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News Sarkozy calls on EU to resolve reform treaty dispute
Sarkozy calls on EU to resolve reform treaty dispute
Devin Montgomery
July 10, 2008 11:04:00 am

French President Nicolas Sarkozy Thursday told the European Parliament that the European Union (EU) should quickly resolve conflicts over the proposed EU reform treaty , formally...

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News Philippines to investigate mining company for human rights abuses
Philippines to investigate mining company for human rights abuses
Andrew Gilmore
July 10, 2008 10:27:00 am

The Philippine Commission on Human Rights (CHR) announced Thursday that it will investigate Australian mining company Oceana Gold for possible human rights violations at the site of a planned gold and copper mine in Didipio,...

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News ICTY acquits Macedonia ex-interior minister of war crimes charges
ICTY acquits Macedonia ex-interior minister of war crimes charges
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 10, 2008 10:23:00 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Thursday acquitted Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boskovski of charges related to the deaths of seven ethnic Albanian civilians, but sentenced...

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News New documents show Canada knew of Khadr mistreatment
New documents show Canada knew of Khadr mistreatment
Deirdre Jurand
July 10, 2008 10:21:00 am

Lawyers for Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr released documents Wednesday indicating that the Canadian government knew he had been mistreated at the detention center before agents questioned him in 2004. The documents...

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News Russia: ICTY should be closed due to bias
Russia: ICTY should be closed due to bias
Devin Montgomery
July 10, 2008 08:45:00 am

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Thursday said the recent acquittal of Bosnian Muslim war crimes suspect Naser Oric by the International Criminal Tribunal for...

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News DOJ to revise corporate investigation guidelines
DOJ to revise corporate investigation guidelines
Deirdre Jurand
July 10, 2008 08:39:00 am

Officials for the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday that they will revise the Principles of Federal Prosecution of Business Organizations to no longer induce waivers of the attorney-client privilege and to limit what...

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News Federal appeals court orders hearing on death row inmate mental retardation claim
Federal appeals court orders hearing on death row inmate mental retardation claim
Kiely Lewandowski
July 10, 2008 07:43:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday ordered a federal court to hold an evidentiary hearing to consider whether a man sentenced to death for murder might be mentally retarded. After Michael Wayne...

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News NYC subway bomb plotter conviction affirmed on appeal
NYC subway bomb plotter conviction affirmed on appeal
Kiely Lewandowski
July 10, 2008 07:12:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Wednesday affirmed the conviction of a Pakistani man tried for conspiring to bomb a New York City subway station. On appeal, Shahawar Matin Siraj (Matin) argued...

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News Rwanda war crimes suspect arrested in Germany
Rwanda war crimes suspect arrested in Germany
Andrew Gilmore
July 9, 2008 03:17:00 pm

German border police arrested  Rwandan war crimes suspect Callixte Mbarushiman on Wednesday as he was preparing to travel to Russia. Mbarushimana, a Hutu, was an employee of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Rwanda during the the...

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News Ethics group files bar complaints against ex-DOJ officials for partisan hiring
Ethics group files bar complaints against ex-DOJ officials for partisan hiring
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 9, 2008 02:15:00 pm

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics (CREW) Monday filed bar complaints against two former US Department of Justice (DOJ) officials, alleging that Michael J. Elston and Esther Slater McDonald improperly considered...

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Biological Weapons Convention goes into force

On March 26, 1975, the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction went into force. Today, 162 countries have signed the Convention, pledging never "to develop, produce, stockpile or otherwise acquire or retain" biological weapons. Some signatory nations, however, have reserved the right to hold certain biological weapons for "prophylactic" purposes. Learn more about the UN Biological Weapons Convention.

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