American student sentenced in Russia
American Fulbright scholar John Tobin 24 of Ridgefield Connecticut was convicted in Voronezh on marijuana charges after a trial where prosecutors alleged police misrepresentation. Tobin faced a sentence of more than three years, with his lawyer arguing the case was influenced by espionage allegations tied to Russia’s security services.
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Voronezh
Russia
John Tobin
Ridgefield
Conn
Tobin
Federal Security Service
Voronezh State University
Maxim Bayev
U.S
FBI
Robert Philip Hanssen
Washington
Moscow
Middlebury College
U.S. Defense Language Institute
Tatyana Korchagina
Bayer
Union tag found inside Hunley submarine in Charleston
Researchers uncover a Union soldier ID tag from Connecticut dated 1863 near Fort Wagner remains inside the H L Hunley. Project manager Bob Neyland notes the tag’s wearer may have collected war relics or defected, with possible connections to Ezra Chamberlin buried in Killingly, Connecticut.
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Charleston, S.C
H.L. Hunley
Connecticut
Fort Wagner
Charleston Harbor
Bob Neyland
Hunley Project
Hunley
Neyland
Ezra Chamber
Ezra Chamberlin
Killingly
Conn
Doctor predicted the craziest criminal in history
A 1944 OSS memo cites German surgeon Ferdinand Sauerbruch saying Hitler drifted toward insanity and could become the craziest criminal the world ever saw. The CIA declassification release of 10 000 pages exposes gaps in Nazi knowledge and notes many escaped punishment as Cold War assets.
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Washington
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
U.S
CIA
United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum
Interagency
Ferdinand Sauerbruch
Ron Carroll
Office of Strategic Services
Carroll
Hans Bie
Sauerbruch
Bie
Japan’s Koizumi urges revision of pacifist article
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi urged revising Article 9 to allow self defense, challenging the view that the self defense forces are not an army. He warned against leaving Japan idle if U S troops are attacked near Japanese shores and noted the change cannot be quick.
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Knight Ridder
Tokyo
Junichiro Koizumi
Japan
the Nation
Koizumi
U.S
China
Korea
Philippines
Vietnam
Asia
Li Yuqin last emperor wife dies in Changchun aged 73
Li Yuqin 73 died in Changchun after a six year cirrhosis illness as reported by Beijing Youth Daily citing Xinhua. Plucked from school at 15 to become Puyi’s fourth wife, she later divorced in 1958 and lived as a librarian before remarrying a technician.
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Li Yuqin
China
Beijing
Changchun
Beijing Youth Daily
Xinhua
Shandong Province
Aisinggoro Henry Puyi
Puyi
Manchukuo
Japan
Communist Party
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