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...Concorde Trial Begins...
Nearly a decade after an Air France Concorde crashed in Paris, killing 113 people, Continental Airlines and five individuals went on trial on Feb. 2 for manslaughter for their alleged roles in the episode. A French inquiry found that a titanium strip left on the runway by a departing Continental plane pierced one of the Concorde's tires and the rubber debris punctured a fuel tank, causing the aircraft to catch fire. Continental's lawyers say they can prove that the Air France flight caught fire beforehand. The trial is expected to last four months; if found guilty, the individual...
...Sodomy Trial...
Malaysia's opposition leader and former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim stood trial on Feb. 3 for allegedly sodomizing his male aide. The judge interrupted testimony at the defense's request to continue at a later date. Anwar, who served six years in prison on a previous conviction of sodomy and abuse of power (which, he maintains, was politically motivated), claims that this new charge has been orchestrated by the Prime Minister, Najib Razak, in an attempt to end his career...
...Supreme Court prohibited the federal trial regarding Proposition 8, California's ban on same-sex marriage, from being filmed or broadcast on YouTube. But actor John Ainsworth and filmmaker John Ireland found a loophole. The duo, legally married to their respective husbands, found a mock courtroom at the University of Southern California, hired a group of actors and began re-enacting the proceedings on the basis of courtroom transcripts and firsthand accounts from journalists present at the trial. The episodes began airing online...