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News Former Qwest CEO sentenced to six years for insider trading
Former Qwest CEO sentenced to six years for insider trading
Michael Sung
July 27, 2007 02:27:00 pm

US District Judge Edward Nottingham Friday sentenced former Qwest Communications CEO Joseph Nacchio to six years in prison and ordered him to pay the maximum $19 million fine and forfeit of $52...

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EU accuses Intel of antitrust violations
Michael Sung
July 27, 2007 01:11:00 pm

The European Commission (EC) confirmed Friday that its Directorate General for Competition has sent a Statement of Objections (SO) to semiconductor manufacturing giant Intel , notifying the company that the EC believes it has abused its...

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News Former France PM charged in Sarkozy defamation campaign
Former France PM charged in Sarkozy defamation campaign
Michael Sung
July 27, 2007 12:05:00 pm

French magistrates have filed preliminary charges of "complicity in slanderous denunciations" against former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin , Villepin's lawyer said Friday. Villepin is accused of ordering a smear campaign against...

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News US, EU sign new agreement on passenger data-sharing
US, EU sign new agreement on passenger data-sharing
Michael Sung
July 27, 2007 11:29:00 am

The United States and the European Union Thursday signed an agreement on the regulation of trans-Atlantic airline passenger data-sharing , allowing the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to continue using...

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News Nigeria court sentences former state governor for corruption, money laundering
Nigeria court sentences former state governor for corruption, money laundering
Michael Sung
July 27, 2007 10:59:00 am

A Nigerian court sentenced former state governor Dieprieye Alamieyeseigha Thursday to a total of 12 years in prison after Alamieyeseigha pleaded guilty to six counts of corruption and money laundering. Alamieyeseigha, who governed the oil-rich Bayelsa state...

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Bush signs bill increasing national security review of foreign investments
Michael Sung
July 27, 2007 10:54:00 am

US President George W. Bush signed the Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007 Thursday, expanding the investigative scope of the Treasury Department's Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States...

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Australia drops UK car bomb terror charges against Haneef
Michael Sung
July 27, 2007 09:56:00 am

Australian Director of Public Prosecutions Damian Bugg ordered the dismissal of a terror charge against Dr. Mohammad Haneef Friday. Bugg said that after personally reviewing all materials in the case,...

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Former South Africa president denies knowledge of apartheid atrocities
Michael Sung
July 27, 2007 09:01:00 am

Former South Africa President F.W. de Klerk on Thursday denied having knowledge of or participating in crimes against opposition members while he was in office during the apartheid era, adding that South Africa should...

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FBI director contradicts Gonzales testimony on domestic spying program
Michael Sung
July 27, 2007 07:59:00 am

FBI Director Robert Mueller on Thursday contradicted testimony given by US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales earlier this week concerning a 2004 discussion of intelligence activities. Mueller testified before the House Judiciary Committee Thursday that there was dissent...

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FCC will not reinstate Fairness Doctrine: chairman
Leslie Schulman
July 26, 2007 08:44:00 pm

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will not reinstate the Fairness Doctrine, according to a letter released Thursday to Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) by FCC Chairman Kevin Martin. The Fairness Doctrine , under...

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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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