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News Russia court rules against investigation of 1940 Poland massacre
Russia court rules against investigation of 1940 Poland massacre
Deirdre Jurand
July 8, 2008 09:35:00 am

A Moscow court Monday rejected an attempt by relatives of Polish victims of the 1940 Katyn massacre to renew investigations into the killings. The government of Mikhail Gorbachev admitted in 1990 that Josef...

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News Thailand court begins corruption trial of former PM Thaksin
Thailand court begins corruption trial of former PM Thaksin
Deirdre Jurand
July 8, 2008 08:15:00 am

Former Thailand prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra went on trial for corruption Tuesday in the Thai Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions . In March, Thaksin pleaded not guilty [JURIST...

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News Federal court assigns judges to Guantanamo cases
Federal court assigns judges to Guantanamo cases
Deirdre Jurand
July 3, 2008 03:37:00 pm

The US District Court for the District of Columbia Wednesday chose Judge Thomas Hogan to preside over the habeas corpus appeals of Guantanamo Bay detainees seeking to challenge their detention...

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News Federal judge rules executive privilege limited by FISA requirements
Federal judge rules executive privilege limited by FISA requirements
Deirdre Jurand
July 3, 2008 10:15:00 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by an Islamic charity that alleged it was the subject of an illegal wiretap by the National...

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News Panama top court reverses presidential pardons for 183, including Carriles
Panama top court reverses presidential pardons for 183, including Carriles
Deirdre Jurand
July 3, 2008 08:44:00 am

The Supreme Court of Panama has declared unconstitutional 183 pardons issued in 2004 by then-outgoing president Mireya Moscoso . Among the pardoned had been four Cubans - including Luis Posada Carriles...

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News Two Guantanamo detainees to be transferred to Algeria
Two Guantanamo detainees to be transferred to Algeria
Deirdre Jurand
July 3, 2008 08:09:00 am

The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced Wednesday that it will transfer two Guantanamo detainees to Algeria. The unnamed individuals are among the more than 65 Guantanamo detainees that government officials have declared eligible for...

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News US immigration agency must improve detainee care: Homeland Security report
US immigration agency must improve detainee care: Homeland Security report
Deirdre Jurand
July 2, 2008 08:54:00 am

A report from the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has found that while US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is not responsible for the 2006 deaths of...

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News Suspect in Russia journalist murder hiding in Western Europe: investigator
Suspect in Russia journalist murder hiding in Western Europe: investigator
Deirdre Jurand
July 1, 2008 11:08:00 am

The man suspected of killing Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya has fled to Western Europe, an investigator at the Russian Prosecutor General's Office said Tuesday. In May, Russian authorities named Chechen...

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News California death penalty system ‘dysfunctional’: state commission
California death penalty system ‘dysfunctional’: state commission
Deirdre Jurand
July 1, 2008 09:51:00 am

Nearly $100 million in annual funding is needed to fix California's "dysfunctional" prison system, according to a state commission's report released Monday. The California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice (CCFAJ) was...

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Ex-Abu Ghraib detainees sue military contractors for torture
Deirdre Jurand
July 1, 2008 08:36:00 am

Four former Abu Ghraib detainees filed lawsuits Monday against two private US military contractors and three of their employees, alleging torture, war crimes and civil conspiracy. The former detainees said that employees of CACI...

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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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