prison terms ranging from five years to life
11Kaohsiung Incident — The Kaohsiung Eight arrested. From left to right: Chang Chun hung (張俊宏), Huang Shin chieh, Chen Chu, Yao Chia wen, Shih Ming teh, Annette Lu, Lin Hung hsuan (林弘宣) …
12New York City landmark bomb plot — The New York City landmark bomb plot was a planned follow up to the February 1993 World Trade Center bombing designed to inflict mass casualties on American soil by attacking well known landmark targets throughout New York City in the United… …
13Uzbekistan — /ooz bek euh stan , stahn , uz /, n. a republic in S central Asia. 23,860,452; 172,741 sq. mi. (447,400 sq. km). Cap.: Tashkent. Formerly, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. * * * Uzbekistan Introduction Uzbekistan Background: Russia conquered… …
14Mercenary — For other uses, see Mercenary (disambiguation). Leonardo da Vinci s Il Condottieri, 1480. Condottieri being the Late Middle Age Through Renaissance term for Mercenary soldier leader(s) in Italian. A Mercenary, also known as a professional soldier …
15Burundi — Burundian, adj., n. /boo roon dee/, n. a republic in central Africa, E of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: formerly the S part of the Belgian trust territory of Ruanda Urundi; gained independence on July 1, 1962. 6,052,614; 10,747 sq. mi.… …
16Pitcairn sexual assault trial of 2004 — On 30 September 2004, seven men living on Pitcairn Island (including Steve Christian, the Mayor), went on trial facing 55 charges relating to sexual offences. On 24 October, all but one of the defendants were found guilty on at least some of the… …
17Chronology — 1879 Wilhelm Marr, a member of the German Reichstag, coins the term “anti Semitism” and subsequently organizes the League of AntiSemitism. 1881 German composer Richard Wagner, in an essay titled “Know Thyself,” attacks Jews as the “demon… …
18Boethius: from antiquity to the Middle Ages — John Marenbon Boethius is a difficult figure to place in the history of philosophy. Considered just in himself, he clearly belongs to the world of late antiquity. Born in 480, at a time when Italy was ruled by the Ostrogoths under their king,… …
19Military history of Puerto Rico — Military history of Puerto Rico …
20Chongqing gang trials — Chongqing is a large municipality in China s interior. The Chongqing gang trials (simplified Chinese: 重庆打黑除恶专项行动; traditional Chinese: 重慶打黑除惡專項行動; pinyin: Chóngqìng dǎ hēi chú è zhuānxiàng xíngdòng; literally Targeted actions against dark and… …
