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News Pakistan police release ex-PM Bhutto from house arrest
Pakistan police release ex-PM Bhutto from house arrest
Mike Rosen-Molina
November 15, 2007 06:45:00 pm

The house arrest order against former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been lifted, Pakistani police said Thursday. Bhutto was placed under house arrest for seven days early Tuesday in an effort to block her...

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News France Constitutional Council approves DNA testing for immigrants
France Constitutional Council approves DNA testing for immigrants
Mike Rosen-Molina
November 15, 2007 05:56:00 pm

The Constitutional Council of France Thursday approved a controversial amendment to an immigration law that would allow voluntary DNA testing to establish family ties between recent immigrants and relatives already living in...

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News Opponents argue against UN death penalty moratorium
Opponents argue against UN death penalty moratorium
Mike Rosen-Molina
November 14, 2007 08:38:00 pm

Nations that support the use of the death penalty Wednesday criticized a UN draft resolution to impose a world-wide moratorium on the capital punishment. The UN Human Rights Committee is scheduled...

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News Wal-Mart ordered to pay attorney fees in Pennsylvania class action
Wal-Mart ordered to pay attorney fees in Pennsylvania class action
Mike Rosen-Molina
November 14, 2007 08:13:00 pm

A Philadelphia judge ruled that Wednesday that Wal-mart Inc. must pay attorney fees and other costs for a class of Wal-Mart employees that had brought suit against the retail giant for denying them payment...

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News US House passes bill to protect corporate attorney-client privilege
US House passes bill to protect corporate attorney-client privilege
Mike Rosen-Molina
November 14, 2007 12:09:00 pm

The US House of Representatives passed legislation by voice vote Tuesday that would ban federal prosecutors from threatening to prosecute corporations for refusing to turn over information protected by attorney-client privilege . The Attorney-Client Privilege Act...

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News CIA admits error in withholding interrogation tapes during Moussaoui trial
CIA admits error in withholding interrogation tapes during Moussaoui trial
Mike Rosen-Molina
November 13, 2007 07:55:00 pm

The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has admitted that it has several recorded interrogations of suspected "enemy combatants," contrary to previous assertions. According to a letter released Tuesday, the agency mistakenly denied in court declarations...

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News Commonwealth threatens to suspend Pakistan over emergency decree
Commonwealth threatens to suspend Pakistan over emergency decree
Mike Rosen-Molina
November 12, 2007 09:00:00 pm

The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) has threatened to suspend Pakistan from the Commonwealth if it does not end emergency rule by November 22. The group also called on Pakistan to release all detainees, restore the...

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News Japan parliament panel backs limited anti-terror bill
Japan parliament panel backs limited anti-terror bill
Mike Rosen-Molina
November 12, 2007 07:28:00 pm

A Japanese parliamentary committee Monday approved a controversial anti-terror bill re-authorizing Japan's support mission for US operations in the Indian Ocean. Under the bill, Japanese ships will be barred from refueling US ships involved in combat or humanitarian operations...

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News Arar lawyers urge federal appeals court to reinstate extraordinary rendition lawsuit
Arar lawyers urge federal appeals court to reinstate extraordinary rendition lawsuit
Mike Rosen-Molina
November 9, 2007 05:03:00 pm

Lawyers for Canadian citizen Maher Arar argued before a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that Arar should be allowed to revive his lawsuit against senior officials in...

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News European pilot, air crew released in Chad ‘Darfur orphans’ airlift case
European pilot, air crew released in Chad ‘Darfur orphans’ airlift case
Mike Rosen-Molina
November 9, 2007 04:06:00 pm

Three Spanish air crew and a Belgian pilot held in Chad in connection with a French charity's attempt to airlift 103 children alleged to be Darfur orphans were released Friday. Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos...

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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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