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News Ninth Circuit says district court overstated risk of mad cow disease from Canada beef
Ninth Circuit says district court overstated risk of mad cow disease from Canada beef
David Shucosky
July 25, 2005 04:18:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit released an opinion Monday explaining its July 14 reversal of a ban on importing Canadian cattle enacted two years ago after Canada discovered its first...

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News Rwanda to release 30,000 prisoners on provisional basis
Rwanda to release 30,000 prisoners on provisional basis
David Shucosky
July 25, 2005 03:54:00 pm

The government of Rwanda announced Monday that it would release up to 30,000 prisoners suspected of involvement in the 1994 genocide and other war crimes on a provisional basis. According to the Prosecutor General, those...

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News Iranian court refuses to reopen investigation into journalist death
Iranian court refuses to reopen investigation into journalist death
David Shucosky
July 25, 2005 03:42:00 pm

An Iranian court ruled on Monday that it lacked jurisdiction to investigate the death of Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi as a premeditated murder since the original court ruled the death unintentional. Kazemi died three weeks...

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News Italy orders arrest of six more CIA agents
Italy orders arrest of six more CIA agents
David Shucosky
July 25, 2005 03:18:00 pm

An Italian court issued arrest warrants on Monday for six more CIA operatives in connection with the kidnapping of a radical Muslim in 2003 in Milan. Last month the court issued warrants for 13 members of...

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News Election abuses lead to revote in 20 Ethiopian districts
Election abuses lead to revote in 20 Ethiopian districts
David Shucosky
July 25, 2005 02:57:00 pm

Ethiopia's National Election Board ordered revotes in 20 of the country's 524 constituencies on Monday, after an investigation of election fraud found evidence of abuse at more than 100 polling stations. Violence and protests...

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News Cuba releases nine dissidents, 17 still in prison
Cuba releases nine dissidents, 17 still in prison
David Shucosky
July 25, 2005 01:58:00 pm

Cuba has released nine people imprisoned for taking part in government protests, but still holds 17 people arrested last week as part of a crackdown on dissent. The US has previously objected to oppression of anti-government activists...

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Iraq beginning voter registration for constitution referendum
David Shucosky
July 25, 2005 01:10:00 pm

The head of the Iraq electoral commission has said that Iraq will open voter registration on August 1 in preparation for the scheduled October 15 vote on a new Iraqi constitution , and general elections...

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News US pushing ahead with Guantanamo trials despite expected appeals
US pushing ahead with Guantanamo trials despite expected appeals
David Shucosky
July 25, 2005 12:28:00 pm

With a federal appeals court giving the green light earlier this month, the US is looking to quickly restart military tribunals for declared "enemy combatants" being held at Guantanamo . Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has...

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News Jury must decide fate of mentally retarded man at center of Supreme Court decision
Jury must decide fate of mentally retarded man at center of Supreme Court decision
David Shucosky
July 25, 2005 11:49:00 am

Jury selection began today for the competency trial of Daryl Atkins, the plaintiff in the 2002 Supreme Court case Atkins v. Virginia that abolished the death penalty for the severely mentally retarded by...

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Family of innocent man shot by London police considering lawsuit
David Shucosky
July 25, 2005 10:54:00 am

Prime Minister Tony Blair apologized on Monday for the shooting last Friday of a Brazilian man mistaken for a terrorist , while relatives of the man are considering legal action . Brazilian citizen Jean...

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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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