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News Colombia president restricts wiretapping following scandal
Colombia president restricts wiretapping following scandal
Christian Ehret
February 27, 2009 07:53:00 am

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Thursday ">announced that the Department of Administrative Security (DAS) will no longer be able to conduct wiretapping operations with just a court...

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News US Secretary of Homeland Security calls for review of workplace immigration raid
US Secretary of Homeland Security calls for review of workplace immigration raid
Christian Ehret
February 26, 2009 11:54:00 am

US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano has called for a review of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) workplace immigration raid that occurred in Bellingham, Washington on Tuesday. In a Wednesday...

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News Russia journalist murder suspects acquitted
Russia journalist murder suspects acquitted
Christian Ehret
February 20, 2009 09:03:00 am

The Moscow Military District Court on Friday acquitted three men suspected of being involved in the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya . The three men, Sergei Khadzhikurbanov and Dzhabrail and Ibragim Makhmudov, were released  after a...

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News Acquitted Yugoslavia ex-military officer sues Serbia over imprisonment
Acquitted Yugoslavia ex-military officer sues Serbia over imprisonment
Christian Ehret
February 20, 2009 08:02:00 am

Former Yugoslav National Army officer Miroslav Radic on Wednesday sued Serbia for the four years and six months he was detained during his trial by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) . Radic...

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News Iraq court postpones trial of shoe-throwing journalist
Iraq court postpones trial of shoe-throwing journalist
Christian Ehret
February 19, 2009 11:57:00 am

Judge Abdul-Amir al-Rubaie of the Central Criminal Court of Iraq (CCCI) on Thursday postponed the trial of Muntadar al-Zaidi , the Iraqi journalist accused of throwing his shoes at former US president...

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News Europe rights court rules Russia illegally deported US missionary
Europe rights court rules Russia illegally deported US missionary
Christian Ehret
February 16, 2009 10:49:00 am

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday ruled that the Russian government was guilty of infringing on US missionary Patrick Nolan's religious freedoms and other human rights by expelling...

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News Cambodia Khmer Rouge trials at risk from corruption before they start: report
Cambodia Khmer Rouge trials at risk from corruption before they start: report
Christian Ehret
February 13, 2009 09:08:00 am

The credibility of the Khmer Rouge trials in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) are at risk from political corruption and interference, according to a report [text, DOC; press...

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Fifth Circuit denies Enron ex-CEO petition for rehearing
Christian Ehret
February 13, 2009 07:49:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied Thursday a petition for an en banc rehearing by convicted former Enron Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Skilling . Skilling's petition followed a ruling [opinion, PDF;...

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News Rights researcher denies receiving secret Afghanistan data from UK military officer
Rights researcher denies receiving secret Afghanistan data from UK military officer
Christian Ehret
February 6, 2009 09:23:00 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) researcher Rachael Reid responded Friday to media accusations that she received secret information from British officer Lt. Col. Owen McNally, arrested this week on suspicion of leaking secret information...

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Bush immigration enforcement policies ineffective: FOIA documents
Christian Ehret
February 6, 2009 08:00:00 am

 US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) show that Bush administration immigration enforcement tactics were both overly-aggressive and ineffective, the Cardozo School...

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Biological Weapons Convention goes into force

On March 26, 1975, the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction went into force. Today, 162 countries have signed the Convention, pledging never "to develop, produce, stockpile or otherwise acquire or retain" biological weapons. Some signatory nations, however, have reserved the right to hold certain biological weapons for "prophylactic" purposes. Learn more about the UN Biological Weapons Convention.

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