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News UK has no record of CIA rendition flights, says Foreign Secretary
UK has no record of CIA rendition flights, says Foreign Secretary
Sara R. Parsowith
December 12, 2005 07:08:00 am

UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Monday in a BBC radio interview that the UK has found no evidence that the US transported terror detainees via UK airports, despite a UK newspaper report...

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News California Supreme Court denies gang founder execution stay
California Supreme Court denies gang founder execution stay
Sara R. Parsowith
December 12, 2005 07:07:00 am

In a 6-0 vote, the California Supreme Court late Sunday refused to halt the execution of co-founder Crips gang co-founder and convicted killer Stanley Tookie Williams . Williams was convicted of killing four people during two...

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News Trial resumes as Saddam boycott continues
Trial resumes as Saddam boycott continues
Sara R. Parsowith
December 7, 2005 08:21:00 am

Proceedings in the Saddam Hussein trial continued Wednesday without the former president in the courtroom, after Hussein promised not to return to an "unjust court". There was a delay in proceedings Wednesday...

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News Women voters kept from polling stations in Egypt elections
Women voters kept from polling stations in Egypt elections
Sara R. Parsowith
December 7, 2005 08:10:00 am

On the final day of Egypt's legislative elections , police beat back female voters with sticks when they tried to enter a blocked-off polling station in the Nasiriyah district of Zagazig, a stronghold of banned political group...

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News NAACP head urges clemency for gang founder Williams
NAACP head urges clemency for gang founder Williams
Sara R. Parsowith
December 7, 2005 08:03:00 am

Bruce Gordon , president and chief executive of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on Tuesday urged that death row inmate and convicted killer Stanley Tookie Williams ...

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Former Chilean dictator questioned in killing of army officer
Sara R. Parsowith
December 7, 2005 07:54:00 am

Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was questioned Tuesday by Federal Judge Claudio Pavez, who is investigating the killing of an army colonel, Gerardo Hube, who has been linked to a 1992 illegal arms sale....

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News US bans cruel treatment of detainees by worldwide personnel in policy shift
US bans cruel treatment of detainees by worldwide personnel in policy shift
Sara R. Parsowith
December 7, 2005 07:49:00 am

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced Wednesday that the US has changed its policy on the interrogations of detainees, and will impose a worldwide ban on US personnel subjecting prisoners to cruelty, citing obligations under...

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News Ex-South African Deputy President charged with rape
Ex-South African Deputy President charged with rape
Sara R. Parsowith
December 6, 2005 08:57:00 am

Former South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma was charged with rape Tuesday in Johannesburg Magistrate's Court and was freed on 20,000 rand bail until the case opens on February 13, 2006. A family friend who viewed Zuma...

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China denies UN torture allegations
Sara R. Parsowith
December 6, 2005 08:35:00 am

China on Tuesday denied the findings of UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak who, after a two-week visit to China, criticized the country for the widespread torture and abuse of prisoners....

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News Terror suspects moved from CIA prisons in Europe to North Africa: report
Terror suspects moved from CIA prisons in Europe to North Africa: report
Sara R. Parsowith
December 6, 2005 08:00:00 am

The US held eleven captured al Qaeda suspects at two secret CIA prisons in Eastern Europe until media reports exposing the existence of the prisons shut down the facilities last month, ABC News reported Monday. The prisoners...

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Sewing machine patented

On September 10, 1846, United States patent number 3640 was awarded to Elias Howe for his sewing machine. In 1854, Howe brought legal action against Isaac Singer, because he alleged Singer's machine infringed upon the patent. Howe won the case and was awarded royalties from the Singer sewing machines.
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Last French execution by guillotine

On September 10, 1977, Hamida Djandoubi, a Tunisian immigrant convicted of murder, became the last person executed by guillotine in France.

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