Current events of April 1, 2012 (2012-04-01) (Sunday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2011-2012 Syrian uprising: Dozens are killed as the Syrian army bombards the city of Homs with artillery fire. (ABC News)
- Mali:
- Arts and Culture
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- A state of emergency is declared in Fiji as nearly 7000 people are displaced and two people have been killed during floods with conditions set to worsen with heavy storms expected following Tropical Depression 17F.(AAP via Herald Sun) (AFP via Perth Now)
- Politics and elections
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Current events of April 2, 2012 (2012-04-02) (Monday) |
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- Armed conflict and attacks
- The Colombian leftist group FARC releases its last remaining police and military captives. (BBC)
- Business and economy
- Disasters
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Current events of April 3, 2012 (2012-04-03) (Tuesday) |
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Current events of April 4, 2012 (2012-04-04) (Wednesday) |
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- As many as 50,000 homes in northern England are hit by a power blackout after heavy winds, snow and ice bring down electricity cables. (BBC)
- International relations
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Current events of April 5, 2012 (2012-04-05) (Thursday) |
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- Armed conflict and attacks
- Business and economy
- A Chinese company that insures ships announces it will stop indemnifying tankers carrying Iranian oil. This represents a continued tightening of world sanctions on Iran. (Reuters)
- Disasters
- Law and crime
- Sky News admits illegally hacking emails belonging to members of the public on two separate occasions. (BBC)
- 2010–2012 Greek protests: Riot police and protesters clash in Athens, hours after a 77-year-old pensioner's suicide outside parliament. (BBC)
- International internet group Anonymous protests censorship by targeting Chinese websites, including government bureaus in several Chinese cities. (Al Jazeera) (AP via The Irish Times)
- Russian businessman Victor Bout is sentenced to 25 years in prison for smuggling weapons to the Colombian FARC guerilla movement. (RT)
- Politics and elections
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Current events of April 6, 2012 (2012-04-06) (Friday) |
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- Arts and culture
- Business and economy
- A ban on the display of tobacco products by retailers comes into force in England. Lawmakers hope it will lead to a reduction in the number of young people taking up smoking. (BBC)
- Disasters
- International relations
- Politics
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Current events of April 7, 2012 (2012-04-07) (Saturday) |
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- The 158th Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge is stopped mid-race due to a swimmer in the water. After a clash of oars at the restart, Cambridge won easily. (BBC) (Yahoo)
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Current events of April 8, 2012 (2012-04-08) (Sunday) |
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- Law and crime
- U.S. police arrest two men suspected in carrying out a shooting attack in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that happened the day before, leaving three people dead and two injured. The shootings are being investigated as a hate crime. (CNN)
- Politics
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Current events of April 9, 2012 (2012-04-09) (Monday) |
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- Armed conflict and attacks
- Arab Spring:
- 2011–2012 Syrian uprising:
- 2011–2012 Bahraini uprising: Authorities in Bahrain refuse to transfer jailed Shia political activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who has been performing a hunger strike for two months, to Denmark. (Daily Times of Pakistan) (Al Jazeera)
- Tunisian revolution: Police fire tear gas at demonstrators who defy a government ban on protesting in Tunis. (Al Jazeera)
- 2011–2012 Yemeni revolution: At least 21 people die in clashes between al Qaeda militants and Yemeni Army soldiers in southern Yemen. (CNN)
- At least 11 people are killed and over 30 others are seriously injured by a bombing in Baidoa, Somalia. (BBC)
- Arts and culture
- Business and economy
- International relations
- Law and crime
- Charges are dropped against Larisa Litvinova in the case of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, whose controversial death in a Russian jail led to claims of torture and neglect. (BBC)
- Politics and elections
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Current events of April 10, 2012 (2012-04-10) (Tuesday) |
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- Armed conflict and attacks
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Current events of April 11, 2012 (2012-04-11) (Wednesday) |
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- Armed conflict and attacks
- 2012 South Sudan–Sudan border conflict:
- A bomb on a bus kills at least two people in the Philippines town of Carmen in Cotabato Province. (AP)
- Disasters
- International relations
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Current events of April 12, 2012 (2012-04-12) (Thursday) |
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- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is given two posts in the Workers' Party of Korea previously held by his father Kim Jong-Il, including chairman of the party's Central Military Commission and a standing member of the Politburo. (BBC)
- Dioncounda Traore is sworn in as the interim President of Mali, marking a transition back to civilian rule following last month's coup. (BBC)
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Current events of April 13, 2012 (2012-04-13) (Friday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
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Current events of April 14, 2012 (2012-04-14) (Saturday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
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Current events of April 15, 2012 (2012-04-15) (Sunday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
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Current events of April 16, 2012 (2012-04-16) (Monday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian uprising:
- Military leaders and a group of political parties in Guinea-Bissau announce the formation of a Transitional National Council after the recent coup; the acting president and prime minister remain in detention. (CNN)
- A six-year-old boy is killed and two other children are wounded after a militant throws a hand grenade into a co-educational school near Peshawar, northwest Pakistan. (CNN)
- Arts and culture
- Business and economics
- Disasters
- International relations
- Law and crime
- Politics and elections
- Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, the heir to the Dutch throne, buys a villa for €4.5 million beside the Greek town of Kranidi near a home owned by Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin. (BBC)
- Sport
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Current events of April 17, 2012 (2012-04-17) (Tuesday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Arts and culture
- Business and economy
- Disasters
- Port Said Stadium disaster: A hearing of 73 men accused of involvement in the killing of 79 people is adjourned until May 5. (Al Jazeera)
- International relations
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Current events of April 18, 2012 (2012-04-18) (Wednesday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2011–2012 Bahraini uprising:
- Arts and culture
- Business and economy
- In the U.S., the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission finalize joint rules that will limit which firms must register with either or both of those agencies as "swap dealers." (Reuters)
- International relations
- North Korea rejects criticism from countries on the United Nations Security Council regarding its failed rocket launch, and breaks off an agreement that would see it halt testing of nuclear weapons in exchange for food aid. (AFP via Google)
- Israeli army officer Shalom Eisner, who struck a Danish activist in the face with the butt of his gun, is dismissed from his post but not from the Israeli Defense Forces. (BBC) (Xinhua) (The Globe and Mail)
- Senior U.S. officials condemn graphic photos depicting their troops posing with the mangled corpses of suspected Afghan suicide bombers on at least two separate occasions months apart. The Los Angeles Times defends its publication of the photos after being warned against the move by the U.S. military. (Al Jazeera)
- Law and crime
- Sport
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Current events of April 19, 2012 (2012-04-19) (Thursday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Arts and culture
- Disasters
- A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter reportedly crashed in Afghanistan, killing all four on board. (CNN)
- International relations
- An agent at the centre of the U.S. prostitution scandal in Colombia denied one of his escorts $770 from an agreed fee of $800, according to The New York Times, thus prompting the row that revealed the scandal to the public. (BBC)
- India test launches its long-range Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile. (Times of India)
- South Korea deploys new cruise missiles capable of destroying targets such as missile and nuclear bases anywhere in North Korea. (AFP via Google)
- Law and crime
- Science
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Current events of April 20, 2012 (2012-04-20) (Friday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Arab Spring:
- Bahraini uprising:
- Security is increased at the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Bahrain amid continuing demonstrations against the regime. (BBC)
- Police fire sound bombs and tear gas at demonstrators and wound dozens of people with buckshot as reporting restrictions are imposed by the Bahrainese regime. (Al Jazeera)
- Syrian uprising:
- Egyptian revolution:
- Yemeni revolution:
- At least 18 deaths are reported by Yemen's defence ministry as a result of an army offensive intent on recapturing the capital of Abyan Governorate. (BBC)
- South Sudan–Sudan border conflict: South Sudan announces the withdrawal of troops from Heglig. (Al Jazeera)
- Business and economy
- Disasters
- Law and crime
- Marcus Robinson, due to have been executed in 2007, is ordered off death row after North Carolina Superior Court Judge Gregory Weeks rules his trial was tainted by racial bias, grounds for cancellation of a death sentence under the state's Racial Justice Act. The judge used controversial statistical evidence of bias to grant the change of sentence. (BBC)
- Politics
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Current events of April 21, 2012 (2012-04-21) (Saturday) |
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Current events of April 22, 2012 (2012-04-22) (Sunday) |
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- Armed conflict and attacks
- Bahraini uprising:
- Renewed protests against the regime break out overnight with police firing tear gas and stun grenades at civilians. Chants of "Down with Hamad," calling for the King of Bahrain to be ousted from power, are reported by witnesses. (RTE)
- King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa issues a pledge of "reform and reconciliation" ahead of the 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix. (Sky News)
- Despite calls for the 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix to be cancelled following the death of a man, the race is staged, under armed guard. (BBC)
- Turnout is reported to be low, though Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, heir apparent to the Bahraini throne, is seen smiling and shaking hands with other spectators at the finish. (Reuters)
- It is revealed that Force India tried to pull out of the race and return to Britain but, after the team's refusal to take to the circuit, there was a confrontation between Bernie Ecclestone and the Force India team. (Daily Mirror)
- The Sunday Telegraph 's chief foreign correspondent Colin Freeman and his fixer and translator are arrested. Activist Ala'a Shehabi is arrested after reporting the arrest of Colin Freeman. The Guardian reports the arrest of Ala'a Shehabi. (The Guardian)
- Calls for afternoon protests at the destroyed Pearl Roundabout, the original site of the uprising against the ruling Al Khalifa family, get underway as the race ends, while protests are also held outside the London offices of Formula One chief, Bernie Ecclestone, with demonstrators chanting "down, down Bernie" and "shame on you Bernie". (Al Jazeera)
- Anonymous, which last week took out the official website of Formula One, posts partially redacted data concerning dozens of race ticket holders found on Formula One servers. The international group also posts a statement online saying it intends to carry out further action if imprisoned hunger striker Abdulhadi al-Khawaja or his family are harmed, promising to "respond with fury and rage the likes of which have never been seen." (NPR)
- British politician Peter Hain expresses dismay that the 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix has been allowed to take place. (ITV News)
- A United Kingdom Channel 4 news team is arrested with a Bahraini driver reported as having been assaulted. (Channel 4)
- One RKK (Runda Kumpulan Kecil) separatist group member and a Thai policeman are killed in a firefight in the village of Ruso in Thailand's Narathiwat Province. (Bangkok Post)
- Sudan launches a fresh incursion into South Sudan. (Al Jazeera)
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Current events of April 23, 2012 (2012-04-23) (Monday) |
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- Former Icelandic prime minister Geir Haarde is found not guilty of negligence over the island's 2008 economic meltdown. He is to face no punishment and his legal expenses are to be paid. (BBC)
- The sister of MI6 officer Gareth Williams, found dead in his flat, tells his inquest that he had been a "scrupulous risk-assessor" and only let "vetted" people into his home. (BBC)
- Sky News email hacking:
- The British broadcasting regulator Ofcom launches an investigation into the hacking of private email accounts by Sky News. (BBC)
- The Ofcom announcement comes on the same day that the news channel's boss John Ryley appears before the Leveson Inquiry where he says the company broke the law by hacking emails. (BBC)
- Officials in Florida refuse to allow Bill Lee, the police chief who did not arrest George Zimmerman after he shot and killed unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, to resign. George Zimmerman, now facing a murder charge, is released on bail and taken to a secret location. (BBC)
- The North Carolina trial of former U.S. Senator and presidential hopeful John Edwards, concerning the use of illegal campaign donations to cover up an affair with a mistress, begins. (Reuters)
- Around 45 people are detained across China in a tainted capsule medicine scandal. (Straits Times)
- Three men appear in court in the town of Newry in Northern Ireland to face charges of threatening to kill, INLA membership and blackmail. (BBC)
- Politics and elections
- Science
- Scientists record what they believe to be the first adult white orca in the wild off the coast of Kamchatka, Russia. (BBC)
- Sport
- The home and email addresses of the 38,000 entrants to the London Marathon are published on the website of the organisers. (BBC)
- Rangers F.C. owner Craig Whyte is banned for life from any involvement in Scottish football while a 12-month transfer embargo is imposed on the club. (BBC)
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Current events of April 24, 2012 (2012-04-24) (Tuesday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Business and economy
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- Law and crime
- News International phone hacking scandal:
- Imprisoned U.S. serviceman Bradley Manning's defence insist his case was mishandled by American prosecutors and must now be thrown out. (Al Jazeera)
- Ireland's police watchdog rules that there are no grounds for any criminal case against any of five officers involved in the 31 March 2011 incident known as the “rape tape” controversy, resulting from the inadvertent video recording of a sergeant in a patrol car joking about the rape of two women. (Irish Examiner) (The Journal)
- British police arrest five people in the English town of Luton on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism. (BBC)
- A 33-year-old Fairview Heights, Illinois man who had been ordered to stay away from an army recruiting office there is accused of the attempted firebombing of the Robert A. Young Federal Building in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. (STL Today)
- Politics and elections
- Sport
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Current events of April 25, 2012 (2012-04-25) (Wednesday) |
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Current events of April 26, 2012 (2012-04-26) (Thursday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian uprising (2011–present): Nearly 70 people are killed in rocket attacks by the Syrian army on the city of Hama, including many children. (Al Jazeera)
- 2011–2012 Bahraini uprising: Mourners and police clash at the funeral of a protester who was killed last week. (IOL)
- Seven people are killed in Nigeria after a suicide bomber detonates a bomb in his car. The attacks took place in Abuja, at the This Day newspaper offices. (CBS)
- Three members of the United States Armed Forces are killed in a bombing in eastern Afghanistan. (AP via Google News)
- Business and economy
- Disasters
- International relations
- Law and crime
- Sport
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Current events of April 27, 2012 (2012-04-27) (Friday) |
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- Armed conflict and attacks
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Current events of April 28, 2012 (2012-04-28) (Saturday) |
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- Armed conflict and attacks
- Disasters
- One person dies and more than 110 are injured when a tent collapses at a restaurant near Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri. (CNN)
- International relations
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Current events of April 29, 2012 (2012-04-29) (Sunday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia kill four members of Colombian Army on a mission to destroy cocaine laboratories in Caquetá Department with another four soldiers, a police officer and a French journalist missing. (BBC)
- African church attacks:
- Four officials are killed in rebel attacks in northern Burma. (The Australian)
- Seven people are killed in a three-way shootout between rival drug cartels and the authorities in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, the home-state of Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the country's most-wanted drug lord. (Fox News)
- Lebanon confiscates a shipment of arms and ammunition meant for Syrian rebels and arrests 11 crewmembers. (BBC)
- Disasters
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- Law and crime
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Current events of April 30, 2012 (2012-04-30) (Monday) |
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- Armed conflict and attacks
- Art and culture
- Business and economics
- Spain's economy double dips, with a quarter of the population out of work. (Al Jazeera)
- Disasters
- International relations
- Law and crime
- Politics and elections
- Sport
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Ongoing events |
Political
- Arab Spring
- Post-Tunisian revolution
- Libyan factional fighting
- Egyptian revolution - ongoing
- Bahraini uprising - ongoing
- Syrian uprising - ongoing
- Yemeni revolution - ongoing
- Bissau-Guinean coup d'état
Economic
Scientific
Medical
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Ongoing conflicts |
- Colombian armed conflict (1964–present)
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Elections |
Upcoming: May
- 2: Hungary, President (indirect)
- 3: United Kingdom, Mayor of London
- 4: Iran, Parliament (2nd round)
- 6: Armenia, Parliament
- 6: France, President (2nd round)
- 6: Serbia, President and Parliament
- 6: Greece, Parliament
- 7: Bahamas, General
- 7: Syria, Parliament
- 10: Algeria, Parliament
- 20: Dominican Republic, President
- 23–24: Egypt, President (1st round)
- 26: Lesotho, General
- 31: Ireland, Constitutional referendum
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Trials |
Recently concluded
- Cambodia: Kang Kek Iew
- France: Jacques Chirac, John Galliano
- Germany: John Demjanjuk, Heinrich Boere
- Iceland: Geir Haarde
- Indonesia: Abu Bakar Bashir
- Italy: Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito
- Netherlands: Geert Wilders, Charles Taylor
- Peru: Joran van der Sloot
- Russia: Bhagavad Gita
- Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko
- United Kingdom: Levi Bellfield, Robert Black, Vincent Tabak, Ali Dizaei, Antoni Imiela, Brian Regan, Donna Air, Ched Evans, Clayton McDonald
- United States: Faisal Shahzad, Noshir Gowadia, Buju Banton, Barry Bonds, Raj Rajaratnam, Rod Blagojevich, Casey Anthony, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Conrad Murray, George Huguely, Allen Stanford
Ongoing
- Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal
- Canada: Russell Williams, Michael Rafferty
- China: Organized crime in Chongqing
- Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Alaa Mubarak, Gamal Mubarak
- France: Church of Scientology, Carlos the Jackal
- Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal
- Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim
- Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY)
- Norway: Anders Behring Breivik
- Palau: Tommy Remengesau
- Philippines: Andal Ampatuan, Jr.
- Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev
- Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL)
- Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan
- South Africa: Chris Mahlangu
- Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein
- Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra
- Tunisia: Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
- Turkey: Ergenekon network, Kenan Evren
- United States: Roger Clemens, Ahmed Ghailani, David Headley, Jared Lee Loughner, Charles P. White, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Viktor Bout, John Edwards
Upcoming
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