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- Theater director Zhenya Berkovich, left, and playwright Svetlana Petriychuk are seen in a glass cage prior to a hearing in a court in Moscow, Russia, Monday, May 20, 2024. Berkovich, a prominent independent theater director, and Petriychuk, a playwright have been behind bars since early May. Authorities claim a play they staged, "Finist, the Brave Falcon," justifies terrorism, which is a criminal offence in Russia punishable by up to seven years in prison. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)
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Russian theater director and playwright go on trial over a play authorities say justifies terrorism
By DASHA LITVINOVA - Associated Press
Mon,05/20/24-6:20AM , 596 Reads
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Russian court on Monday opened the trial of a theater director and a playwright accused of advocating terrorism in a play, the latest step in an unrelenting crackdown on dissent in Russia that has reached new heights since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine.
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Today in History: May 30, Joan of Arc burned at the stake
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mon,05/20/24-6:08AM , 5 Reads
Today in History

Today is Thursday, May 30, the 151st day of 2024. There are 215 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On May 30, 1431, Joan of Arc, condemned as a heretic, was burned at the stake in Rouen (roo-AHN’), France.

On this date:
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- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures as he talks during a news conference in central London, on Dec. 1, 2011. Assange faces a key hearing Monday May 20, 2024 in his decade-and-a-half-long attempt to avoid extradition to the United States on espionage charges. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)
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Timeline of the Assange legal saga over extradition to the US on espionage charges
By SYLVIA HUI - Associated Press
Mon,05/20/24-4:36AM , 313 Reads
LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange won a key battle on Monday in his decade-and-a-half-long attempt to avoid extradition to the United States on espionage charges.
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- Iranian worshippers chant slogans during an anti-Israeli gathering after Friday prayers in Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 19, 2024. The apparent crash of a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country's foreign minister and other top officials is likely to reverberate across the Middle East. Tensions have soared since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, and Israel and Iran directly traded fire for the first time ever in April. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
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Helicopter crash that killed Iran's president and others could reverberate across the Middle East
By JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press
Sun,05/19/24-3:36PM , 674 Reads
JERUSALEM (AP) — The helicopter crash in which Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and other officials were killed is likely to reverberate across the Middle East, where Iran’s influence runs wide and deep.
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