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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: treason

treason stories: 5 news summaries
family feud

 Windsors Schemed 
 to Deny Elizabeth Throne 

Duke plotted to step in as his brother's health failed

Nov 22, 09 3:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Within a decade of abdicating the throne, the former Edward VIII was plotting a return to power that involved an end run around his niece Elizabeth—better known today as Queen Elizabeth II. A letter the Duke of Windsor wrote in 1946, when his brother and successor King George VI... More »

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Queen Elizabeth II • treason • British royals • Royal Family • Edward VIII • Edward, Duke of Windsor • Wallis Simpson • George VI • abdication • Duke and Duchess of Windsor • Duke of Windsor plot • Queen Elizabeth plot • Kenneth de Courcy

 Protester Tries 
 to Handcuff Rove 

San Francisco woman attempts citizen's arrest for treason

Oct 22, 08 8:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - A protester attempted to slap the cuffs on Karl Rove in San Francisco yesterday, in what she called a citizen's arrest for treason, the LA Times reports. Rove was having a debate with former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell at a mortgage bankers' convention when a well-dressed woman walked... More »

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Karl Rove • George Mitchell • treason • protesters

Zimbabwe Jails Opposition Leaders

No. 2 faces treason charges; Tsvangirai detained, released

Jun 12, 08 2:57 PM CDT
(AP) - President Robert Mugabe's regime struck at the opposition leadership today, just two weeks before Zimbabwe's presidential runoff election, twice detaining his challenger and jailing the opposition party's No. 2 official on treason charges, which carry the death penalty. Presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai was stopped at a roadblock and held at... More »

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Africa • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • treason • Zimbabwe elections • Tendai Biti • detention

 Mugabe Rival
 Accused of Treason 

Dangerous new stakes in controversial election

Apr 17, 08 7:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who is convinced he won last month's presidential election, has now been accused of treason by President Robert Mugabe's government. The accusation presents a dangerous new threat in the wake of the controversial elections, whose results have not yet been released. "There is no... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • Gordon Brown • treason • Thabo Mbeki • Movement for Democratic Change • Zimbabwe elections • Zanu-PF • UN Security Council

American Al-Qaeda Returns

Zealous convert repeats old demands, threatens to top 9/11 and Va. Tech

May 30, 07 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Accused terrorist and viral Internet star Adam Gadahn resurfaced yesterday in a new video communique as "Azzam the American." Gadahn, 28, a California native who has become a major Al-Qaeda mouthpiece, appeared in widescreen format to promise that the group will continue its "defensive jihad" unless American... More »

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Internet • terrorism • jihad • Adam Gadahn • Azzam the American • Adam Pearlman • treason • terrorist • al-Qaeda

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