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News Switzerland voters approve permanent heroin assisted treatment program
Switzerland voters approve permanent heroin assisted treatment program
Tere Miller-Sporrer
December 1, 2008 10:15:00 am

The government of Switzerland on Sunday announced that voters in a referendum have approved a measure making the country's heroin assisted treatment program (HAT) permanent. Sixty-eight percent [results,...

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Second Circuit upholds convictions in 1998 US embassy bombings
Tere Miller-Sporrer
November 24, 2008 03:40:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday upheld the convictions of three men found guilty of involvement in the 1998 bombing of two US embassies in Tanzania and...

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News Nebraska state senate votes to limit controversial ‘safe haven’ law
Nebraska state senate votes to limit controversial ‘safe haven’ law
Tere Miller-Sporrer
November 21, 2008 02:43:00 pm

The Nebraska state senate voted Friday to amend its controversial 'safe haven' law , which allows parents to abandon their children at certain locations without fear of prosecution. Friday's amendments reduce the age at...

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Sweden parliament approves Treaty of Lisbon
Tere Miller-Sporrer
November 21, 2008 02:07:00 pm

Sweden's parliament on Thursday approved the European Union (EU) reform charter known as the Treaty of Lisbon by a wide margin. There were 243 votes for, 39 against, and 67...

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News Bosnia authorities arrest two for alleged war crimes
Bosnia authorities arrest two for alleged war crimes
Tere Miller-Sporrer
November 18, 2008 04:04:00 pm

Two alleged Bosnian war criminals were arrested Tuesday on orders from the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina . Radivoje Lalovic and Soniboj Skiljevic are charged with war crimes allegedly committed during the 1992-1995 siege of Sarajevo...

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Mbeki seeks to join prosecution appeal in Zuma case
Tere Miller-Sporrer
November 14, 2008 02:16:00 pm

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki on Friday asked to be joined as amicus curiae to an appeal by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) challenging the dismissal of all fraud and corruption...

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News Mexico prosecutors office admits infiltration by drug cartel
Mexico prosecutors office admits infiltration by drug cartel
Tere Miller-Sporrer
October 27, 2008 04:15:00 pm

Mexican Assistant Attorney General Marisela Morales Ibanez, head of Mexico's Assistant Prosecutors Office Specializing in Organized Crime (SIEDO) , said Monday a branch of a Mexican drug cartel had infiltrated her office. Following SIEDO's 'Operation Cleaning,' Miguel Colorado...

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Dutch East India Company established

On March 20, 1602, the States-General of the Netherlands established the Dutch East India Company (VOC). The creation edict granted VOC a monopoly over Dutch colonial activities in Asia for twenty-one years. During that time, VOC became the world's first multinational company and the first to issue stock. Read a history of the VOC and view the world's oldest share of stock, as issued by the VOC.

First woman executed by electric chair

On March 20, 1899, Martha Place, convicted of the murder of her stepdaughter, became the first woman to die in the electric chair. The execution was carried out at New York's Auburn Prison.

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