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News Cuban anti-smoking laws implemented
Cuban anti-smoking laws implemented
D. Wes Rist
February 7, 2005 09:40:00 am

Cuba , a country famous for its tobacco products, now has some of the toughest anti-smoking laws. New legislation that went into force across the country Monday will prohibit smoking in work environments, ban the sale...

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News 200+ Florida immigration detainees could be released after high court ruling
200+ Florida immigration detainees could be released after high court ruling
D. Wes Rist
February 7, 2005 09:28:00 am

More than 200 foreign nationals currently being detained in US immigration facilities could be released under a recent Supreme Court ruling according to figures released Monday by Cheryl Little , executive director of the Florida...

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News UK terrorism derogation to be challenged in Europe human rights court
UK terrorism derogation to be challenged in Europe human rights court
D. Wes Rist
February 7, 2005 09:17:00 am

Lawyers representing UK terror suspects detained by authorities in Broadmoor high security hospital and Belmarsh prison have filed a case with the European Court of Human Rights , arguing that Britain's derogation from the European Convention on Human...

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News Israeli prosecutors to recommend ignoring ICJ ruling on security fence
Israeli prosecutors to recommend ignoring ICJ ruling on security fence
D. Wes Rist
February 7, 2005 08:58:00 am

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported Monday that Israel's State Prosecution Office will later this week recommend to the country's High Court that it ignore the International Court of Justice ruling on Israel's security fence issued...

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News Togo revises constitution to allow succession by son of late President
Togo revises constitution to allow succession by son of late President
D. Wes Rist
February 7, 2005 08:38:00 am

The son of late President Gnassingbe Eyadema was sworn in as the new president of the African state of Togo Monday after the country's parliament altered its constitution to permit his...

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News International brief ~ Annan reports to Security Council on Sudan
International brief ~ Annan reports to Security Council on Sudan
D. Wes Rist
February 4, 2005 10:50:00 am

In Friday's international brief, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan formally reported to the Security Council Friday morning on the finding of the special UN commission on the situation in the Darfur region of Sudan. While the commission did...

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News International brief ~ Israel to release hundreds of Palestinian detainees
International brief ~ Israel to release hundreds of Palestinian detainees
D. Wes Rist
February 3, 2005 10:43:00 am

In Thursday's international brief, Israel has announced its approval of a plan to release as many as 900 detained Palestinians in coming weeks. The details of the exact number of prisoners to be released, and the conditions...

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News Ashcroft slams Supreme Court sentencing ruling
Ashcroft slams Supreme Court sentencing ruling
D. Wes Rist
February 2, 2005 10:53:00 am

Outgoing US Attorney General John Ashcroft took some parting shots Tuesday at a recent Supreme Court sentencing ruling and at critics opposed to renewal of the Patriot Act. Addressing a staunchly conservative crowd at...

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News Another Abu Ghraib guard pleads guilty
Another Abu Ghraib guard pleads guilty
D. Wes Rist
February 2, 2005 09:40:00 am

A second guard charged in the torture of inmates at Abu Ghraib pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges and was sentenced to prison time. Specialist Roman Krol, a Russian-born US citizen serving as an interrogator for...

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News International brief ~ UK to release three terror suspects on bail
International brief ~ UK to release three terror suspects on bail
D. Wes Rist
January 31, 2005 11:53:00 am

In Monday's international brief, the United Kingdom's Special Immigration Appeal Commission has granted bail to three terror suspects individuals being held without charge or trial in London's Belmarsh Prison . The only individual to...

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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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