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DHS demands international consensus on cybersecurity
Julia Zebley
July 1, 2011 12:51:02 pm

US Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) Janet Napolitano on Friday criticized other nations for not advancing and embracing new technology, thus leaving themselves open to attacks from cyber-criminals. At an international security conference in...

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UN urges Texas to halt execution of Mexican national
Julia Zebley
July 1, 2011 11:16:15 am

Officials from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) appealed to Texas Governor Rick Perry Friday to stop the execution of Mexican national Humberto Leal Garcia [advocacy...

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News UN rights expert warns Greece austerity measures could harm basic human rights
UN rights expert warns Greece austerity measures could harm basic human rights
Zach Zagger
July 1, 2011 10:58:38 am

UN Office of the Commissioner on Human Rights Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights, Cephas Lumina, warned Greece that implementation of the latest batch of austerity measures to solve its economic crisis could...

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Russia court bans Scientology texts
Julia Zebley
July 1, 2011 10:12:34 am

A Shchyolkovo town court ruled Thursday that the main texts of Scientology, including What Is Scientology?, are "calls to extremist activity" and placed them on the Federal List of Extremist Materials , effectively...

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News Federal judge blocks South Dakota abortion law with 72-hour waiting period
Federal judge blocks South Dakota abortion law with 72-hour waiting period
Zach Zagger
July 1, 2011 08:57:57 am

A judge for the US District Court for the District of South Dakota issued a preliminary injunction Thursday blocking a South Dakota abortion regulation requiring a 72-hour waiting period. Judge Karen Shreier ruled...

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UN rights chief says Middle East revolutions show international desire for human rights
Julia Zebley
July 1, 2011 08:53:11 am

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Thursday that the recent wave of Middle East and North African protests and revolutions showed a basic need for human rights . Pillay recounted the efforts...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Congress set minimum federal sentences for drug offenders

On November 2, 1951, President Harry Truman signed the "Boggs Act" into law, setting minimum federal sentences for drug offenders.

Read Richard J. Bonnie and Charles Whitebread, The Forbidden Fruit and the Tree of Knowledge: An Inquiry Into the Legal History of American Marijuana Prohibition, 56 Virginia Law Review (1970).

Balfour Declaration issued

On November 2, 1917, British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour issued the United Kingdom's formal statement regarding Jewish people in Palestine. The Balfour Declaration was later endorsed by the World War I Allied Powers. It stated the British intention to support a national homeland for Jewish people and became a cornerstone of the Zionist movement.

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