Iraq constitutional referendum results still on hold News
Iraq constitutional referendum results still on hold

[JURIST] Results of the October 15 referendum on the Iraqi Constitution [JURIST news archive] faced further delay on Friday, with results now not expected for at least another day or two. The release of results was already delayed once [JURIST report] in order to audit potential irregularities [JURIST report]. A commissioner from the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq [official website, English version] said Friday that results would "definitely not" be announced today, and "perhaps not even tomorrow. I can't say exactly when it will be." Reuters has more.

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Tojo and other Japanese WWII leaders executed for war crimes

On December 23, 1948, former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders were executed for war crimes in Tokyo.

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Terry Nichols convicted for Oklahoma City bombing

On December 23, 1997, Terry Nichols was found guilty of conspiracy and involuntary manslaughter for assisting Timothy McVeigh in bombing the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. He was later sentenced to life in prison. On April 19, 1995, McVeigh detonated a truck bomb that gutted the building and killed 168 people, making it the deadliest terrorist attack on US. soil until the attacks of September 11, 2001. McVeigh was convicted for his role before Nichols on June 2, 1997. Learn more about the trials of Terry Nichols and Timothy McVeigh.