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News ICTY begins contempt trial over witness identity revelations
ICTY begins contempt trial over witness identity revelations
Matt Glenn
February 22, 2011 09:01:38 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) began the trial of former Serb nationalist politician Vojislav Seselj Tuesday on charges that he released the names of 11 ICTY...

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News Indiana House passes anti-same-sex marriage amendment
Indiana House passes anti-same-sex marriage amendment
Matt Glenn
February 16, 2011 09:07:25 am

Indiana's House of Representatives on Tuesday approved an amendment to the state's constitution that would ban same-sex marriages and civil unions and prohibit government recognition of those performed in other states....

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News Ecuador judge orders Chevron to pay $8.6 billion in pollution case
Ecuador judge orders Chevron to pay $8.6 billion in pollution case
Matt Glenn
February 15, 2011 09:45:55 am

A judge for the Provincial Court of Sucumbios in Ecuador ordered US oil company Chevron to pay $8.6 billion in damages, finding that Texaco, which was acquired by Chevron in 2001, polluted large areas...

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News UK Supreme Court president warns funding method threatens judicial independence
UK Supreme Court president warns funding method threatens judicial independence
Matt Glenn
February 9, 2011 10:11:29 am

UK Supreme Court President Nicholas Phillips warned in a speech Tuesday that the Supreme Court's reliance on the Ministry of Justice for funding threatens the court's independence. Phillips explained...

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News Italy court orders release of former Guantanamo detainee
Italy court orders release of former Guantanamo detainee
Matt Glenn
February 8, 2011 09:44:35 am

A Milan court on Monday ordered Italian authorities to release former Guantanamo Bay detainee Abdel Ben Mabrouk , finding that the eight years Mabrouk served at Guantanamo and the year he spent in an Italian...

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Rights group accuses Iraq of running secret prison
Matt Glenn
February 2, 2011 11:07:27 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday accused military officials overseen by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of running a secret jail in Iraq that is not subject to inspection by...

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Federal judge dismisses government surveillance suit for lack of standing
Matt Glenn
February 2, 2011 08:45:06 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California granted summary judgment Monday in favor of the government in CCR v. Obama , ruling that the Center for Constitutional Rights...

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News Italy court convicts former Guantanamo detainee
Italy court convicts former Guantanamo detainee
Matt Glenn
February 1, 2011 10:27:45 am

An Italian court on Monday convicted former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohamed Ben Riadh Nasri on terror charges and sentenced the Tunisian man to six years in prison. Prosecutors accused Nasri of working for a...

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Pakistan court orders US government worker held
Matt Glenn
February 1, 2011 09:24:31 am

A judge for the Lahore High Court on Tuesday ordered that US consulate worker Raymond Davis be held for the murder of two men in Pakistan last week, ignoring US protests that Davis...

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Tunisia issues international arrest warrant for former president
Matt Glenn
January 26, 2011 10:18:39 am

Tunisia's Justice Minister Lazhar Karoui Chebbi announced Wednesday that the country has issued an international arrest warrant for ousted president Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali . Ben Ali, his wife and other family members face allegations that they...

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WWI gas attack on Canadians led to first chemical weapons ban

On April 24, 1915, the German army used chlorine gas against Canadian troops at Ypres. Gas was later employed by British and French forces against the Germans. Learn more about early efforts by the Red Cross to ban chemical weapons and review the June 1925 Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare.

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