Topic: Nuremberg
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The 9/11 trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: A quiz
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, is the lead defendant in what may become the most important US war crimes tribunal since Nuremberg. How much do you know about him and the case against him? Take our quiz.
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9 best books featuring notorious figures
Thomas Craughwell lists these books as the best myth-busting histories centered on notorious figures.
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From 'Ninja Wendi' to 'daft hysteria,' UK press turns a sharp pen on Murdoch and Co.
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ICC issues Qaddafi warrant: Key prosecutions of world leaders
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From Libya's Qaddafi to Sudan's Bashir: Key International Criminal Court inquiries
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How Maria Sibylla Merian opened our eyes to nature
Google celebrates the 366th birthday of German artist and naturalist Maria Sibylla Merian, whose observations of insects and their habitats stood at the dawn of the scientific revolution.
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Maria Sibylla Merian: Why her art changed how we see nature (+video)
Maria Sibylla Merian was not just an extremely talented artist. She was also a scientific pioneer.
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Opinion ICC membership may hurt Palestinians, Hamas more than Israel (+video)
Mahmoud Abbas’s successful bid for Palestine at the UN takes Palestinians one step closer to joining the International Criminal Court, where some hope to prosecute Israel. But ICC membership may force Palestinians to take responsibility for their own conduct as well.
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Brazil targets corruption in 'trial of the century'
Thirty-six political players are on trial in Brazil, facing charges from money laundering to organized crime. The trial is seen as a landmark case in a country where corruption rarely leads to criminal prosecution.
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Global News Blog Is international justice finally finding its footing?
A prison sentence for a Congolese warlord. A court ruling for a Chadian dictator to be tried for torture. Some 67 years after Nuremberg trials, international courts and tribunals are making their mark.
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Cronkite
Douglas Brinkley’s detailed new biography portrays an individual far more complex than we imagined.
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Difference Maker Son of an anti-Nazi hero uses family estate to teach teens
Helmuth Caspar von Moltke, son of an anti-Nazi hero, uses the family estate in Poland to teach teenagers about democracy and protecting human rights.
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German universities move to train next generation of imams
Concerned about the influence of foreign imams on Germany's Muslim community, the government is funding Islamic theology departments in its public universities to train imams at home.
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World watches as 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and others go on trial
The military trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other 9/11 defendants could become the most important US war crimes tribunal since Nuremberg. But at their arraignment Saturday, the five men staged a protest.
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9/11 mastermind arraigned: Can the US deliver real, lasting justice?
Khalid Sheik Mohammed, Al Qaeda's former No. 3 man, is being arraigned Saturday on 2,976 counts of murder. It's being called a modern-day Nuremberg trial that will test the fairness of US military commissions.
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The 9/11 trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: A quiz
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, is the lead defendant in what may become the most important US war crimes tribunal since Nuremberg. How much do you know about him and the case against him? Take our quiz.
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The Monitor's View A lesson on leadership from Africa
The guilty verdict against Charles Taylor, former president of Liberia, is more than a victory for justice. It is a lesson for Africans and other about no holding up 'great leaders' as saviors. Great ideas are better than great people.
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Keep Calm Charles Taylor, former Liberian president, found guilty of war crimes (+video)
Charles Taylor: A guilty verdict against the former Liberian president – including charges of murder, rape, use of child soldiers – sets precedent for holding sitting heads of state to account.
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Marines: Nazi flag was mistaken for their own
Marines caught posing with a Nazi flag say they thought the SS symbol was meant to represent their own sniper scouts team.
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9 best books featuring notorious figures
Thomas Craughwell lists these books as the best myth-busting histories centered on notorious figures.
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Cover Story Occupy Europe: How a generation went from indifferent to indignant
Occupy Europe? From Madrid to Athens, young people facing a bleak future are casting doubt on European identity.
10/29/2011 10:55 am -
From 'Ninja Wendi' to 'daft hysteria,' UK press turns a sharp pen on Murdoch and Co.
With the spotlight shining bright on Rupert Murdoch, his media empire, and his political ties, British columnists are offering up searing critiques on every aspect of the phone hacking scandal. Here's a sampling:
07/20/2011 05:52 pm -
Landmark Khmer Rouge genocide trial: Do Cambodians care?
The Cambodian government is stepping up efforts to inform the country about the Khmer Rouge's bloody rule.
06/29/2011 10:26 am -
ICC issues Qaddafi warrant: Key prosecutions of world leaders
The International Criminal Court issued international arrest warrants today for Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam Qaddafi, and intelligence chief Abdullah Senussi, charging them with crimes against humanity in the early weeks of Libya's uprising. It is only the second-ever international arrest warrant for a sitting head of state and the inquiry that preceded it was one of only a handful into crimes committed by world leaders. Below, a look at prosecution of current and past world leaders:
06/27/2011 12:13 pm -
Early Hitler letter on Jews unveiled in NYC
Early Hitler letter: The date is 1919 and, decades before the Holocaust, the 30-year-old German soldier penned what are believed to be Hitler's first written comments calling for the annihilation of Jews.
06/08/2011 03:15 pm -
In the Garden of Beasts
How a cautious American academic and his flirtatious daughter met evil in Hitler’s Germany.
06/06/2011 07:05 am -
Ratko Mladic's whirlwind week: From war crimes fugitive to Hague inmate
Ratko Mladic is set to be arraigned Friday at the UN tribunal at The Hague on 11 charges of war crimes for commanding Bosnian Serb forces during the Balkan wars.
06/01/2011 01:30 pm -
Bahrain's Sunni rulers target Shiite mosques
The Bahraini regime has bulldozed dozens of Shiite mosques or other religious structures in the crackdown on a mainly Shiite opposition movement.
05/11/2011 03:24 pm -
Opinion The Obama Doctrine is bad foreign policy
In his speech about Libya last night, President Obama articulated his thinking about intervention quite clearly – and it's quite clearly unacceptable.
03/29/2011 12:03 pm -
Guatemalans sue US for deliberately spreading illness in 1940s experiment
A lawsuit was filed Monday in a US district court on behalf of 700 Guatemalan soldiers, mental health patients, and orphans secretly experimented on from 1946 to 1948.
03/15/2011 10:36 am
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