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News Turkish court orders arrest of Israeli commanders involved in 2010 Gaza flotilla raid
Turkish court orders arrest of Israeli commanders involved in 2010 Gaza flotilla raid
Nicholas Tomsho
May 28, 2014 10:37:13 am

A Turkish court on Monday called for international arrest warrants for four former Israeli military chiefs involved in a deadly 2010 maritime raid . According to a lawyer working on the case, prosecutors are seeking life sentences...

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Iran judge orders Facebook CEO to appear in court
Nicholas Tomsho
May 28, 2014 09:05:15 am

A judge in the southern Iranian province of Fars on Tuesday ordered Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to appear in court regarding complaints that his company's Instagram and Whatsapp applications have violated...

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News Forced labor generating $150 billion in profits yearly: report
Forced labor generating $150 billion in profits yearly: report
Nicholas Tomsho
May 21, 2014 08:27:25 am

The International Labor Organization (ILO) issued a report on Tuesday claiming that forced labor in the private economy generates $150 billion of profits worldwide every year. The figure is based on data published by ILO...

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Russia calls for dialogue with Ukraine separatists following referendum
Nicholas Tomsho
May 12, 2014 01:42:36 pm

The office of Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared that it does not wish to annex eastern Ukraine where "self-rule" referendums have overwhelmingly supported secession, but called on the Kiev government to open dialogue with the separatists....

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Indonesia Constitutional Court establishes panels to resolve election disputes
Nicholas Tomsho
May 12, 2014 12:24:02 pm

The Indonesian Constitutional Court (MK) on Monday established three panels to review disputes regarding the country's April 9 legislative elections. The MK and the General Elections Commission (KPU) formed the panels...

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Obama to ask AG Holder to investigate death penalty issues
Nicholas Tomsho
May 3, 2014 10:45:23 am

US President Barack Obama stated at a news conference on Friday that he will ask Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate problems with the application of the death penalty. The statement comes after the...

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HRW: Myanmar must protect freedom of press
Nicholas Tomsho
May 3, 2014 10:01:07 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Myanmar Saturday to pass more protective media laws and end arbitrary arrests of journalists. The statement listed several journalists who have been arrested since December on politically-motivated charges, including...

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UN rights expert calls for moratorium on Belarus capital punishment
Nicholas Tomsho
April 26, 2014 11:39:21 am

UN Special Rapporteur on Belarus Miklos Haraszti called Friday for Belarus, currently the only European nation that has retained the death penalty, to end the practice. The statement was issued following the reported execution of...

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Federal appeals court renews Apple patent claims against Motorola Mobility
Nicholas Tomsho
April 26, 2014 10:56:27 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Friday renewd claims by Apple against Google subsidiary Google's Motorola Mobility for infringing smartphone patents. Judge Richard Posner, sitting in the US District Court...

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Obama signs law banning entry for UN ambassadors with terrorist affiliations
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April 19, 2014 12:00:00 pm

US President Barack Obama on Friday signed into law a bill that bars entry for any UN ambassadors who have engaged in "terrorist activity." The law has been seen as a response to Iran's...

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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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