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A court in Florence, Italy, convicts American journalist Amanda Knox and sentences her to a three-year imprisonment over her accusations related to the murder of Meredith Kercher in Perugia in 2007. The sentence will count as time already served.
2024-06-5

The Congolese bar owner whom Amanda Knox falsely accused of killing Meredith Kercher criticises a lack of justice in the surprise decision by Italy to quash her conviction yesterday, citing diplomatic pressure coupled with Knox's wealth and status as American, as opposed to his being African.
2015-03-28

Italy's highest court acquits American Amanda Knox and Italian Raffaele Sollecito of the murder of Briton Meredith Kercher.
2015-03-27

Jeh Johnson, the United States Secretary of Homeland Security, warns Americans to take a threat by Somalia-based al-Shabab to attack shopping malls in the US, United Kingdom, and Canada seriously.
2015-02-22

A spokesman for the White House confirms that a video showing American journalist Steven Sotloff being beheaded is authentic.
2014-09-3

North Korea announces that it arrested an American tourist last month for alleged inappropriate behaviour.
2014-06-6

Italy's Court of Cassation overturns the acquittals of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito in the murder of Meredith Kercher and orders a retrial. However, Knox, who returned home immediately upon release, is not expected to be there as the U.S. tends not to extradite its citizens to face legal action.
2013-03-26

An Italian appeals court overturns Amanda Knox's 26-year sentence for murder and sexual assault.
2011-10-3

The President of the United States Barack Obama urges Americans in the path of the hurricane to take appropriate precautions for a "historic storm".
2011-08-26

An Italian court grants Amanda Knox a review of the forensic evidence used to convict her of the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher.
2010-12-18