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News South Korea regulator fines Apple for collecting iPhone user location information
South Korea regulator fines Apple for collecting iPhone user location information
Zach Zagger
August 3, 2011 02:14:05 pm

South Korean regulators on Wednesday fined Apple USD $2,855 for collecting location information from its iPhone and iPad users. It is the first time Apple has been punished for collecting location information from users of...

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News Ninth Circuit upholds universitiy policy against student group religious discrimination
Ninth Circuit upholds universitiy policy against student group religious discrimination
Zach Zagger
August 3, 2011 11:47:22 am

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that San Diego State University (SDSU) can deny funding and status as a student organization to two Christian groups that require members be of the same religion. A panel for the...

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News US AG Holder invokes state secrets privilege in mosque surveillance lawsuit
US AG Holder invokes state secrets privilege in mosque surveillance lawsuit
Zach Zagger
August 3, 2011 09:44:25 am

US Attorney General Eric Holder invoked the state secrets privilege Monday to block evidence in a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over its investigation into Muslim mosques. The Department of...

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News Vietnam appeals court upholds 7-year sentence for prominent rights lawyer
Vietnam appeals court upholds 7-year sentence for prominent rights lawyer
Zach Zagger
August 3, 2011 09:05:46 am

A Vietnamese appeals court on Tuesday upheld the seven-year sentence of prominent rights lawyer and dissident Cu Huy Ha Vu, convicted in April of carrying out anti-state propaganda. The court dismissed the appeal despite Vu's...

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News Nigeria official calls for special corruption court
Nigeria official calls for special corruption court
Zach Zagger
August 2, 2011 03:52:51 pm

The Nigeria Ebonyi State Commissioner of Justice and the Attorney General, Ben Igwenyi, called Monday for the establishment of a special court to hear corruption cases. He argues that corruption cases in the regular courts take too long to...

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News HRW: Sri Lanka report on civil war ‘whitewashes’ military atrocities
HRW: Sri Lanka report on civil war ‘whitewashes’ military atrocities
Zach Zagger
August 2, 2011 01:58:48 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) Tuesday criticized a report released by the Sri Lankan government for not taking responsibility for alleged violations of the laws of war. The Sri Lankan Ministry of Defense released...

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News Immigrant rights group challenges public referendum to overturn Maryland DREAM Act
Immigrant rights group challenges public referendum to overturn Maryland DREAM Act
Zach Zagger
August 2, 2011 11:19:47 am

The Casa de Maryland immigrant rights group filed a challenge Monday to a public referendum over a Maryland law providing in-state tuition to undocumented college students. The group filed the challenge in the Maryland Circuit Court...

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News Indiana appeals order blocking Planned Parenthood defunding law
Indiana appeals order blocking Planned Parenthood defunding law
Zach Zagger
August 2, 2011 10:05:08 am

Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller filed an appeal Monday to lift a judge's decision to block parts of a controversial state law denying that medicaid funds go to Planned Parenthood of Indiana (PPIN)...

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News US top military official says troops need immunity for continued presence in Iraq
US top military official says troops need immunity for continued presence in Iraq
Zach Zagger
August 2, 2011 08:47:16 am

Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff , Admiral Mike Mullen , said Tuesday that US troops must be granted immunity in order to remain in Iraq beyond the end-of-the-year deadline. It is up to the...

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Belarus lawmakers move to ban silent protests
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August 1, 2011 03:05:14 pm

Members of the Belarus Parliament have introduced a bill that would ban so-called "silent protests," including those involving large groups of people basically doing nothing. The law seems aimed at stopping numerous silent protests across Belarus with...

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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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