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News Senators have conflict questions for nominee Roberts
Senators have conflict questions for nominee Roberts
Jamie Sterling
August 24, 2005 04:13:00 pm

Senators Charles Schumer and Russ Feingold said Wednesday that they expected US Supreme Court nominee John Roberts to address why he chose not to recuse himself from the Hamdan v. Rumsfeld [PDF...

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News Khodorkovsky begins prison hunger strike
Khodorkovsky begins prison hunger strike
Jamie Sterling
August 23, 2005 04:02:00 pm

Jailed Russian oil tycoon, Mikhail Khodorkovsky , announced in a statement Tuesday that he will go on a hunger strike in support of his jailed business partner, Platon Lebedev. Lebedev was placed in an...

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News Bush urges Sunnis to embrace draft Iraq constitution
Bush urges Sunnis to embrace draft Iraq constitution
Jamie Sterling
August 23, 2005 03:48:00 pm

President Bush urged Sunni Arabs on Tuesday to embrace the proposed Iraqi constitution in an effort to bring peace to a country on the verge of civil war. When asked about a Sunni negotiator's warning that...

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News Saudi minister satisfied with negotiations over Gitmo detainees
Saudi minister satisfied with negotiations over Gitmo detainees
Jamie Sterling
August 23, 2005 03:19:00 pm

Negotiations for the return of Saudi Arabian detainees from US custody at Guantanamo Bay have reached "an advanced stage", according to Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal speaking at a press conference in Jeddah Tuesday. There...

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News Saddam Hussein confirms sacking of legal team
Saddam Hussein confirms sacking of legal team
Jamie Sterling
August 23, 2005 02:51:00 pm

In a meeting Tuesday with his lawyer and the judge investigating charges against him, ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein confirmed that he has reduced his legal team to one lawyer. As previously claimed in a statement...

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News Military interrogator pleads guilty to Afghan detainee assault
Military interrogator pleads guilty to Afghan detainee assault
Jamie Sterling
August 23, 2005 02:16:00 pm

A US Army interrogator pleaded guilty Tuesday to dereliction of duty and assault of 22-year old Afghan detainee Dilawar , who died in December 2002 at Bagram Control Point near Kabul. Spc. Glendale...

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Kenya releases final draft of new constitution
Jamie Sterling
August 23, 2005 01:24:00 pm

The Kenyan government released the final draft of the country's new constitution Tuesday, amidst protests from those upset with President Mwai Kibaki for his failure to limit any of his over-reaching presidential powers in the...

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News Japan to propose new resolution for Security Council bid
Japan to propose new resolution for Security Council bid
Jamie Sterling
August 18, 2005 01:57:00 pm

Japan announced plans Thursday to revise the so-called G-4 plan for expansion of the UN Security Council after the African Union rejected their previous proposal . The new plan will be presented to...

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News Nigerian Senate asks executive to abolish war crimes pact with US
Nigerian Senate asks executive to abolish war crimes pact with US
Jamie Sterling
August 18, 2005 01:32:00 pm

The Nigerian Senate has passed a resolution calling for the executive to abolish a pact made with the United States that said neither country will turn over suspected war criminals to the Hague's International Criminal...

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News Witness testifies that dogs bit Abu Ghraib detainees
Witness testifies that dogs bit Abu Ghraib detainees
Jamie Sterling
July 26, 2005 02:35:00 pm

A witness testified at a military Article 32 hearing Tuesday that dogs handled by two American soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison bit and injured two Iraqi detainees. Pvt. Ivan L. "Chip" Frederick II, who...

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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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