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News Egypt military introduces interim constitution
Egypt military introduces interim constitution
Daniel Makosky
March 30, 2011 01:57:38 pm

The Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces on Wednesday unveiled an interim constitution that allows the council to retain control over the country until an elected government is installed. The document vests the military council with...

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News Dutch court orders ‘hate trial’ to go ahead over accused politician’s objections
Dutch court orders ‘hate trial’ to go ahead over accused politician’s objections
Ashley Hileman
March 30, 2011 12:53:54 pm

A panel of judges for the Amsterdam District Court on Wednesday ordered that the trial of right-wing Dutch politician Geert Wilders , on charges of making anti-Islamic statements, go ahead over...

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News Federal appeals court overturns release order for Yemeni Guantanamo detainee
Federal appeals court overturns release order for Yemeni Guantanamo detainee
Dan Taglioli
March 30, 2011 12:49:45 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday overturned a lower court's decision granting release to Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Uthman Abdul Rahim Mohammed Uthman. Uthman's 2004 habeas corpus petition...

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News Arizona governor outlaws abortions based on sex, race
Arizona governor outlaws abortions based on sex, race
Sarah Posner
March 30, 2011 12:39:41 pm

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Tuesday signed into law a bill outlawing abortions performed based on the sex or race of the fetus. Representative Steve Montenegro sponsored HB 2442 and HB 2443 ,...

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News Wisconsin judge clarifies ruling blocking union bargaining law
Wisconsin judge clarifies ruling blocking union bargaining law
Matt Glenn
March 30, 2011 09:06:01 am

A judge for Wisconsin's Dane County Circuit Court issued an order Tuesday prohibiting implementation of the state's new Budget Repair Bill . The order emphasizes that a temporary restraining order [JURIST...

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News Somaliland opens maximum security prison for pirates
Somaliland opens maximum security prison for pirates
Julia Zebley
March 30, 2011 08:28:28 am

Somaliland , an unrecognized independent region in northern Somalia , opened a maximum security prison for pirates on Tuesday. The prison, refurbished by a USD $1.5 million grant from...

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News Rwanda genocide tribunal sentences former mayor to life in prison
Rwanda genocide tribunal sentences former mayor to life in prison
Julia Zebley
March 30, 2011 07:24:12 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Tuesday sentenced Jean-Baptiste Gatete to life imprisonment, the highest sentence meted out by the ICTR, for his involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide [HRW backgrounder; JURIST news...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on Wal-Mart class action suit, witness tampering law
Supreme Court hears arguments on Wal-Mart class action suit, witness tampering law
Andrea Bottorff
March 29, 2011 02:49:23 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Wal-Mart v. Dukes , a gender discrimination class action lawsuit estimated to include more than 1.5 million women—the...

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News Nokia files new round of patent suits against Apple
Nokia files new round of patent suits against Apple
John Paul Putney
March 29, 2011 02:30:27 pm

Finnish telecommunications company Nokia announced Tuesday that it filed another complaint against Apple with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) in addition to a lawsuit filed in Delaware. Nokia's newest complaint...

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News UN prosecutors demand life sentence for ex-Yugoslav army chief
UN prosecutors demand life sentence for ex-Yugoslav army chief
Sarah Posner
March 29, 2011 12:43:30 pm

UN prosecutors on Tuesday demanded that ex-Yugoslav army chief Momcilo Perisic receive a life sentence for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Perisic is on trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)...

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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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