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News Chinese Tiananmen Square protester released from jail
Chinese Tiananmen Square protester released from jail
Michael Sung
August 10, 2007 10:47:00 am

China has released a prisoner initially sentenced to death for burning debris during the 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests , the Hong Kong-based Information Center for Human Rights & Democracy reported Friday. Former construction worker Xi Haoliang,...

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News London transit bombing defendants plead not guilty
London transit bombing defendants plead not guilty
Michael Sung
August 10, 2007 10:01:00 am

Three men charged with conspiracy to cause explosions for their alleged involvement in the July 7, 2005 London transit bombings pleaded not guilty Friday. The defendants - Mohammed Shakil, Sadeer Saleem, and...

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News Padilla terror trial judge bars ‘defensive jihad’ defense
Padilla terror trial judge bars ‘defensive jihad’ defense
Michael Sung
August 10, 2007 09:27:00 am

US District Judge Marcia Cooke ruled Thursday that jurors in the terror trial of Jose Padilla and co-defendants Adham Amin Hassoun and Kifah Wael Jayyousi will not be able to consider the...

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News UK resident detained at Guantanamo Bay already cleared for release: Pentagon
UK resident detained at Guantanamo Bay already cleared for release: Pentagon
Michael Sung
August 10, 2007 08:38:00 am

The US Department of Defense has cleared for release one of the Guantanamo Bay detainees who was a legal resident in the UK before his detention, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs Sandy Hodgkinson...

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News Johnson & Johnson sues Red Cross for trademark infringement
Johnson & Johnson sues Red Cross for trademark infringement
Michael Sung
August 10, 2007 08:00:00 am

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) filed a civil lawsuit Wednesday against the American Red Cross (ARC) alleging that the ARC has been improperly licensing the red cross symbol for commercial purposes. ARC President...

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News Six more detainees transferred from Guantanamo Bay
Six more detainees transferred from Guantanamo Bay
Michael Sung
August 9, 2007 03:46:00 pm

Six more detainees have been transferred from Guantanamo Bay , the US Defense Department said Thursday. According to the DOD announcement , five detainees were transferred to Afghanistan and one was transferred to Bahrain [Reuters report; BNA...

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News DOD says 14 ‘high-value’ Guantanamo detainees are ‘enemy combatants’
DOD says 14 ‘high-value’ Guantanamo detainees are ‘enemy combatants’
Michael Sung
August 9, 2007 02:50:00 pm

The US Department of Defense (DOD) said Thursday that 14 "high-value" detainees have been designated as enemy combatants based on the recommendations of Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRT) . The detainees, including the alleged...

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News Charges dismissed against two US Marines in Haditha Iraqi civilian killings
Charges dismissed against two US Marines in Haditha Iraqi civilian killings
Michael Sung
August 9, 2007 02:08:00 pm

US Marine Corps Lt. Gen. James Mattis has dismissed all charges against Lance Cpl. Justine I. Sharratt and Capt. Randy W. Stone for their alleged roles in the killing and suspected cover-up of the death of 24...

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News Judge orders North Carolina to revisit execution protocol
Judge orders North Carolina to revisit execution protocol
Michael Sung
August 9, 2007 01:21:00 pm

A North Carolina judge ruled Thursday that the North Carolina Council of State, comprised of Gov. Mike Easley and nine elected state officials, improperly approved new execution protocols in February as a part of their effort to...

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News Bosnia war crimes court enters not guilty plea for Bosnian Serb defendant on hunger strike
Bosnia war crimes court enters not guilty plea for Bosnian Serb defendant on hunger strike
Michael Sung
August 9, 2007 12:25:00 pm

The War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina entered a plea of not guilty for Bosnian Serb Milrod Trbic Thursday because Trbic failed to appear in court...

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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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