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News Argentina congress approves pact with Iran to probe community center bombing
Argentina congress approves pact with Iran to probe community center bombing
Julie Deisher-Edwards
February 28, 2013 10:58:06 am

The National Congress of Argentina on Thursday approved an agreement with Iran to investigate the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. Argentinian courts have long accused Iran of sponsoring the attack...

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Canada Supreme Court upholds hate speech laws
Julie Deisher-Edwards
February 28, 2013 10:04:55 am

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Wednesday that limitations on free speech with regards to hate speech are constitutionally valid. Under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms , every Canadian is entitled to "freedom of...

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News Zimbabwe urged to respect human rights in advance of constitutional referendum
Zimbabwe urged to respect human rights in advance of constitutional referendum
Addison Morris
February 28, 2013 08:07:03 am

Three UN independent human rights experts on Wednesday urged the government of Zimbabwe to respect international human rights including privacy and freedom of association, in light of growing hostility toward civil society organizations. In the...

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News Supreme Court rules on securities fraud statute of limitations
Supreme Court rules on securities fraud statute of limitations
Julia Zebley
February 28, 2013 07:12:49 am

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Gabelli v. Securities and Exchange Commission that the statute of limitations under 28 USC § 2462 begins tolling when the fraud occurs, not when it...

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Supreme Court hears arguments on Voting Rights Act
Michael Haggerson
February 27, 2013 03:58:28 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Shelby County v Holder to determine whether Congress exceeded its authority when it renewed Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act...

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Supreme Court permits shareholder class action lawsuit
Jerry Votava
February 27, 2013 03:18:40 pm

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday decided in Amgen, Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds to permit a class action lawsuit by shareholders against Amgen , a biotechnology company. The...

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Mexico president signs major education reform law
Brandon Gatto
February 27, 2013 02:59:25 pm

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Monday signed into law the country's most expansive education reforms in seven decades. In a deal reached by Nieto's Institutional Revolutionary Party (IRP) and two...

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UN rights expert calls for investigation into death of Palestine prisoner
Matthew Pomy
February 27, 2013 01:45:29 pm

The UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Richard Falk called Wednesday on the international community to investigate the death of Palestinian Prisoner Arafat Jaradat. Jaradat died while in interrogations at an Israeli...

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Businesses back same-sex marriage in briefs to Supreme Court
Cynthia Miley
February 27, 2013 01:25:24 pm

Businesses, cities, and other organizations filed two amicus curiae briefs with the US Supreme Court Tuesday in support of same-sex marriage . The groups urged the court to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)...

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Arkansas governor vetoes bill banning abortions after 20 weeks
Cynthia Miley
February 27, 2013 12:41:09 pm

Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe on Tuesday vetoed the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act which would have banned all abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy except in cases of rape, incest or...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

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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