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News Colorado AG asks Supreme Court to throw out marijuana case
Colorado AG asks Supreme Court to throw out marijuana case
William Helbling
March 30, 2015 11:31:14 am

Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman on Friday filed a brief urging the US Supreme Court to throw out a lawsuit by Nebraska and Oklahoma challenging Colorado's marijuana legalization law. Nebraska and Oklahoma argue...

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News China officials refuse to release activists despite international pressure
China officials refuse to release activists despite international pressure
William Helbling
March 25, 2015 11:17:57 am

The Chinese government on Wednesday refused to discharge five women's rights activists despite overwhelming calls for their release from the international community. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying defended the Chinese legal system and detention of the activists...

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News Chad court sentences Habre-era police officers for torture
Chad court sentences Habre-era police officers for torture
William Helbling
March 25, 2015 10:08:16 am

A criminal court in chad on Wednesday sentenced seven ex-police officers to life in prison for crimes committed during the rule of dictator Hissene Habré . The former members of Habre's Directorate of Documentation and...

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News Senegal court sentences former president’s son for corruption
Senegal court sentences former president’s son for corruption
William Helbling
March 23, 2015 11:24:11 am

A special court in the Republic of Senegal on Monday sentenced the son of former president Abdoulaye Wade to six years in prison for corruption. Karim Wade was on trial on charges of...

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News Bangladesh Islamist leader, students indicted in death of blogger
Bangladesh Islamist leader, students indicted in death of blogger
William Helbling
March 18, 2015 11:23:01 am

A Bangladesh court on Wednesday indicted an Islamist leader and seven students for the 2013 death of atheist blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider. The indictments will lead to the trial for Islamist group head Mutifi Jasimuddin Rahmani and the other...

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Supreme Court refuses stay of execution for Missouri death row inmate
William Helbling
March 18, 2015 11:20:53 am

Missouri officials executed death row inmate Cecil Clayton early Wednesday morning after the US Supreme Court and Governor Jay Nixon denied his requested stay of execution. Clayton, 74, was convicted and sentenced to death for...

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Daughter of Malaysia opposition leader arrested for sedition
William Helbling
March 16, 2015 10:01:47 am

Malaysia officials on Monday arrested the daughter of jailed opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim for alleged acts of sedition. Lawmaker Nurul Izzah Anwar was reportedly arrested and detained specifically for a speech she made last...

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DOJ criticizes new white collar crime sentencing recommondations
William Helbling
March 14, 2015 05:00:00 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday criticized the US Sentencing Commission after a federal panel introduced a proposal which would reduce prison time for white-collar criminals. The DOJ objected to the panel's ideas...

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Former Maldives President sentenced by criminal court
William Helbling
March 14, 2015 04:00:00 pm

The Criminal Court of Maldives on Friday sentenced former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed to 13 years in prison for terrorism-related charges. The charges relate to actions taken three years ago by the...

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Egypt court upholds police officers’ sentence for killing activist
William Helbling
March 4, 2015 10:21:00 am

An Egyptian court on Wednesday upheld a 10-year prison sentence for two police officers who were convicted for torturing activist Khaled Said to death in 2010. Eye witnesses provided evidence that the officers beat the 28-year-old outside of a...

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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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