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News Russia prosecutors appeal acquittal of Politkovskaya murder suspects
Russia prosecutors appeal acquittal of Politkovskaya murder suspects
Tarah Park
February 27, 2009 12:16:00 pm

Russia's Prosecutor General's Office on Friday appealed the acquittal of three Chechen men accused of involvement in the killing of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya . The decision to appeal the ruling...

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News Cambodia tribunal subject of anti-corruption talks
Cambodia tribunal subject of anti-corruption talks
Tarah Park
February 23, 2009 01:43:00 pm

UN assistant secretary general for legal affairs Peter Taksoe-Jensen stated Monday that significant progress was made during discussions of corruption alleged to exist in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) [official website;...

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News Rights group calls for arms embargo on Israel and Hamas
Rights group calls for arms embargo on Israel and Hamas
Tarah Park
February 23, 2009 12:43:00 pm

Human rights group Amnesty International (AI) on Monday called for the UN to place an arms embargo on Israel and Hamas, responding to the UN's report that both parties used foreign-supplied weapons during the recent...

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News Europe rights court orders UK to compensate illegally detained Muslim cleric
Europe rights court orders UK to compensate illegally detained Muslim cleric
Tarah Park
February 19, 2009 12:10:00 pm

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday ordered the UK to pay £2,500 in damages to Islamic cleric Abu Qataba after determining that he was imprisoned by...

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News UK Guantanamo detainee medically cleared for potential release
UK Guantanamo detainee medically cleared for potential release
Tarah Park
February 16, 2009 12:14:00 pm

UK resident and Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed was found by British authorities on Sunday to be healthy enough to return to the UK if the US government acquiesces to the...

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Romania must increase anti-corruption efforts: EC
Tarah Park
February 13, 2009 01:44:00 pm

The European Commission (EC) on Thursday reported that Romania has not made sufficient progress in its anti-corruption campaign since its accession to the European Union (EU) two years ago. The EC's report commended...

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ICTR begins contempt trial of former defense investigator
Tarah Park
February 9, 2009 12:55:00 pm

Former Rwandan defense investigator Léonidas Nshogoza went on trial Monday at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) . Nshogoza was arrested in June 2007 for allegedly bribing witnesses, fabricating evidence, and "interfering with the...

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News Europe must help US close Guantanamo: UK ex-AG Goldsmith
Europe must help US close Guantanamo: UK ex-AG Goldsmith
Tarah Park
February 9, 2009 12:06:00 pm

Former British attorney general Peter Goldsmith on Monday urged  the UK and other European states to create an "international coalition" to assist the US in closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility as soon as possible. Goldsmith said...

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News State Department to negotiate Russia nuclear arms reduction treaty
State Department to negotiate Russia nuclear arms reduction treaty
Tarah Park
February 6, 2009 01:05:00 pm

US State Department spokesperson Robert Wood said Wednesday that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has told Congress that she intends to begin preliminary negotiations with Russia on a new treaty that would...

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News Sudan official again calls for UN to delay Bashir ICC indictment
Sudan official again calls for UN to delay Bashir ICC indictment
Tarah Park
February 6, 2009 11:57:00 am

Sudan reissued a request to the UN Security Council Thursday to delay for one year war crimes charges against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for alleged genocide in Darfur. International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis...

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Convention on Psychotropic Substances signed

On February 21, 1971, the United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances was signed in Vienna, Austria. The Convention was promulgated to regulate psychotropic drugs, extending the 1961 U.N. Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, which applied to cannabis-, cocoa-, and opium-based drugs. In 1988, the U.N. Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances was promulgated to address international drug manufacture, possession, and distribution, primarily in organized crime.

175 nations are now parties to the Convention. Member nations have implemented the Convention in the form of domestic laws such as the U.S. Psychotropic Substances Act, the U.K. Misuse of Drugs Act, and the Canadian Controlled Substances Act.

Former Nixon AG Mitchell sentenced to prison for Watergate

On February 21, 1975, former US Attorney General John Mitchell, Nixon Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman and domestic adviser John Ehrlichman were sentenced to prison terms of 2 1/2 to 8 years for obstructing justice in the Watergate affair.

Learn more about John Mitchell from the Washington Post.

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