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Charles Ng, 1999 News

39, former Marine, was convicted of 11 counts of first-degree murder in February by a Orange County, Calif., jury. He was charged with killing 12 people, but the jury deadlocked on one count…

Capt. Richard J. Ashby, 1999 News

32, Marine pilot, was cleared in March of manslaughter charges stemming from the 1998 accident in which the jet he was flying severed ski gondola cables, killing 20 at an Italian resort.…

Wassef Ali Hassoun, 2004 News

Lebanese-born U.S. Marine, turned up at the American Embassy in Beirut three weeks after he was declared missing from his unit in Iraq. News reports variously said he was kidnapped, beheaded…

Phoenicia

(Encyclopedia) PhoeniciaPhoeniciafĭnēˈshə [key], ancient territory occupied by Phoenicians. The name Phoenicia also appears as Phenice and Phenicia. These people were Canaanites (see Canaan), and in…

Carlos Noriega Biography

Carlos NoriegaAstronautBorn: 10/8/1959Birthplace: Lima, Peru Astronaut Carlos Noriega had a distinguished career as a Marine Corps pilot before venturing millions of miles beyond planet Earth…

Public Eye With Bryant Gumbel

CBSWednesday 9:00–10:00 p.m.With: Bryant Gumbel and Carol Marin Gumbel and his crew of correspondents cover events and newsmakers and deliver in-depth, investigative reports and live…

John Walker Lindh, 2002 News

20, American Taliban soldier, reached a deal with U.S. prosecutors in July in which he avoided a life sentence by pleading guilty to serving in the Taliban's army. In exchange, the…

December 2006

WorldThousands Protest in Lebanon (Dec. 1): Members of Hezbollah and its supporters gather peacefully in Beirut and call for the resignation of Fouad Siniora, the U.S.-backed prime minister.…

Coleridge: France: an Ode

LoveDejection: an OdeFrance: an Ode I Ye Clouds! that far above me float and pause, Whose pathless march no mortal may control! Ye Ocean-Waves! that, wheresoe'er ye roll,…

Glossary of Military Terms

Alliance Axis of Evil – In President Bush's 2001 State of the Union Address, he identified Iran, Iraq, nad North Korea as an axis of evil, meaning these countries supported terrorist…