Nuclear terrorism treaty [UN General Assembly] News
Nuclear terrorism treaty [UN General Assembly]

International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, draft approved by the UN General Assembly, April 13, 2005 [obliging states party to criminalize certains acts relating to nuclear terrorism and impose sanctions against offenders]. Read the full text of the draft treaty here [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Standard Oil incorporated

On January 10, 1870, John Davison Rockefeller incorporated Standard Oil. Rockefeller's corporation would grow to achieve a virtual monopoly over oil production in the United States. Standard Oil's dominance lasted until the corporation was split into 34 separate companies in 1911 after the Supreme Court found the company in violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. The rise of Standard Oil made Rockefeller America's first billionaire and eventually the richest man in the world. Read the text of Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey vs. United States, 221 U.S. 1 (1910).