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News US military jury reaches verdict on alleged al Qaeda media director
US military jury reaches verdict on alleged al Qaeda media director
Andrew Gilmore
November 1, 2008 03:47:00 pm

The jury in the US military commission trial of alleged al Qaeda media director Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul reached a verdict in the case Friday, but that will not be unsealed until Monday, when al...

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News Chaudhry still ‘constitutional’ chief justice of Pakistan: new bar president
Chaudhry still ‘constitutional’ chief justice of Pakistan: new bar president
Andrew Gilmore
October 30, 2008 08:44:00 am

Ali Ahmad Kurd, the newly-elected president of the Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), called ousted Pakistan Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry the "constitutional" chief justice of Pakistan Wednesday, and said...

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News Iraq court sentences alleged insurgent to death for killings of US soldiers
Iraq court sentences alleged insurgent to death for killings of US soldiers
Andrew Gilmore
October 29, 2008 08:38:00 am

A three-judge panel of the Iraqi Central Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced to death an Iraqi citizen affiliated with a Sunni militant organization for the 2006 abduction, torture, and killing of two US soldiers and...

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News ICTY judge warns Karadzic not to delay war crimes trial
ICTY judge warns Karadzic not to delay war crimes trial
Andrew Gilmore
October 29, 2008 06:05:00 am

Judge Iain Bonomy of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday warned former Bosnian Serb leader and war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic not to cause any...

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News Google agrees to settle two copyright infringement lawsuits for book search
Google agrees to settle two copyright infringement lawsuits for book search
Andrew Gilmore
October 29, 2008 01:19:00 am

Internet search company Google, Inc. agreed Tuesday to settle two copyright infringement lawsuits stemming from its book-scanning initiative . The two lawsuits were brought against Google by The Authors Guild [advocacy...

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Eleventh Circuit grants new stay of Davis execution
Andrew Gilmore
October 25, 2008 04:06:00 pm

A three-judge panel of the US Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday granted a provisional stay of the execution of Troy Anthony Davis , which had been scheduled for...

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China PM calls for greater regulation of global financial markets
Andrew Gilmore
October 25, 2008 02:47:00 pm

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao called for greater regulation of global financial markets Saturday at the closing of the Seventh Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM 7) in Beijing, China. ASEM 7 is the seventh...

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News Afghan journalism student death sentence reduced to 20-year prison term
Afghan journalism student death sentence reduced to 20-year prison term
Andrew Gilmore
October 22, 2008 03:53:00 pm

The death sentence of Afghan journalism student Sayad Parwaz Kambaksh was reduced Tuesday to 20 years' imprisonment by an Afghan appeals court. Kambaksh was sentenced to death in January for distributing papers questioning gender...

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News Federal judge rules Iraq war objector cannot face second court-martial
Federal judge rules Iraq war objector cannot face second court-martial
Andrew Gilmore
October 22, 2008 11:35:00 am

US District Judge Benjamin Settle ruled Tuesday that Iraq war objector 1st Lt. Ehren Watada cannot face a second court-martial on all charges for which he already faced court-martial. Settle's order held...

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Ecuador high court creates oral argument system as new constitution takes effect
Andrew Gilmore
October 22, 2008 08:20:00 am

The Ecuadorean Supreme Court of Justice and the Constitutional Tribunal of Ecuador on Tuesday published a statement laying out the first steps in enacting a system of oral arguments, as required by...

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President Lincoln signed first US federal income tax act

On July 1, 1862, the Tax Act of 1862 was passed and signed by President Lincoln, establishing a 3% federal tax on income above $600 and a 5% tax on income above $10,000.

Compliance with the act was poor, even though there were needs for the Civil War. After the war the act was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Review a brief history of the US income tax from the Library of Congress.

UK returns Hong Kong to China

On July 1, 1997, the United Kingdom returned Hong Kong to China at the conclusion of a 99-year lease. The foundation for the transfer of power was set in December of 1984, when China and UK signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong. The Declaration affirmed the handover of Hong Kong along with governing principles. Most significantly, the Chinese agreed not to impose their socialist system on Hong Kong.

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