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News Five former Guantanamo detainees freed on bail in Kuwait
Five former Guantanamo detainees freed on bail in Kuwait
Joshua Pantesco
March 6, 2006 11:05:00 am

Five Kuwait citizens, previously held captive by the US at the Guantanamo Bay detention center, were released on bail from police custody in Kuwait on Sunday. The five were released on bail after...

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News Lobbying reform bill goes to full Senate absent ethics office provision
Lobbying reform bill goes to full Senate absent ethics office provision
Joshua Pantesco
March 2, 2006 03:58:00 pm

The US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 12-1 Thursday to send a lobbying oversight bill to the full Senate, but the bill was stripped of a provision establishing an independent office with oversight over...

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News Senate divided on immigration reform bills
Senate divided on immigration reform bills
Joshua Pantesco
March 2, 2006 03:25:00 pm

Members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday began hammering out an immigration reform bill in the face of several competing proposals that have bitterly divided lawmakers. Committee Chairman Senator Arlen Specter's Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of...

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News Detainee lawyer wants court to prohibit Guantanamo force-feedings
Detainee lawyer wants court to prohibit Guantanamo force-feedings
Joshua Pantesco
February 28, 2006 08:28:00 pm

A lawyer for a Yemeni prisoner held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp has filed a motion in DC federal court asking that the use of a restraint chair and large nasal feeding tubes to force-feed...

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News ICC has Hague prison ready for Uganda war criminals
ICC has Hague prison ready for Uganda war criminals
Joshua Pantesco
February 28, 2006 07:55:00 pm

The International Criminal Court announced Tuesday that construction on 12 holding cells has been completed, and the world's first general international war crimes court is ready to use them to detain leaders of the...

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News Islamic charity sues to shut down NSA warrantless wiretapping program
Islamic charity sues to shut down NSA warrantless wiretapping program
Joshua Pantesco
February 28, 2006 07:23:00 pm

An Oregon chapter of the defunct Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation claimed in a lawsuit filed in federal court Tuesday that the National Security Agency had illegally wiretapping several conversations between the charity and its attorneys. The complaint alleges...

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News UK High Court stays London mayor suspension for offensive comment
UK High Court stays London mayor suspension for offensive comment
Joshua Pantesco
February 28, 2006 06:44:00 pm

Britain's High Court Tuesday blocked a four week suspension of London Mayor Ken Livingstone ordered by a case tribunal of the Adjudication Panel for England last week for bringing his...

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News HealthSouth settles fraud suits for $445 million
HealthSouth settles fraud suits for $445 million
Joshua Pantesco
February 23, 2006 04:35:00 pm

HealthSouth on Thursday finalized a settlement agreement with plaintiffs in several federal securities class action suits for a total $445 million. HealthSouth itself will pay defrauded investors $215 million, and its insurance...

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News UN adopts labor standards for maritime workers in global treaty
UN adopts labor standards for maritime workers in global treaty
Joshua Pantesco
February 23, 2006 04:03:00 pm

The International Labour Organization (ILO) , a UN agency, on Thursday officially adopted the long-debated Maritime Labour Convention , a bill of rights applicable to maritime workers that sets minimum standards for wages, work-to-rest ratios,...

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News Uganda opposition claims fraud in presidential election
Uganda opposition claims fraud in presidential election
Joshua Pantesco
February 23, 2006 03:21:00 pm

Opposition politicians in Uganda have said that Thursday's election, the first multi-party elections held in the country in more than twenty years, was marred by fraud. Though it appears that incumbent President Yoweri Museveni ...

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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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