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News Former Cendant chairman sentenced to 12 years for 1990s accounting fraud
Former Cendant chairman sentenced to 12 years for 1990s accounting fraud
Melissa Bancroft
January 17, 2007 07:19:00 pm

Walter Forbes, former Chairman of Cendant Corp. , the huge New York-based company that owns Ramada, Howard Johnson, Avis, Coldwell Banker and Century 21, was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years and seven months in prison pursuant to a...

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News Japan considers expanding rules on arms use in peacekeeping operations
Japan considers expanding rules on arms use in peacekeeping operations
Melissa Bancroft
January 14, 2007 06:15:00 pm

The Japanese government is considering expanding the ability of Japan's Self Defense Forces to use arms in peacekeeping operations in ways that exceed the scope of self-defense, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported Sunday. If the revisions are enacted,...

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News Italy military court convicts former Nazis for 1944 civilian massacre
Italy military court convicts former Nazis for 1944 civilian massacre
Melissa Bancroft
January 13, 2007 05:19:00 pm

An Italian military court Saturday convicted 10 former SS soldiers and acquitted 7 others in the 1944 killing of more than 700 people in Marzabotto , a small town in nothern Iraly. The slaughter,...

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News US prosecutors open criminal probe of Apple stock option backdating
US prosecutors open criminal probe of Apple stock option backdating
Melissa Bancroft
January 13, 2007 04:00:00 pm

The US Attorney's office in San Francisco said Friday it is conducting a criminal probe into the option backdating practices of Apple Inc. , and specifically an option grant given to CEO Steve Jobs in 2001 which was...

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News Blair breaks silence on ‘completely wrong’ Saddam hanging
Blair breaks silence on ‘completely wrong’ Saddam hanging
Melissa Bancroft
January 7, 2007 05:31:00 pm

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair , a staunch supporter of President Bush's Iraq policy, broke a week-long silence on the circumstances of the hanging of Saddam Hussein Sunday, saying through a spokesperson that the...

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News Nepal high court wants review of judiciary role in interim constitution
Nepal high court wants review of judiciary role in interim constitution
Melissa Bancroft
January 7, 2007 04:51:00 pm

The Nepal Supreme Court decided Sunday to ask that the country's government revisit twelve separate portions of the temporary constitution on the country's judicial branch. The court's concern stems from the document's...

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News Myanmar grants amnesty to nearly 3,000 prison inmates
Myanmar grants amnesty to nearly 3,000 prison inmates
Melissa Bancroft
January 4, 2007 04:46:00 pm

Government officials in Myanmar have granted amnesty to nearly three thousand prisoners, releasing them early in celebration of the country's Independence Day Thursday. Some 20 political prisoners were among the 2,831 released because their...

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News Miers resigns as White House legal counsel
Miers resigns as White House legal counsel
Melissa Bancroft
January 4, 2007 04:09:00 pm

White House legal counsel Harriet Miers resigned from her post Thursday effective January 31. Press Secretary Tony Snow gave no specific reason for her departure except to say that she has been working at...

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News Chile court drops tax evasion charges against Pinochet relatives
Chile court drops tax evasion charges against Pinochet relatives
Melissa Bancroft
January 4, 2007 03:28:00 pm

A Chilean appeals court has dropped tax evasion charges against the widow and two children of former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet . In a decision Wednesday, the Santiago Court of Appeals ...

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Libby prosecutor not anticipating privilege claims by government witnesses
Melissa Bancroft
December 16, 2006 10:52:00 am

Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald indicated Friday in court papers that he was "not aware" that any government witnesses in the trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby intended to invoke executive privilege to...

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Reign of Terror begins in French Revolution

On April 6, 1793, the Committee of Public Safety took power as the executive agency of France during the French Revolution, starting the Reign of Terror. During this period, the Committee sought to eliminate "enemies of the Revolution" by summary trials of noblemen, clergy, merchants, and peasants alike. The Reign of Terror ended with the overthrow the Committee's last and most prominent member, Maximilien Robespierre. By this time, 20,000 to 40,000 Frenchmen and women had been executed by guillotine. Learn more about the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.

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