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News India court sentences 11 to death over train fire that sparked riots
India court sentences 11 to death over train fire that sparked riots
Zach Zagger
March 1, 2011 11:24:34 am

A special court in India sentenced 11 Muslims to death Tuesday in connection with the Godhra train burning in 2002 that killed 59 Hindu nationalists and started the 2002 Gujarat riots . Special judge PR Patel handed down...

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Obama administration challenges health care ruling
Matt Glenn
March 1, 2011 09:37:11 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a brief with the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Tuesday asking the court to overturn a December decision by...

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News Argentina court begins trial over ‘Dirty War’ baby thefts
Argentina court begins trial over ‘Dirty War’ baby thefts
Aman Kakar
March 1, 2011 08:40:39 am

An Argentine court on Monday commenced the trial of former dictators Jorge Videla and Reynaldo Bignone for allegedly overseeing a systematic plan to steal babies born to political prisoners during...

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News Iran opposition leaders jailed: reports
Iran opposition leaders jailed: reports
Aman Kakar
March 1, 2011 07:41:48 am

Iranian opposition leaders Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi and their wives were arrested and jailed in Heshamatiyeh prison on Monday, according to Mousavi's website Kaleme...

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Georgia became first US state to ban lynching

On December 20, 1893, Georgia became the first state in the Union to pass a law against lynching, making the act punishable by four years in prison. The statute was not particularly effective—read the text of the 1899 pamphlet Lynch Law in Georgia by anti-lynching activist Ida Wells-Barnett.

UN Drug Trafficking Convention signed

On December 20, 1988, the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances was signed in Vienna, Austria. The treaty provides mechanisms for international coordination in preventing the manufacture and distribution of drugs worldwide. Over 170 countries have signed the treaty to date.

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