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News Hong Kong government challenges gay sex ruling
Hong Kong government challenges gay sex ruling
Holly Manges Jones
September 30, 2005 01:18:00 pm

The Hong Kong government Friday appealed a high court ruling last month that said a criminal law preventing consenting males under the age of 21 from having sex was a violation of human...

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News Kevorkian says he will not assist in suicides if released
Kevorkian says he will not assist in suicides if released
Holly Manges Jones
September 30, 2005 01:03:00 pm

Jack Kevorkian has said that he would not assist people in committing suicide if released on parole, but said that he would campaign to legalize assisted suicide. The former doctor is serving 10-25 years in prison on...

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News Saddam attorney petitions for trial delay
Saddam attorney petitions for trial delay
Holly Manges Jones
September 29, 2005 12:07:00 pm

The defense lawyer for Saddam Hussein has filed a motion petitioning the Iraqi High Criminal Court, previously called the Iraqi Special Tribunal , to delay the first of Hussein's several expected trials set to begin...

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News UN defends decision to hold Internet summit in Tunisia despite rights record
UN defends decision to hold Internet summit in Tunisia despite rights record
Holly Manges Jones
September 29, 2005 11:17:00 am

The United Nations Wednesday defended its decision approving Tunisia to host a UN summit on Internet access in the developing world, despite protests that the country is unfit due to repeated allegations of press and civil society abuses. The...

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News Wisconsin governor promises to veto ban on human cloning
Wisconsin governor promises to veto ban on human cloning
Holly Manges Jones
September 29, 2005 10:52:00 am

Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle has said that he will veto a ban on human cloning approved by the state senate Wednesday by a margin of 21-12. The ban, previously approved by the Wisconsin Assembly...

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News EU to hold weekend talks on Turkey membership
EU to hold weekend talks on Turkey membership
Holly Manges Jones
September 29, 2005 10:17:00 am

The European Union will hold a meeting Sunday to discuss Austria's objections to beginning negotiations with Turkey on the country's proposed membership to the EU . All 25 of...

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News Japan court dismisses war shrine lawsuit against PM
Japan court dismisses war shrine lawsuit against PM
Holly Manges Jones
September 29, 2005 09:42:00 am

A Tokyo court dismissed a lawsuit against Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Thursday that claimed his visits to a Shinto war shrine violated Japan's constitutional separation of religion and state. The court denied the plaintiffs'...

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News Chavez slams US ruling against extradition of Cuban terror suspect
Chavez slams US ruling against extradition of Cuban terror suspect
Holly Manges Jones
September 29, 2005 09:08:00 am

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Wednesday strongly criticized a ruling from a US immigration judge earlier this week that Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles would not be handed over to Venezuela...

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News Ten UK terror suspects appeal against deportation
Ten UK terror suspects appeal against deportation
Holly Manges Jones
September 26, 2005 11:11:00 am

Ten foreign nationals arrested in Britain after the July 7 suicide bombings in London are appealing their potential deportation to their home countries to Britain's Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) , saying that they have no connection to...

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News Federal trial begins in challenge to ‘intelligent design’ theory
Federal trial begins in challenge to ‘intelligent design’ theory
Holly Manges Jones
September 26, 2005 10:05:00 am

A Pennsylvania federal court Monday was set to consider whether school districts may teach a concept known as "intelligent design" prior to teaching biology lessons on evolution. Eight families in Dover, Pennsylvania, claim that teaching the theory...

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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.

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