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News UK appeals court reduces bomb plotter sentence
UK appeals court reduces bomb plotter sentence
Michael Sung
May 16, 2007 10:50:00 am

A panel of three judges on the London Court of Appeal Criminal Division reduced the sentence of convicted bomb plotter Dhiren Barot from a minimum of 40 years to life to 30 years to life Wednesday because...

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News Madrid train bombings suspects on hunger strike
Madrid train bombings suspects on hunger strike
Michael Sung
May 16, 2007 10:33:00 am

Nine defendants in the 2004 Madrid train bombings trial indicated in court Wednesday that they have begun a hunger strike, joining four other defendants who initiated the hunger strike last Thursday. The thirteen defendants are among...

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News Gonzales rebuked by law school classmates
Gonzales rebuked by law school classmates
Michael Sung
May 16, 2007 10:08:00 am

Fifty-six former Harvard Law School classmates of US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales have signed an open letter published Tuesday, rebuking Gonzales for his "failure to stand for the rule of law" and failure at...

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News EU cracking down on employers of illegal immigrants
EU cracking down on employers of illegal immigrants
Michael Sung
May 16, 2007 09:16:00 am

Legislation proposed Wednesday by the European Commission will seek to decrease incentives for employers to hire illegal immigrants , threatening fines, closing of businesses, and possibly jail time for those that partake in human trafficking...

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News Cambodia genocide judges meeting again to finalize internal rules
Cambodia genocide judges meeting again to finalize internal rules
Michael Sung
May 16, 2007 08:38:00 am

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) announced Wednesday that the UN-supported Khmer Rouge genocide tribunal will meet for two weeks beginning May 31 to resolve remaining disputes between Cambodian and international judges concerning the...

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Colombia minister admits illegal wiretapping program
Michael Sung
May 16, 2007 07:57:00 am

Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos acknowledged Tuesday the existence of an illegal police wiretapping program that had targeted journalists, members of the opposition and government, but insisted that Colombian President Alvaro Uribe [official profile,...

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Serbia war crimes prosecutor hints at progress in Mladic search
Michael Sung
May 15, 2007 03:19:00 pm

Vladimir Vukcevic , war crimes prosecutor of Serbia, told reporters Tuesday that the search for former Bosnian Serb military chief and UN-indicted war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic "has not stopped for even...

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News Iran judiciary says Iranian-American scholar arrested for ‘security’ reasons
Iran judiciary says Iranian-American scholar arrested for ‘security’ reasons
Michael Sung
May 15, 2007 02:50:00 pm

Prominent Iranian-American scholar Dr. Haleh Esfandiari is being held and investigated by the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and National Security for "security" crimes, a spokesperson for Iran's judiciary said Tuesday. The spokesman did not provide...

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News White House pressed Ashcroft to recertify NSA surveillance program: ex-deputy AG
White House pressed Ashcroft to recertify NSA surveillance program: ex-deputy AG
Michael Sung
May 15, 2007 02:06:00 pm

Former US Deputy Attorney General James Comey testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday that in March 2004, in response to Comey's reservations about reauthorizing the controversial warrantless domestic surveillance program , then-White House...

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Lebanon PM asks UN Security Council to unilaterally create Hariri tribunal
Michael Sung
May 15, 2007 02:02:00 pm

Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon Monday, formally requesting that the UN Security Council establish an ad hoc tribunal to investigate and try suspects in the February...

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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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