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News No criminal charges for pilots who breached White House airspace
No criminal charges for pilots who breached White House airspace
Jamie Sterling
May 12, 2005 08:22:00 am

No criminal charges are to be filed against the pilots of a Cessna 150 aircraft that flew into White House airspace Wednesday, prompting evacuations of the White House, the Capitol, and nearby...

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News Court-martial set for Army sergeant who refused Iraq redeployment
Court-martial set for Army sergeant who refused Iraq redeployment
Jamie Sterling
May 11, 2005 02:48:00 pm

A US Army sergeant from Georgia faces a court martial Thursday at Fort Stewart on charges of refusing to obey his redeployment order and serve in Iraq after his first eight-month tour. The Army rejected...

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News Trial for Abu Ghraib guard starts Thursday
Trial for Abu Ghraib guard starts Thursday
Jamie Sterling
May 11, 2005 02:18:00 pm

Spc.Sabrina Harman , 27, will become the latest soldier in the Abu Ghraib scandal to stand trial in military court when she appears Thursday before a Fort Hood judge on charges of mistreating detainees in the military prison....

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News Darfur militia chief would accept Sudan trial
Darfur militia chief would accept Sudan trial
Jamie Sterling
May 11, 2005 01:55:00 pm

Musa Hilal, suspected leader of the Janjaweed militia active in the Darfur, said Wednesday that he would stand trial in Sudan rather than face trial outside the country. Hilal, who has consistently denied involvement in...

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News Kuwait giving crimes list to Saddam tribunal
Kuwait giving crimes list to Saddam tribunal
Jamie Sterling
May 11, 2005 01:01:00 pm

Kuwaiti prosecutors announced Wednesday that they will shortly be handing over to the Iraqi Special Tribunal a list of crimes committed by Saddam Hussein, whose forces invaded and occupied the country in 1990-1, precipitating the Gulf War....

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News Report shows surge in anti-Muslim hate crimes in US
Report shows surge in anti-Muslim hate crimes in US
Jamie Sterling
May 11, 2005 12:12:00 pm

Hate crimes and civil rights violations against Muslims in the United States have reached their highest point since right after September 11, according to a report released Wednesday by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) . As reasons...

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News ILO report says 12.3 million enslaved worldwide
ILO report says 12.3 million enslaved worldwide
Jamie Sterling
May 11, 2005 11:57:00 am

The International Labor Organization said Wednesday that some 12.3 million people worldwide are enslaved. The figure was publicized in a new ILO study of forced labor and modern slavery across the globe....

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News Senators propose limitations on Patriot Act
Senators propose limitations on Patriot Act
Jamie Sterling
May 11, 2005 11:26:00 am

Senators and others critical of the sweeping powers granted to law enforcement autorities under the USA Patriot Act testified Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee on behalf of a proposed SAFE Act to limit those...

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News UK government presents plan to cut legal aid costs, shorten trials
UK government presents plan to cut legal aid costs, shorten trials
Jamie Sterling
May 11, 2005 10:55:00 am

British Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer Wednesday proposed a plan to cut the length of criminal trials and reduce the costs of legal aid , which have risen by a third since the Labor Party took...

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News Report of Koran desecration at Gitmo prompts Afghan riots; 4 killed
Report of Koran desecration at Gitmo prompts Afghan riots; 4 killed
Jamie Sterling
May 11, 2005 10:27:00 am

Riots erupted across Afghanistan Wednesday in response to a recent report by Newsweek magazine that in an effort to infuriate Muslim prisoners US troops at Guantanamo Bay had desecrated the Koran by placing copies on toilets and in one...

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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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