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29 December

Three People Are Killed In Rush-Hour Collision

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FREDERICK COUNTY

Three People Are Killed In Rush-Hour Collision

By Daniel de Vise
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, December 29, 2007; Page B02

Scott Stegner and his teenage son, Sean, had dropped off the boy's grandmother at her home in Pennsylvania and were driving back to Fairfax County on Route 15 in Maryland when, according to police, a pair of headlights barreled toward them. [Read More!]
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25 December

国連総会における死刑執行の停止決議に関する日弁連コメント



国連総会における死刑執行の停止決議に関する日弁連コメント

2007年12月19日
日本弁護士連合会

2007年12月18日(日本時間19日)、国連総会本会議において、すべての死刑存置国に対して、死刑の廃止を視野に入れた死刑執行の一時停止を求めることなどを内容とする決議が採択された。国連総会において、死刑執行停止を求める決議が採択されるのは、初めてのことである。
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UN CALLS FOR HALT TO EXECUTIONS



UN CALLS FOR HALT TO EXECUTIONS

18 December 2007
The global campaign against the death penalty secured a landmark victory on Tuesday when the United Nations General Assembly endorsed the call for a worldwide moratorium (suspension) on executions. [Read More!]
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS LANDMARK TEXT CALLING FOR MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY



Sixty-second General Assembly
Plenary
76th & 77th Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS LANDMARK TEXT CALLING FOR MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY

Adopts 54 Resolutions, 12 Decisions Recommended by Third Committee

The General Assembly today adopted 54 resolutions and 12 decisions recommended by its Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural), including a landmark text calling for a moratorium on executions to be established in all States that still maintain the death penalty, as well as a resolution strongly condemning rape against women and girls in all its forms, including in conflict situations. [Read More!]
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UN Assembly calls for moratorium on death penalty



UN Assembly calls for moratorium on death penalty
Tue Dec 18, 2007 7:39pm GMT
By Daniel Bases

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 18 (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly passed a nonbinding resolution on Tuesday calling for a moratorium on the death penalty, overcoming protests from a bloc of states that said it undermined their sovereignty.
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