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News Moussaoui sentencing defense continues with testimony from social worker
Moussaoui sentencing defense continues with testimony from social worker
Chris Buell
April 17, 2006 04:01:00 pm

A social worker testified Monday that convicted Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui led a troubled childhood and adolescence that ultimately led him to radical Islamic beliefs, although Moussaoui spurned the testimony as he was...

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Serbia investigating alleged war crimes by Kosovo rebels
Chris Buell
April 17, 2006 03:09:00 pm

A Serbian war crimes prosecutor on Monday announced an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by 10 Kosovo Albanian rebels during the 1999 conflict in the region. According to the announcement, three crimes involving two missing...

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News Supreme Court reverses 9th Circuit asylum decision, agrees to hear three cases
Supreme Court reverses 9th Circuit asylum decision, agrees to hear three cases
Chris Buell
April 17, 2006 02:09:00 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday issued a summary opinion in Gonzales v. Thomas, 05-552, holding that the 9th Circuit had prematurely decided the asylum claims of a South African family. The...

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News Turkish court drops state slander charges against 4 journalists
Turkish court drops state slander charges against 4 journalists
Chris Buell
April 11, 2006 11:40:00 am

A Turkish court on Tuesday dropped criminal charges against four journalists over reports critical of a court opinion last fall, but the court upheld charges against a fifth journalist. The court dismissed charges against the four because...

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Nepal police fire on pro-democracy protesters
Chris Buell
April 11, 2006 11:14:00 am

Police in Nepal fired on a crowd of pro-democracy protestors Tuesday, injuring at least 12, observers said. Reports said that protestors in Kathmandu marched from an area not covered by a curfew [JURIST...

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UN investigator says torture continues in Uzbekistan
Chris Buell
April 11, 2006 10:54:00 am

UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak has said that Uzbekistan authorities continue to use torture , particularly against those who oppose the government, noting that he has evidence of systematic...

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Judicial corruption major challenge for Indonesia, World Bank head says
Chris Buell
April 11, 2006 10:29:00 am

World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz said Tuesday that corruption of its judicial system is one of the largest challenges Indonesia faces in attracting more investment. Wolfowitz said cleaning up the courts would help the...

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Arizona lawmakers criticize immigration protests as attack on ‘rule of law’
Chris Buell
April 11, 2006 10:06:00 am

A series of speakers in the Arizona State Legislature offered stinging criticism in floor speeches Monday of demonstrators who marched in support of a chance for citizenship for illegal immigrants in the US. A group...

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CIA used private air carriers to hide rendition: Amnesty International report
Chris Buell
April 4, 2006 07:05:00 pm

The US Central Intelligence Agency hid its rendition of terrorism suspects to various foreign countries by using private air carriers and "front" companies, according to a new report released by...

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UK defense minister calls for changes to laws of war, review of Geneva Conventions
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April 4, 2006 10:54:00 am

British Defense Minister John Reid on Tuesday called for changes to the international rules of war, including the Geneva Conventions , in order to allow countries to better confront terrorism and other threats. In...

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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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