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News Relatives of US engineer convicted of China spying plead guilty
Relatives of US engineer convicted of China spying plead guilty
Gabriel Haboubi
June 5, 2007 04:08:00 pm

Three relatives of a Chinese-American engineer convicted earlier this year of conspiring to smuggle sensitive naval intelligence data to China have pleaded guilty to related charges as part of a plea...

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News Thailand interim government ends ban on political activities
Thailand interim government ends ban on political activities
Michael Sung
June 5, 2007 03:18:00 pm

Thailand's interim-government Monday lifted a ban on political activities that had been in place since the 2006 bloodless coup , which will allow the dissolved political party Thai Rak Thai (TRT) [official website, in...

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News South Africa court: prosecutors may seek Mauritius documents on Zuma meetings
South Africa court: prosecutors may seek Mauritius documents on Zuma meetings
Gabriel Haboubi
June 5, 2007 02:55:00 pm

The Durban High Court in South Africa granted an execution order Tuesday allowing the country's National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to seek documents obtained by the Mauritius government which are believed to evidence...

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News California gender-neutral marriage bill [CA State Assembly]
California gender-neutral marriage bill [CA State Assembly]
June 5, 2007 02:20:00 pm

Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act , passed by the California State Assembly, June 5, 2007 . Read the full text of the bill. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

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News Alleged US head of Sri Lankan terrorist group pleads not guilty to charges
Alleged US head of Sri Lankan terrorist group pleads not guilty to charges
Michael Sung
June 5, 2007 12:07:00 pm

Karunakaran Kandasamy, the alleged director of the American branch of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) , and four other defendants pleaded not in US federal court guilty Monday to charges of providing material support...

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News Libby sentenced to 30 months in prison for blocking CIA leak probe
Libby sentenced to 30 months in prison for blocking CIA leak probe
Michael Sung
June 5, 2007 11:58:00 am

US District Judge Reggie B. Walton sentenced former vice-presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby to 30 months in prison Tuesday for his conviction on two counts of perjury, one count...

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News Pakistan police file complaint against journalists protesting media controls
Pakistan police file complaint against journalists protesting media controls
Michael Sung
June 5, 2007 11:32:00 am

Pakistani police Tuesday issued a "preliminary complaint" against approximately 200 journalists, opposition party members and pro-democracy activists who demonstrated outside the Pakistan parliament building Monday evening protesting an emergency media ordinance in defiance of a government ban on unauthorized...

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News UN rights investigators must remain independent: Chile president
UN rights investigators must remain independent: Chile president
Michael Sung
June 5, 2007 10:49:00 am

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet urged members of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to adopt measures to ensure the independence of UNHRC investigators . Speaking during a special UNHRC...

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News Hamdan military commission charges dismissal [OMC]
Hamdan military commission charges dismissal [OMC]
June 5, 2007 10:43:00 am

United States of America v. Salim Ahmed Hamdan, Guantanamo Bay Military Commission, June 4, 2007 . Read the full text of the decision . Reported in JURIST's...

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Khadr military commission charges dismissal [OMC]
June 5, 2007 10:41:00 am

United States of America v. Ohmar Ahmed Khadr, Guantanamo Bay Military Commission, June 4, 2007 . Read the full text of the decision . Reported in JURIST's...

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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 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, which applied to cannabis-, cocoa-, and opium-based drugs. In 1988, the UN 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 US Psychotropic Substances Act, the UK Misuse of Drugs Act, and the Canadian Controlled Drugs and 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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