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News Settlers demonstrate for referendum on West Bank, Gaza pullout
Settlers demonstrate for referendum on West Bank, Gaza pullout
D. Wes Rist
January 31, 2005 09:29:00 am

Tens of thousands of Israeli settlers gathered in Jerusalem Sunday evening at the start of a scheduled 24-hour protest against a plan by Israeli Prime Minister Arial Sharon to remove all 21 Israeli settlements from Gaza and four smaller...

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News Israel to reexamine East Jerusalem land seizures from Palestinians
Israel to reexamine East Jerusalem land seizures from Palestinians
D. Wes Rist
January 31, 2005 08:37:00 am

Israeli officials have told the US that Israel will reexamine the cases of Palestinians in East Jerusalem whose land was seized by Israel due to the building of the security fence . The US had expressed...

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News Annan urges Sudan sanctions
Annan urges Sudan sanctions
D. Wes Rist
January 31, 2005 08:24:00 am

Speaking in Nigeria Sunday, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged the UN Security Council to consider sanctions against Sudan for "gross violations of human rights". Annan cited a UN report, due to be released...

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News International brief ~ Sudan bombs Darfur in violation of cease-fire
International brief ~ Sudan bombs Darfur in violation of cease-fire
D. Wes Rist
January 27, 2005 10:15:00 am

In Thursday's international brief, senior African Union officials are reporting that the Sudanese government bombed a Darfur village Wednesday, with NGO workers present for the first time to actually witness the explosions. The announcement came...

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News Brussels rejects Ukraine bid for EU membership
Brussels rejects Ukraine bid for EU membership
D. Wes Rist
January 26, 2005 10:46:00 am

EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner told the European Parliament Tuesday that despite overtures from newly sworn-in Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, the European Union would not be granting an association accord to the...

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News Sixth Circuit overturns Scottish man’s death penalty conviction
Sixth Circuit overturns Scottish man’s death penalty conviction
D. Wes Rist
January 26, 2005 10:20:00 am

Citing "constitutional errors", the US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday overturned the controversial conviction and death sentence of British national Kenny Richey of Edinburgh. Richey will be released from death row in 90...

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News International brief ~ UK police chief will not use Gitmo evidence against ex-detainees
International brief ~ UK police chief will not use Gitmo evidence against ex-detainees
D. Wes Rist
January 26, 2005 09:49:00 am

In Wednesday's international brief, London Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir John Stevens says that no prosecutions will proceed against the four Britons released from Guantanamo Bay based on material gathered by UK MI5 investigators who made...

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News International brief ~ Southern Sudan ratifies peace deal
International brief ~ Southern Sudan ratifies peace deal
D. Wes Rist
January 25, 2005 09:05:00 am

In Tuesday's international brief, Southern Sudan officials Monday ratified the proposed peace treaty between the now-autonomous South and the Khartoum government of the north. The 224-seat National Liberation Council, the legislative branch of the now-ruling Sudan People's...

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News Chavez breaking all ties with Colombia over FARC arrest
Chavez breaking all ties with Colombia over FARC arrest
D. Wes Rist
January 24, 2005 02:45:00 pm

Tensions escalated in the dispute between Venezuela and Colombia Sunday as a celebration of Venezuelan independence quickly turned into a march of supporters of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez , expressing approval for his response to the...

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News International brief ~ US lawmakers to push for Sudan sanctions
International brief ~ US lawmakers to push for Sudan sanctions
D. Wes Rist
January 24, 2005 11:29:00 am

In Monday's international brief, US lawmakers from the House International Relations Subcommittee on Africa who met with Sudanese government officials and displaced Sudanese refugees in Chad over the weekend are expected to announce that they will urge...

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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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