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CIA director says release of interrogation documents would harm national security
Andrew Morgan
June 9, 2009 08:39:00 am

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Leon Panetta said Monday that the release of agency documents describing detainee interrogations would damage national security . In an affidavit filed with the US District Court...

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Ex-Guantanamo detainee at center of Supreme Court case alleges torture
Andrew Morgan
June 8, 2009 02:10:00 pm

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee at the center of a landmark Supreme Court case Lakhdar Boumediene said in an interview with ABC News released Monday that he was tortured by...

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News Supreme Court rules Iraq sovereign immunity applies to Saddam-era allegations
Supreme Court rules Iraq sovereign immunity applies to Saddam-era allegations
Andrew Morgan
June 8, 2009 10:36:00 am

The US Supreme Court issued opinions in five cases on Monday. In Republic of Iraq v. Beaty and Iraq v. Simon, the Court ruled that Iraq has...

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News UN SG Ban urges probe of alleged violations of humanitarian law in Sri Lanka conflict
UN SG Ban urges probe of alleged violations of humanitarian law in Sri Lanka conflict
Andrew Morgan
June 8, 2009 09:16:00 am

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday called on the government of Sri Lanka to conduct a "proper investigation" of any "credible allegations of violations of humanitarian law" arising from the recent conflict between...

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Rights group urges UN Sri Lanka war crimes probe
Andrew Morgan
June 5, 2009 02:20:00 pm

Amnesty International (AI) urged the UN Security Council to establish an international body to conduct an inquiry into war crimes allegedly committed in Sri Lanka , and to press the Sri Lankan government...

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Rwanda prosecutor criticizes ICTR refusal to transfer jurisdiction
Andrew Morgan
June 5, 2009 12:16:00 pm

Rwandan Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga told the UN Security Council Thursday that the decisions by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) not to transfer pending cases to...

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House subcommittee denies Guantanamo closure funds to DOJ
Andrew Morgan
June 5, 2009 10:11:00 am

The US House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on Thursday denied the $60 million requested by President Barack Obama for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility by...

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DOJ asks Ninth Circuit to remand corruption case against Alaska lawmakers
Andrew Morgan
June 5, 2009 08:38:00 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday asked the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to remand the case of two convicted Alaska lawmakers to district court and to release the prisoners...

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State secrets privilege reform urged in House committee hearing
Andrew Morgan
June 4, 2009 04:23:00 pm

The US House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties on Thursday heard testimony on the state secrets privilege in advance of consideration of the State Secret Protection Act...

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North Korea begins trial of captured US journalists
Andrew Morgan
June 4, 2009 12:49:00 pm

North Korean state media outlet Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) announced Thursday that the Pyongyang Central Court has begun the trial of two US journalists . Laura Ling and Euna...

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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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