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News Libya court postpones foreign AIDS medics slander trial
Libya court postpones foreign AIDS medics slander trial
Caitlin Price
March 25, 2007 04:20:00 pm

A Libyan court Sunday postponed for the second time the criminal defamation trial of six foreign medics accused of slandering three Libyan police agents and a Libyan doctor. Five Bulgarian nurses and one Palestinian doctor were...

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News EU 50th anniversary declaration pushes for constitution by 2009
EU 50th anniversary declaration pushes for constitution by 2009
Caitlin Price
March 25, 2007 03:19:00 pm

European Union leaders marked the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome Sunday by signing a declaration aimed at revitalizing efforts to pass an European constitution . The non-binding Berlin Declaration...

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News Security Council broadens Iran nuclear sanctions
Security Council broadens Iran nuclear sanctions
Caitlin Price
March 25, 2007 11:42:00 am

The UN Security Council unanimously voted Saturday to impose new sanctions on Iran for continuing to enrich uranium in violation of a December 2006 resolution. Security Council Resolution 1747 broadens the...

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News Third US soldier pleads guilty in Mahmudiya rape-murder case
Third US soldier pleads guilty in Mahmudiya rape-murder case
Caitlin Price
March 21, 2007 08:04:00 pm

A third US soldier pleaded guilty Wednesday for his role in the rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the murder of her family in the Mahmudiya area last March. Pfc. Bryan Howard pleaded...

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News Muslim Brotherhood to boycott Egypt constitutional referendum
Muslim Brotherhood to boycott Egypt constitutional referendum
Caitlin Price
March 21, 2007 07:08:00 pm

Banned Egyptian opposition group the Muslim Brotherhood announced Wednesday that it plans to boycott next week's referendum on controversial constitutional amendments proposed last year by President Hosni Mubarak [official profile;...

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News Pennsylvania city mayor testifies in support of anti-illegal immigration laws
Pennsylvania city mayor testifies in support of anti-illegal immigration laws
Caitlin Price
March 14, 2007 07:25:00 pm

Hazleton, Pennsylvania mayor Lou Barletta testified Wednesday in a Pennsylvania federal court on the constitutionality of two city laws that make it more difficult for illegal immigrants to live...

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News Egypt appoints 31 female judges despite conservative opposition
Egypt appoints 31 female judges despite conservative opposition
Caitlin Price
March 14, 2007 07:06:00 pm

Thirty-one Egyptian women have been appointed as judges despite ongoing resistance from the nation's conservative Muslims, according to a decree published Wednesday by the head of Egypt's Supreme Judicial Council . Council chief Mukbil Shakir selected the judges...

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News Idaho senate passes bill targeting illegal immigrants
Idaho senate passes bill targeting illegal immigrants
Caitlin Price
March 12, 2007 08:04:00 pm

The Idaho State Senate passed a bill in a 29-6 vote Monday that would block illegal immigrants from using most taxpayer-financed public assistance programs. S-1157 would require that applicants eighteen years of age or older to...

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News Former Nortel telecom executives facing securities fraud probes in US, Canada
Former Nortel telecom executives facing securities fraud probes in US, Canada
Caitlin Price
March 12, 2007 07:04:00 pm

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed fraud charges Monday against former executives of Canadian telecommunications manufacturer Nortel Networks , accusing the corporation of misleading investors. The complaint , brought...

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News Iraqi tribunal insists Saddam trial judge not seeking UK asylum
Iraqi tribunal insists Saddam trial judge not seeking UK asylum
Caitlin Price
March 11, 2007 04:14:00 pm

The Iraqi judge responsible for sentencing Saddam Hussein to death is not seeking political asylum in Great Britain, according to the Iraqi High Tribunal Sunday. Judge Rauf Rasheed Abdel-Rahman ...

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Georgia became first US state to ban lynching

On December 20, 1893, Georgia became the first state in the Union to pass a law against lynching, making the act punishable by four years in prison.

The statute was not particularly effective - read the text of the 1899 pamphlet Lynch Law in Georgia by anti-lynching activist Ida Wells-Barnett.

UN Drug Trafficking Convention signed

On December 20, 1988, the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances was signed in Vienna, Austria. The treaty provides mechanisms for international coordination in preventing the manufacture and distribution of drugs worldwide. Over 170 countries have signed the treaty to date.

Learn more about the treaty from the UN.

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