trial led to the disclosure of details of Wilde's personal life that eventually resulted in his imprisonment for homosexuality.

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