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News UK Commons passes climate bill mandating drastic emissions cut by 2050
UK Commons passes climate bill mandating drastic emissions cut by 2050
Devin Montgomery
November 20, 2008 10:01:00 am

The UK House of Commons on Tuesday gave final approval to the Climate Change Bill , which requires the country to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by the...

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News US Navy defense lawyer allowed access to restricted Guantanamo camp
US Navy defense lawyer allowed access to restricted Guantanamo camp
Devin Montgomery
November 19, 2008 03:54:00 pm

Navy defense attorney Cmdr. Suzanne Lachelier was given rare access on Wednesday to Camp Seven , a special Guantanamo camp for alleged al Qaeda members classified as "high-value detainees" at the Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news...

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News ICC to resume Lubanga trial after agreement to release evidence
ICC to resume Lubanga trial after agreement to release evidence
Devin Montgomery
November 18, 2008 01:15:00 pm

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday lifted a suspension imposed on the trial of Congolese ex-militia leader Thomas Lubanga after prosecutors in the case agreed to share [filing,...

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News Former senior UK judge says Iraq invasion violated international law
Former senior UK judge says Iraq invasion violated international law
Devin Montgomery
November 18, 2008 10:58:00 am

The UK's former senior law lord Thomas Bingham on Monday criticized official UK legal justifications given for the 2003 US and UK invasion of Iraq, saying it was "a serious violation of international law and...

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News Jailed ex-Taiwan president taken to hospital
Jailed ex-Taiwan president taken to hospital
Devin Montgomery
November 17, 2008 06:47:00 am

Former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian on Sunday was taken to a Taipei hospital for treatment of dehydration resulting from a hunger strike he had staged to protest his detention in jail for corruption....

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News Supreme Court agrees to hear five cases including recusal, double jeopardy appeals
Supreme Court agrees to hear five cases including recusal, double jeopardy appeals
Devin Montgomery
November 14, 2008 10:07:00 pm

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in five cases Friday. In Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Company the Court will consider whether a decision by West Virginia...

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News Scotland court denies bail for Lockerbie Pan Am 103 bomber
Scotland court denies bail for Lockerbie Pan Am 103 bomber
Devin Montgomery
November 14, 2008 10:06:00 am

A panel of Scotland's High Court of Justiciary Friday denied bail to convicted Pan Am Flight 103 bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi . The plane was blown up...

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News US failing to protect undocumented minors: report
US failing to protect undocumented minors: report
Devin Montgomery
November 14, 2008 08:06:00 am

The Center for Public Policy Priorities said Thursday that the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) does not do enough to protect the rights and welfare of minors who have entered the country illegally. In...

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News Fourth Circuit dismisses challenge to bribery charges against congressman
Fourth Circuit dismisses challenge to bribery charges against congressman
Devin Montgomery
November 13, 2008 12:31:00 pm

A panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Wednesday dismissed an appeal by Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA) seeking to have bribery charges against him dropped....

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Bangladesh bans demonstrations following arrest protests
Devin Montgomery
November 12, 2008 04:33:00 pm

The government of Bangladesh on Wednesday reinstated a state of emergency banning political demonstrations in the country for two weeks. The ban had recently been lifted after being imposed in 2007, but was reissued in response to...

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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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