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News Nepal supreme court judge shot dead
Nepal supreme court judge shot dead
Rebecca DiLeonardo
May 31, 2012 11:08:49 am

A judge for the Supreme Court of Nepal was shot and killed Thursday while traveling to work. Judge Rana Bahadur Bam, who was under investigation for allegedly taking bribes was shot in his...

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News DOJ finds prosecutorial misconduct in ex-senator Stevens case
DOJ finds prosecutorial misconduct in ex-senator Stevens case
Rebecca DiLeonardo
May 31, 2012 10:10:34 am

A report released by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) concluded that two of the prosecutors involved in the 2008 trial of former senator Ted Stevens acted recklessly in their management of...

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News Rwanda genocide tribunal sentences ex-official to life in prison
Rwanda genocide tribunal sentences ex-official to life in prison
Rebecca DiLeonardo
May 31, 2012 09:17:57 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Thursday sentenced former Rwandan Minister of Youth and Sports Callixte Nzabonimana to life in prison after finding him guilty of charges related to...

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News Minnesota high court rules for tobacco company on ‘light’ cigarettes
Minnesota high court rules for tobacco company on ‘light’ cigarettes
Rebecca DiLeonardo
May 30, 2012 03:09:04 pm

The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a summary judgment in favor of Philip Morris, Inc. , finding that the plaintiffs were barred from recovery due to a settlement in a state lawsuit from...

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News ACLU challenges Minnesota voter ID ballot initiative
ACLU challenges Minnesota voter ID ballot initiative
Rebecca DiLeonardo
May 30, 2012 02:18:15 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota (ACLU-MN) on Wednesday filed a petition seeking to eliminate a proposed ballot initiative that would amend the Minnesota Constitution to require citizens to present photo identification...

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Pakistan doctor who helped CIA not convicted for ties to US
Rebecca DiLeonardo
May 30, 2012 01:37:15 pm

A Pakistani doctor who helped the US government find Osama Bin Laden was convicted last week for his association to a militant group in Pakistan, not for his ties to the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)...

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Turkish PM calls for abortion restrictions
Rebecca DiLeonardo
May 30, 2012 12:48:42 pm

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for stricter regulations on abortions and Caesarean births in Turkey, a Turkish television network reported Tuesday. Among his desired reforms are restricting the reasons a...

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Mubarak’s sons charged with stock market fraud
Rebecca DiLeonardo
May 30, 2012 11:52:52 am

The two sons of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak are being charged with stock market fraud, the public prosecutor's office said Wednesday. Gamal and Alaa Mubarak, along with seven others, are accused of...

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Pakistan president signs bill creating human rights commission
Rebecca DiLeonardo
May 30, 2012 10:18:09 am

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday signed a bill authorizing the creation of an independent human rights commission in Pakistan. The new committee will be authorized to investigate human rights violations in the country...

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ICC appeals chamber declines to confirm charges against Rwanda rebel leader
Rebecca DiLeonardo
May 30, 2012 09:39:25 am

The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday ruled that the pre-trial chamber did not err in ruling that there is not enough evidence to try Rwandan rebel leader Callixte...

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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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