Archive - Jun 21, 2005

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A guilty verdict is issued in the trial of former Ku Klux Klan member, Edgar Ray Killan. The jury convicted Killan of manslaughter, which are lesser charges, after less than two days of deliberations for killing three civil rights activists in 1964. Today also marks the 41st anniversary of the murders. 80 year old Killan will face up to 20 years in jail. FSRN will have more on this story later in the newscast.

Former leader of the Lebanese Community Party, George Hawi was assassinated in a car bomb in the Kola district of Beirut today. The violence comes one day after the win of Hariri, of the anti-Syrian party. FSRN's Stefan Christoff reports from Beirut.