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News Getty Museum reaches agreement to return looted Italy antiquities
Getty Museum reaches agreement to return looted Italy antiquities
Michael Sung
August 1, 2007 01:37:00 pm

Getty Museum Director Dr. Michael Brand and the Italian Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities Francesco Rutelli Wednesday announced an agreement to return 40 allegedly looted Italian artifacts [press release; list of objects,...

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News Haneef may still face bomb plot charges: Australia police chief
Haneef may still face bomb plot charges: Australia police chief
Michael Sung
August 1, 2007 11:44:00 am

Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty Wednesday indicated that the Australian Federal Police (AFP) investigation of Dr. Mohammad Haneef was "far from complete," adding that the AFP may still submit a new brief of...

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News Padilla lawyers not planning to call witnesses
Padilla lawyers not planning to call witnesses
Michael Sung
August 1, 2007 11:06:00 am

Lawyers representing Jose Padilla indicated Tuesday that they are not expecting to present a defense case, telling presiding US District Judge Marcia Cooke that the defense will not call any witnesses. Jurors have been...

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News US judges reject appeal of federal supervision of California prisons
US judges reject appeal of federal supervision of California prisons
Michael Sung
August 1, 2007 10:47:00 am

Two federal district judges separately rejected a bid by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to appeal rulings ordering the federal supervision of California's overcrowded prison system Tuesday, ruling that while California may appeal...

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News Vietnam ex-officials on trial on bribery, gambling charges
Vietnam ex-officials on trial on bribery, gambling charges
Michael Sung
August 1, 2007 10:45:00 am

Nine defendants, including three former Vietnamese government officials, accused of involvement in organized gambling and bribery went on trial Wednesday before the Hanoi People's Court. Bui Tien Dung, a former project management head in the Ministry of Transportation [official...

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News Saudi Arabia court drops charges against police involved in detainee death
Saudi Arabia court drops charges against police involved in detainee death
Michael Sung
August 1, 2007 10:16:00 am

A Saudi Arabian court dismissed charges against three members of the country's religious police force and a police officer implicated in the death of detainee Ahmed al-Bulaiwi, a relative of the deceased said Tuesday. The religious police, also known...

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News EU justice commissioner calls for single EU prosecutor
EU justice commissioner calls for single EU prosecutor
Michael Sung
August 1, 2007 09:26:00 am

EU Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security Franco Frattini is moving forward with plans to create a single European Union prosecutor and strengthen the the EU's prosecutorial body Eurojust , according to an interview with EUobserver...

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News Rights group urges Mexico investigation of Oaxaca uprising response
Rights group urges Mexico investigation of Oaxaca uprising response
Michael Sung
August 1, 2007 08:48:00 am

Amnesty International Tuesday urged the Mexican government to initiate a probe into alleged abuses by government authorities during the 2006 uprising in the Mexican state of Oaxaca , saying that "ensuring that impunity...

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News Pakistan president accepts chief justice reinstatement
Pakistan president accepts chief justice reinstatement
Michael Sung
August 1, 2007 08:24:00 am

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said publicly Tuesday that he has accepted the judgment of the judiciary to reinstate Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry , adding that the "four pillars" of democratic society consisting of...

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Egypt court refuses to consider release of opposition leader on medical grounds
Michael Sung
August 1, 2007 07:56:00 am

An Egyptian court rejected a petition from jailed opposition leader Ayman Nour for early release on medical grounds Tuesday, saying that evidence submitted by Nour failed to prove that his medical condition was life...

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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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