China executes 2 for role in tainted milk scandal
November 23, 2009
| CHRISTOPHER BODEEN
Most executions in China are carried out by firing squad. Of the others tried and sentenced in January in connection with the scandal, Sanlu's general manager, Tian Wenhua,...
Today in History - Sept. 10
September 09, 2009
In 1945, Vidkun Quisling was sentenced to death in Norway for collaborating with the Nazis (he was executed by firing squad the next month). In 1963, 20 black students...
Downtown Reno hosts first tomato fight
August 28, 2009
For a minimum $50 donation, Reno Mayor Bob Cashell and Sparks Mayor Geno Martini will each face a tomato-throwing firing squad. Proceeds will benefit the American Cancer...
Elections
August 16, 2009
Not with state Republicans turning on one another in a circular firing squad. Daniel Weintraub: Prop. 1B: More of what got us into a mess By Daniel Weintraub - Updated:...
Pregnant Briton jailed in Laos set to go home
August 06, 2009
| KIKO ROSARIO
Her case drew widespread attention in Britain over fears that she could be executed by a firing squad and reports - later discounted by her mother - that she was raped in prison....
Ex- POWs rally against time in bid to tell stories
July 16, 2009
| JAMES HANNAH
He kept to himself the memories of narrowly escaping death at the hands of a firing squad, being transported with fellow POWs in boxcars like sardines and surviving on milk,...
Instead of yelling, let's just talk
August 08, 2009
| indystar.com
Lawmakers should be tough enough to face a verbal firing squad. And there's nothing more fundamental than criticizing your congressman -- or your president. Obama's loudest...
British inmate must deny rape to live
May 13, 2009
| digg
A British woman being held in a Laos jail has been told she will face the firing squad unless she denies she was raped in prison. A Laos government spokesman appeared defensive...
Democratic leader tempers expectations for 2010
April 02, 2009
| SFGate: Top News Stories
Liberal groups targeting moderate congressional Democrats should beware of forming a circular firing squad that could hurt the party in 2010 elections, says the head of the...
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