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News Canada military charges soldier with murder of Afghan citizen
Canada military charges soldier with murder of Afghan citizen
Christian Ehret
January 3, 2009 05:23:00 pm

The Canadian Forces National Investigation Service (CFNIS) on Friday charged Captain Robert Semrau with second-degree murder in the killing of an Afghan citizen. Semrau is specifically charged under the National Defense Act with shooting,...

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News Vietnam newspaper editors dismissed for protesting arrests of reporters
Vietnam newspaper editors dismissed for protesting arrests of reporters
Christian Ehret
January 1, 2009 06:36:00 pm

Vietnamese newspaper editors Le Hoang and Nguyen Cong Khe have been dismissed from their jobs at the Tuoi Tre and Thanh Nien newspapers after protesting the arrests of two journalists working for their...

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News Roberts presses calls for judicial pay raises in 2008 report
Roberts presses calls for judicial pay raises in 2008 report
Christian Ehret
January 1, 2009 09:24:00 am

US Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. pressed his call for raises for federal judges in his 2008 year-end report on the federal judiciary, released Wednesday. Roberts compared the $6.8 billion allocated to the federal...

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News Australia to consider accepting released Guantanamo prisoners
Australia to consider accepting released Guantanamo prisoners
Christian Ehret
December 27, 2008 05:22:00 pm

A spokesman for Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Saturday that Australia would be willing to consider acceptance of Guantanamo Bay detainees on a case-by-case basis, according to a report in The...

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News Russian prosecutors indict Berezovsky on fraud, money laundering charges
Russian prosecutors indict Berezovsky on fraud, money laundering charges
Christian Ehret
November 25, 2008 12:07:00 pm

Russia's Prosecutor General's Office on Tuesday announced the indictment of exiled business tycoon Boris Berezovsky for fraud and money laundering. The charges, filed under the Russian Criminal Code...

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News Felons seeking pardons before Bush leaves office: report
Felons seeking pardons before Bush leaves office: report
Christian Ehret
November 24, 2008 01:43:00 pm

Many convicted felons, including several well-known figures, are seeking clemency from US President George W. Bush before he leaves office, according to a Washington Post report Monday. Among those said to have applied are financier Michael Milken [Forbes profile;...

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News Retired top military officers call for repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy
Retired top military officers call for repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy
Christian Ehret
November 18, 2008 12:01:00 pm

Over 100 retired admirals and generals of the United States military called Monday for a repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy regarding homosexuals in the armed forces. The controversial policy requires the dismissal...

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News Former Taiwan president on hunger strike in jail
Former Taiwan president on hunger strike in jail
Christian Ehret
November 13, 2008 12:19:00 pm

Former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian continued a hunger strike in the Tucheng jail in suburban Taipei Thursday after being incarcerated Wednesday, according to local media reports. While there are no official charges against Chen, the...

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News Myanmar court sentences 14 political activists to 65 years in prison
Myanmar court sentences 14 political activists to 65 years in prison
Christian Ehret
November 11, 2008 12:07:00 pm

A Myanmar court on Tuesday sentenced fourteen members of the 88 Generation Students pro-democracy group to sixty-five years in prison, according to media reports . The sentencing was revealed...

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News New Pakistan law sets death penalty for cyberterrorism crimes
New Pakistan law sets death penalty for cyberterrorism crimes
Christian Ehret
November 6, 2008 12:06:00 pm

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday promulgated the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance which allows certain acts of "cyber terrorism" to be punishable by death. The ordinance covers a variety of cyber crimes, including unauthorized...

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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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