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News Military, detainee lawyers clash on number of Gitmo hunger strikers
Military, detainee lawyers clash on number of Gitmo hunger strikers
Kate Heneroty
September 20, 2005 09:34:00 am

A lawyer for 11 detainees held at Guantanamo Bay says that 90 percent of the 505 prison camp detainees are participating in a hunger strike in "varying degrees," while US military officials have said...

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News Ex-Bush administration official charged with obstructing Abramoff investigation
Ex-Bush administration official charged with obstructing Abramoff investigation
Kate Heneroty
September 20, 2005 08:53:00 am

David Safavian , a former Bush administration official who served as the chief of staff of the General Services Administration (GSA) and until Friday served as the administration's top procurement official in...

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News Election commission recommends overhaul of US election system
Election commission recommends overhaul of US election system
Kate Heneroty
September 19, 2005 10:48:00 am

The private Commission on Federal Election Reform , a 21-member bipartisan panel headed by former US President Jimmy Carter and former Secretary of State James Baker , recommended Monday that widespread changes be made to...

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News Trial of army recruiting protestors begins in federal court
Trial of army recruiting protestors begins in federal court
Kate Heneroty
September 19, 2005 10:13:00 am

Four protestors who threw blood on the walls of an army recruitment office in 2003 will face trial in a federal court in Monday on charges of damaging government property and conspiracy to impede an officer of...

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News Israel presses UK to restrict private war crimes lawsuits
Israel presses UK to restrict private war crimes lawsuits
Kate Heneroty
September 19, 2005 09:38:00 am

Israeli officials announced Sunday that they will urge Britain to restrict laws which allow private war crimes suits to be filed against foreign citizens. The request was prompted by an incident last week where Doron Almog, former commander of...

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News Nepal high court orders anti-graft committee to explain ex-PM’s incarceration
Nepal high court orders anti-graft committee to explain ex-PM’s incarceration
Kate Heneroty
September 19, 2005 08:59:00 am

The Supreme Court of Nepal ordered Sunday that the Royal Commission for Corruption Control, under the control of King Gyanendra , explain the detention of former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba within...

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News Afghans flex voting rights; polls close with little violence
Afghans flex voting rights; polls close with little violence
Kate Heneroty
September 18, 2005 11:57:00 am

Afghans voted in their first parliamentary elections in decades Sunday, without the significant violence feared by officials . Anti-government Taliban fighters had agreed not to attack civilian voters, but warned people to stay away from areas...

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News Gitmo hunger strike unsettling senior US commanders
Gitmo hunger strike unsettling senior US commanders
Kate Heneroty
September 18, 2005 11:05:00 am

Widespread hunger strikes at the US military prison camp at Guantanamo Bay are troubling senior US commanders and presenting serious challenges in managing the detainees, the New York Times reported Sunday. As many as 200 detainees...

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News Iran hints Security Council referral will prompt uranium enrichment
Iran hints Security Council referral will prompt uranium enrichment
Kate Heneroty
September 18, 2005 10:00:00 am

Iran cautioned the International Atomic Energy Agency Sunday that a referral to the UN Security Council may encourage Tehran to begin uranium enrichment. Iran broke seals at a uranium...

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Chile enacts new democratic constitution
Kate Heneroty
September 18, 2005 09:55:00 am

Chilean President Ricardo Lagos enacted a new constitution for his country Saturday designed to improve the nation's democratic system. Chile's previous constitution was approved in a controversial referendum in 1980 under the military rule...

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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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