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News Washington high court denies employment protection for medical marijuana users
Washington high court denies employment protection for medical marijuana users
Dan Taglioli
June 10, 2011 07:50:08 am

The Washington Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the state's Medical Use of Marijuana Act (MUMA) does not prohibit private employers from firing an employee who fails a mandatory drug screening. The...

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News Khodorkovsky reissues parole request after court refused it for insufficient documentation
Khodorkovsky reissues parole request after court refused it for insufficient documentation
Dan Taglioli
June 8, 2011 09:30:25 am

Former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Tuesday reissued an appeal for release on parole that was returned to him due to insufficient documentation. Khodorkovsky has served half of a 13-year...

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News Libya opposition forces committing arbitrary detention, torture: HRW
Libya opposition forces committing arbitrary detention, torture: HRW
Dan Taglioli
June 5, 2011 12:25:56 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday expressed concern over the arrests of dozens of civilians by Libyan opposition authorities. HRW called on the National Transitional Council (NTC), the opposition ruling body in Libya with de...

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News Connecticut passes transgender anti-discrimination bill
Connecticut passes transgender anti-discrimination bill
Dan Taglioli
June 5, 2011 10:00:00 am

The Connecticut Senate on Saturday voted 20-16 to pass a bill that provides protection for gender identity under the state's existing anti-discrimination laws. An Act Concerning Discrimination alters existing law by including...

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News Spain court charges Salvadoran ex-military officials with 1989 ‘Jesuit Massacre’
Spain court charges Salvadoran ex-military officials with 1989 ‘Jesuit Massacre’
Dan Taglioli
June 1, 2011 08:06:51 am

Spain's National Court on Monday indicted 20 Salvadorans for their roles in the killings of eight people in November 1989. The group is composed of ex-military officials and even a former defense minister. A notorious episode of El Salvador's...

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News Russia authorities arrest suspect in 2006 shooting of journalist Anna Politkovskaya
Russia authorities arrest suspect in 2006 shooting of journalist Anna Politkovskaya
Dan Taglioli
June 1, 2011 07:13:27 am

Russia's Federal Security Service on Tuesday arrested the suspected shooter in the widely publicized 2006 murder of famed journalist Anna Politkovskaya . Rustam Makhmudov was arrested at his parents' home in...

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News Egypt housing minister sentenced to 5 years for illegal land deal
Egypt housing minister sentenced to 5 years for illegal land deal
Dan Taglioli
May 27, 2011 07:32:40 am

An Egyptian court on Thursday convicted a former housing minister of corruption and sentenced him to five years in prison. Ahmed al-Maghrabi was found guilty of illegal acquisition of state land for his part in the sale...

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News Italy court sentences Ex-Nazi soldiers to life imprisonment
Italy court sentences Ex-Nazi soldiers to life imprisonment
Dan Taglioli
May 27, 2011 06:00:48 am

A military tribunal in Rome has convicted three former German soldiers of multiple murders committed during World War II. The three men were tried in absentia and sentenced to life imprisonment for their parts in the massacre...

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News Zimbabwe high court releases alleged coup plotters
Zimbabwe high court releases alleged coup plotters
Dan Taglioli
May 26, 2011 10:06:30 am

Zimbabwe's High Court in Harare on Tuesday ordered the release of six prisoners accused of plotting to overthrow Zimbabwe's president. The former army officers have been in prison since 2007 after being accused of planning to violently topple President...

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News UN rights chief urges peaceful resolution of Sudan conflict
UN rights chief urges peaceful resolution of Sudan conflict
Dan Taglioli
May 26, 2011 09:00:00 am

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday called for a peaceful resolution to the escalating conflict in Abyei, the disputed oil-producing region between North and South Sudan. Last week a convoy of...

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Jamaica achieves full independence

On February 9, 1962, Jamaica left the Federation of the West Indies, becoming a fully-independent nation for the first time in its history. The country did, however, remain a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations.

Read the Constitution of Jamaica from the Georgetown University archives.

First US federal anti-narcotics legislation passed

On February 9, 1909, Congress passed the first federal legislation prohibiting narcotics. The "Act to Prohibit Importation and Use Of Opium" barred the importation of opium at other than specified ports and for other than medicinal use. Read a contemporary call for quick passage of the legislation just days before it passed the House.

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