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News Rights group says Egyptian presidency violated campaign rules
Rights group says Egyptian presidency violated campaign rules
Holly Manges Jones
September 6, 2005 10:55:00 am

A spokesman for the Independent Egyptian Committee for Monitoring Elections (IECME) alleged Monday that Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) committed more rule violations in campaigning for the upcoming presidential election than any of the...

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News Ukrainian presidential aide resigns citing government corruption
Ukrainian presidential aide resigns citing government corruption
Holly Manges Jones
September 6, 2005 10:19:00 am

A former aide to Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said Monday that his resignation over the weekend was prompted by corruption within the country's leadership. Former state secretary Oleksandr Zinchenko accused several top presidential...

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News Saddam meets lawyer to prepare for war crimes trial
Saddam meets lawyer to prepare for war crimes trial
Holly Manges Jones
September 6, 2005 10:01:00 am

Saddam Hussein met with his Iraqi lawyer Khalil Dulaimi Monday, after Iraqi authorities announced that his first trial before the Iraqi Special Tribunal will begin on October 19 . Hussein faces charges for the...

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News Federal judge says no mistrial in ex-professor terror case
Federal judge says no mistrial in ex-professor terror case
Holly Manges Jones
September 1, 2005 12:05:00 pm

A US judge Wednesday denied Sami Al-Arian's request for a mistrial after suggestions emerged that the jury was tainted in the ongoing trial against the ex-professor . Sami Al-Arian and three other defendants are...

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News Roberts finishes preparations for confirmation hearings
Roberts finishes preparations for confirmation hearings
Holly Manges Jones
September 1, 2005 11:25:00 am

US Supreme Court nominee Judge John Roberts has completed the last of ten practice sessions held to prepare him for his confirmation hearings, set to begin next week. The grueling sessions, which have been...

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News Shell agrees to pay $9.2 million in shareholder lawsuit
Shell agrees to pay $9.2 million in shareholder lawsuit
Holly Manges Jones
September 1, 2005 10:54:00 am

The Shell Group agreed Thursday to pay $9.2 million to settle lawsuits brought last year by shareholders when the oil company admitted to overstating its oil and gas reserves by 20 percent in 2004. The...

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News Gitmo detainees begin new hunger strike
Gitmo detainees begin new hunger strike
Holly Manges Jones
September 1, 2005 10:17:00 am

Detainees at the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay have started another hunger strike in an effort to "receive a fair hearing and humane treatment," according to human rights lawyers with the Center for Constitutional Rights...

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News President Bush: "zero tolerance" for Katrina lawbreakers
President Bush: "zero tolerance" for Katrina lawbreakers
Holly Manges Jones
September 1, 2005 09:35:00 am

US President George Bush told ABC's Good Morning America Thursday that there should be "zero tolerance" for the looters who have ransacked New Orleans' stores in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, one day after New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin...

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News Iraq carries out first executions since Saddam
Iraq carries out first executions since Saddam
Holly Manges Jones
September 1, 2005 09:05:00 am

Three convicted murders were executed in Iraq Thursday, marking the first time the death penalty has been used since Saddam Hussein lost power in 2003. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani opposes the death...

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News Texas parental notification law set to take effect
Texas parental notification law set to take effect
Holly Manges Jones
August 31, 2005 04:04:00 pm

A Texas law requiring doctors to get parental consent for minors seeking abortions will take effect Thursday even though the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners hasn't finalized the specifics of how...

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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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