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News Iran executes 2 for post-election violence, 9 others sentenced to death
Iran executes 2 for post-election violence, 9 others sentenced to death
Bhargav Katikanen
January 28, 2010 10:19:00 am

Two Iranians were executed Thursday and nine others have been sentenced to death for their roles in last summer's post-election protests , according to the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) ....

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France president calls for stronger global banking regulations
Bhargav Katikanen
January 28, 2010 09:12:00 am

French President Nicolas Sarkozy called Wednesday for strong banking regulations to restore the "moral dimensions" of capitalism. Speaking at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in...

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News North Korea holding 200,000 political prisoners: report
North Korea holding 200,000 political prisoners: report
Bhargav Katikanen
January 21, 2010 10:32:00 am

The North Korean government is holding approximately 200,000 dissidents in six prison camps spread throughout the country, according to a report released Wednesday by the South Korean government's National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK)...

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News Italy senate approves trial time limit bill that could dismiss Berlusconi charges
Italy senate approves trial time limit bill that could dismiss Berlusconi charges
Bhargav Katikanen
January 21, 2010 09:11:00 am

The Italian Senate approved a bill Wednesday that aims to shorten the trial and appeals process by putting strict time limits on its duration. The legislation would limit the three...

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News Afghan parliament backs Karzai justice nominee but again rejects most others
Afghan parliament backs Karzai justice nominee but again rejects most others
Bhargav Katikanen
January 16, 2010 11:48:00 am

The Wolesi Jirga , Afghanistan's lower house of Parliament, Saturday narrowly approved Habibullah Galib as the country's new Minister of Justice but overall rejected 10 of President Hamid Karzai's 17 nominees...

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US releases names of Bagram detainees
Bhargav Katikanen
January 16, 2010 10:36:00 am

US Department of Defense officials Friday released the names of prisoners held at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, in response to a Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by the...

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Mongolia president suspends death penalty
Bhargav Katikanen
January 14, 2010 10:10:00 am

Mongolian President Elbegdorj Tsakhia announced Thursday that he would suspend the death penalty and commute the sentences of all prisoners currently on death row to 30 years in prison. In a lengthy...

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News Haiti inmates escape collapsed central prison in earthquake aftermath
Haiti inmates escape collapsed central prison in earthquake aftermath
Bhargav Katikanen
January 14, 2010 09:04:00 am

A UN spokesperson acknowledged Wednesday that Haiti's main prison in the capital Port-au-Prince collapsed in Tuesday's earthquake, and many of the inmates have escaped. As US President Barack Obama sent thousands of troops to help with the...

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Federal judge orders DOJ to release Cheney CIA leak interview documents
Bhargav Katikanen
October 3, 2009 10:06:00 am

A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday ordered the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to release some files from its interview with former...

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Iran leader denies violation of nuclear agreement
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September 26, 2009 10:40:00 am

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Saturday denied that Iran had broken nuclear development regulations in respect to a newly-disclosed nuclear facility, insisting that the applicable disclosure rules only require notice six months before nuclear material...

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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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