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Factbox: Accused 9-11 plotters face death penalty trial
Wed,4 Apr 2012 06:09 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Five Guantanamo prisoners accused of plotting the September 11 attacks in 2001 will face the death penalty if convicted in a U.S. war crimes tribunal, the Pentagon official overseeing the trials said on Wednesday. Nearly 3,000 people were killed when alleged al Qaeda operatives hijacked four passenger planes and crashed them into New York's World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field. Here are some details about the accused facing charges that include mass murder: * Khalid Sheikh Mohammed - Pakistani raised in Kuwait, educated in the United States. ... Full Story | Top |
5 ex-cops sentenced in Katrina killings case
Wed,4 Apr 2012 04:30 PM PDT
Associated Press -  Five former New Orleans police officers were sentenced Wednesday to prison terms ranging from six to 65 years for their roles in deadly shootings of unarmed residents on a bridge after Hurricane Katrina.
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Connecticut considers death penalty ban
Wed,4 Apr 2012 03:49 PM PDT
AFP -  Connecticut lawmakers debated a measure Wednesday to ban the death penalty in the northeastern state, which could become the fifth US state to repeal capital punishment in the past five years.
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Connecticut Senate set to vote on repeal of death penalty
Wed,4 Apr 2012 12:24 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Connecticut's Senate was set to vote on Wednesday on whether to repeal the death penalty, a measure that if approved could make it the fifth U.S. state in five years to abandon capital punishment. A vote was expected in the afternoon in the Democratic-controlled Senate, where observers said it remained unclear how much support it had. If approved, the bill would go to the majority Democratic House of Representatives, where it is likely to pass, and Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy has promised to sign it into law. ... Full Story | Top |
Officers sentenced in Katrina killings case
Wed,4 Apr 2012 12:22 PM PDT
Associated Press - Five former New Orleans police officers have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from six to 65 years years for their roles in the deadly shootings of unarmed residents on a bridge after Hurricane Katrina. Full Story | Top |
Factbox: Accused 9-11 plotters face death penalty trial
Wed,4 Apr 2012 11:52 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Five Guantanamo prisoners accused of plotting the September 11 attacks in 2001 will face the death penalty if convicted in a U.S. war crimes tribunal, the Pentagon official overseeing the trials said on Wednesday. Nearly 3,000 people were killed when alleged al Qaeda operatives hijacked four passenger planes and crashed them into New York's World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field. Here are some details about the accused facing charges that include mass murder: * Khalid Sheikh Mohammed - Pakistani raised in Kuwait, educated in the United States. ... Full Story | Top |
Iraq fugitive VP arrives in Saudi
Wed,4 Apr 2012 09:47 AM PDT
AFP - Fugitive Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, accused of running a death squad, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after a four-day visit to neighbouring Qatar, a top Saudi official told AFP. Full Story | Top |
Qatar refuses to hand over Iraq's fugitive VP
Tue,3 Apr 2012 12:48 PM PDT
Associated Press -  Qatar on Tuesday rejected Iraq's request to hand over the nation's fugitive Sunni vice president to face terror charges in Baghdad, a decision that will likely further strain ties between Shiite-led Iraq and Sunni Gulf Arab states.
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"That '70s Show''s Lisa Robin Kelly Arrested
Tue,3 Apr 2012 11:58 AM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "That '70s Show" actress Lisa Robin Kelly was arrested on Saturday on felony charges of corporal injury on a spouse and released on $50,000 bail. Kelly, 42, played Laurie, the sister of Topher Grace's Eric and occasional love interest of Ashton Kutcher's Kelso, on the Fox sitcom. Kelly was arrested by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department at 12:50 p.m. on Saturday, and by Saturday evening, she had been released on bail, the department said. The arrest comes on the heels of a 2010 DUI arrest in North Carolina that led to a fine and a year of probation. ... Full Story | Top |
Arrested Hong Kong billionaires say did "nothing wrong"
Tue,3 Apr 2012 03:36 AM PDT
Reuters -  HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's billionaire Kwok brothers, whose arrest last week on suspicion of corruption has gripped the financial hub, said on Tuesday they had done nothing wrong and insisted it was business as usual at the family conglomerate they jointly run. The investigation into Raymond and Thomas Kwok, co-chairmen of Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd , is the biggest case launched by Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) since it was set up in 1974 to root out graft. ...
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