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News US expresses tentative support for international climate treaty
US expresses tentative support for international climate treaty
Devin Montgomery
March 29, 2009 03:59:00 pm

US Special Envoy on Climate Change Todd Stern said Sunday that the country was committed to the creation of an international treaty designed to combat global warming , but that such efforts would only succeed...

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News US interrogation tactics were torture: former State Department lawyer
US interrogation tactics were torture: former State Department lawyer
Devin Montgomery
March 29, 2009 03:03:00 pm

Former US State Department (DOS) lawyer Vijay Padmanabhan criticized the administration of former president George W. Bush for approving the use of extreme interrogation techniques against terrorism suspects, in an interview with the...

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News Israel removes prisoner privileges in bid to put pressure on Hamas
Israel removes prisoner privileges in bid to put pressure on Hamas
Lucas Tanglen
March 29, 2009 12:08:00 pm

The Israeli Cabinet voted in a meeting Sunday to deny Hamas prisoners privileges not required by law, such as education, entertainment and some visitation. The move, recommended by Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann [official profile; JURIST...

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News US, Yemen should allow ‘meaningful legal process’ in Guantanamo repatriation: HRW
US, Yemen should allow ‘meaningful legal process’ in Guantanamo repatriation: HRW
Lucas Tanglen
March 29, 2009 10:18:00 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called Sunday for the US and Yemen to agree on a repatriation plan that provides "meaningful legal process" for the nearly 100 Yemeni detainees still at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news...

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News Pakistan forms parliamentary panel to review key constitutional provisions
Pakistan forms parliamentary panel to review key constitutional provisions
Andrew Gilmore
March 28, 2009 02:47:00 pm

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari Saturday announced the formation of a parliamentary committee to examine the revision of key terms of the Pakistan Constitution . The revisions would include the elimination of the controversial...

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News Spain judge weighing probe of US lawyers who promoted Guantanamo: reports
Spain judge weighing probe of US lawyers who promoted Guantanamo: reports
Andrew Gilmore
March 28, 2009 01:58:00 pm

Crusading Spanish judge Baltazar Garzon has asked prosecutors to examine the US lawyers reportedly behind the establishment of the Guantanamo Bay detention center, Spanish media reported Saturday. Garzon's request...

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News Syria security court resumption  troubling: HRW
Syria security court resumption troubling: HRW
Steve Czajkowski
March 28, 2009 10:59:00 am

Humans Rights Watch (HRW) Friday criticized the resumption of activities by Syria's Supreme State Security Court (SSSC), and called for its dissolution. HRW called the court's activities a violation of the right to a fair trial...

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News Federal judge sets timetable for release of reports on CIA tapes destruction
Federal judge sets timetable for release of reports on CIA tapes destruction
Steve Czajkowski
March 28, 2009 10:01:00 am

A judge in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Friday ordered the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to release reports on the destruction of 92 videotapes of...

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News Federal judge sets date for Enron ex-CEO resentencing, rules for victim testimony
Federal judge sets date for Enron ex-CEO resentencing, rules for victim testimony
Andrew Gilmore
March 27, 2009 03:09:00 pm

A judge in the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas issued an order Friday setting a July 30 date for the resentencing of former Enron Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey...

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UN rights body condemns Myanmar for violations, extends investigation
Adrienne Lester
March 27, 2009 02:03:00 pm

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Friday passed a resolution condemning Myanmar for human rights violations and calling on the military junta to desist from politically motivated arrests and release nearly 2,100 political prisoners,...

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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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