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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Moussaoui jury reaches verdict
BREAKING NEWS ~ Moussaoui jury reaches verdict
Jeannie Shawl
May 3, 2006 03:49:00 pm

AP is reporting that the jury in the Zacarias Moussaoui sentencing trial has reached a verdict after deliberating for seven days. Moussaoui pleaded guilty to six conspiracy charges last year. The...

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News Philippines high court upholds state of emergency proclamation
Philippines high court upholds state of emergency proclamation
Jeannie Shawl
May 3, 2006 03:41:00 pm

The Supreme Court of the Philippines on Wednesday ruled that the state of emergency decree issued by Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in February was constitutional, but struck down portions of the proclamation...

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News Russia court denies Khodorkovsky appeal against sentence
Russia court denies Khodorkovsky appeal against sentence
Jeannie Shawl
May 3, 2006 01:10:00 pm

The Moscow City Court has denied the appeal of former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky , saying it could find no grounds to reconsider Khodorkovsky's eight-year prison sentence . Khodorkovsky's lawyers have...

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News Yemen lifts ban on newspapers that published Muhammad cartoons
Yemen lifts ban on newspapers that published Muhammad cartoons
Jeannie Shawl
May 3, 2006 09:58:00 am

Government officials in Yemen have said that three newspapers shut down after they republished caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad may resume operations. The three papers, including the English-language Yemen Observer were closed and their...

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News EU calls off membership talks with Serbia after Mladic handover deadline passes
EU calls off membership talks with Serbia after Mladic handover deadline passes
Jeannie Shawl
May 3, 2006 08:34:00 am

The European Union on Wednesday called off its talks with Serbia over the country's possible accession into the EU over Serbia's failure to arrest and turn over war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic...

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News Ethiopia treason trial of opposition leaders, rights activists begins
Ethiopia treason trial of opposition leaders, rights activists begins
Jeannie Shawl
May 2, 2006 01:43:00 pm

A group of 111 opposition politicians, rights activists, aid workers and journalists went on trial Tuesday in Ethiopia on charges of treason, inciting violence and attempting to commit genocide, despite calls from human rights groups for their...

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News Canada PM launches judicial inquiry into Air India terror bombing after acquittals
Canada PM launches judicial inquiry into Air India terror bombing after acquittals
Jeannie Shawl
May 2, 2006 01:06:00 pm

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has launched a judicial inquiry into the 1985 Air India terrorist bombing that killed 329 people, most of them Canadians, on a flight over the North Atlantic. The...

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News Belarus protesters call for release of opposition leaders
Belarus protesters call for release of opposition leaders
Jeannie Shawl
May 1, 2006 01:15:00 pm

Over 1,000 protesters gathered in Minsk Monday to call for the release of opposition politicians in Belarus , including Alexander Milinkevich , who was jailed last week for attending an illegal demonstration....

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News Supreme Court rules for Anna Nicole Smith in probate jurisdiction dispute
Supreme Court rules for Anna Nicole Smith in probate jurisdiction dispute
Jeannie Shawl
May 1, 2006 11:23:00 am

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Marshall v. Marshall , 04-1544, that federal courts can in some cases decide disputes which involve state probate laws. In overturning a...

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News Supreme Court rules in blame-shifting evidence, Medicaid reimbursement cases
Supreme Court rules in blame-shifting evidence, Medicaid reimbursement cases
Jeannie Shawl
May 1, 2006 10:11:00 am

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in three cases, including Holmes v. South Carolina , 04-1327, where the Court struck down a South Carolina rule which prevented Holmes from...

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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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