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News Haiti judge orders release of 8 US missionaries charged with kidnapping
Haiti judge orders release of 8 US missionaries charged with kidnapping
Bhargav Katikanen
February 18, 2010 08:15:00 am

A Haitian judge on Wednesday ordered the release of eight of the 10 US missionaries held in a Haitian jail on kidnapping charges in the wake of the January 12 earthquake . Eight of the...

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News Myanmar frees opposition vice-chairman from 6-year house arrest
Myanmar frees opposition vice-chairman from 6-year house arrest
Bhargav Katikanen
February 13, 2010 11:24:00 am

The government of Myanmar released 82-year old democracy activist U Tin Oo from six years of house arrest on Friday, just days before UN special envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana is to visit the...

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News Supreme Court seeks guidance on Uighur case after Swiss transfer announcement
Supreme Court seeks guidance on Uighur case after Swiss transfer announcement
Bhargav Katikanen
February 13, 2010 10:32:00 am

The US Supreme Court Friday ordered the Obama administration and lawyers for Chinese Uighurs detained at Guantanamo Bay to file briefs explaining how Switzerland's decision to accept two Uighurs as refugees...

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News EU blocks agreement to share financial information with US
EU blocks agreement to share financial information with US
Bhargav Katikanen
February 11, 2010 10:14:00 am

The European Parliament voted 378-196 Thursday to nullify an interim agreement between European Union (EU) member states and the US that gave American counter-terrorism officials access to the financial information of European citizens. The agreement...

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News China appeals court upholds 11-year sentence for pro-democracy activist
China appeals court upholds 11-year sentence for pro-democracy activist
Bhargav Katikanen
February 11, 2010 08:29:00 am

A Chinese appeals court on Thursday upheld the 11-year prison sentence for democracy activist Liu Xiaobo , despite calls for his release from US and European Union (EU) officials. Liu was tried in...

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News UN chief unsure whether Israeli, Palestinian war crimes reports meet UN mandate
UN chief unsure whether Israeli, Palestinian war crimes reports meet UN mandate
Bhargav Katikanen
February 5, 2010 08:07:00 am

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said Thursday that it is unclear whether Israel and Palestine have fully met UN demands to set up a commission to investigate war crimes that may occurred during the...

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News Iraq government denounces ruling allowing alleged Baathists to run for office
Iraq government denounces ruling allowing alleged Baathists to run for office
Bhargav Katikanen
February 4, 2010 10:22:00 am

Spokesperson for Iraq's Shi'ite government Ali Al-Dabbagh said Thursday that a decision by an appeals court to allow candidates with suspected ties to the outlawed Baath party to run for office is illegal...

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News Holder defends decision to try attempted plane bombing suspect in federal court
Holder defends decision to try attempted plane bombing suspect in federal court
Bhargav Katikanen
February 4, 2010 09:07:00 am

US Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday defended his decision to charge suspected terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab , the so-called Christmas Day bomber, in US federal court. Holder, who has resisted calls from...

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News France PM asks high court for help in drafting burqa ban
France PM asks high court for help in drafting burqa ban
Bhargav Katikanen
January 30, 2010 11:55:00 am

French Prime Minister Francois Fillon has asked the country's highest court, the State Council , for input on implementing a proposed law that would ban public wearing of the burqa,...

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Vivendi found liable for securities fraud
Bhargav Katikanen
January 30, 2010 10:32:00 am

A jury in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York Friday found giant French entertainment corporation Vivendi SA liable on 57 counts of violating US federal securities laws....

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Georgia became first US state to ban lynching

On December 20, 1893, Georgia became the first state in the Union to pass a law against lynching, making the act punishable by four years in prison. The statute was not particularly effective—read the text of the 1899 pamphlet Lynch Law in Georgia by anti-lynching activist Ida Wells-Barnett.

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On December 20, 1988, the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances was signed in Vienna, Austria. The treaty provides mechanisms for international coordination in preventing the manufacture and distribution of drugs worldwide. Over 170 countries have signed the treaty to date.

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