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News Iran chief prosecutor urges sedition trials for election protest leaders
Iran chief prosecutor urges sedition trials for election protest leaders
Andrew Morgan
January 11, 2010 10:42:00 am

Iran's Prosecutor-General Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei on Monday called for sedition trials against leaders of protests following last June's contested presidential election . In a statement to Tehran prosecutors , Ejei said that he...

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News First Circuit upholds civil commitment of sex offenders
First Circuit upholds civil commitment of sex offenders
Andrew Morgan
January 9, 2010 03:30:00 pm

A three judge panel from the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Friday upheld the constitutionality of provisions of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act ,...

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Obama announces enhanced air security guidelines after completion of review
Andrew Morgan
January 8, 2010 11:42:00 am

US President Barack Obama on Thursday called for stricter airline security measures as he announced the conclusion of two security reviews he ordered after the failed attempt by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to detonate an explosive...

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News Two Blackwater employees charged in 2009 Kabul shootings
Two Blackwater employees charged in 2009 Kabul shootings
Andrew Morgan
January 8, 2010 10:25:00 am

US authorities on Thursday announced charges against two former employees of security firm Blackwater in connection with the May 5 shooting death of two Afghans in Kabul. Justin Cannon and Christopher Drotleff each face...

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News Afghanistan lower house rejects Karzai justice minister nominee, 16 others
Afghanistan lower house rejects Karzai justice minister nominee, 16 others
Andrew Morgan
January 3, 2010 11:32:00 am

Incumbent Afghan Minister of Justice Sarwar Danish was among 17 cabinet nominees who were rejected on Saturday by the Wolesi Jirga , Afghanistan's lower house of parliament. Danish, who has served as Minister of...

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Peru Supreme Court upholds Fujimori sentence
Andrew Morgan
January 3, 2010 10:10:00 am

The Peruvian Supreme Court has upheld a 25-year sentence given to former president Alberto Fujimori after his conviction on charges of ordering assassinations and kidnappings during his 1990-2000 presidency. The First...

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US files charges in attempted Detroit plane bombing
Andrew Morgan
December 26, 2009 05:05:00 pm

US authorities on Saturday filed charges against a Nigerian national for allegedly attempting to set off an explosive device on an airplane bound from Amsterdam to Detroit on Friday. According to an affidavit filed by...

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Canada government releases e-mails alleging torture of Afghan detainees
Andrew Morgan
December 3, 2009 12:19:00 pm

The Canadian government on Wednesday released more than 40 redacted e-mails sent by former diplomat Richard Colvin to then-foreign affairs minister Peter MacKay raising concerns about the torture of detainees who were transferred to Afghan...

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Holder announces federal trials for accused 9/11 conspirators
Andrew Morgan
November 13, 2009 12:33:00 pm

US Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday announced that the government will pursue federal charges against five men accused of conspiring to commit the 9/11 terrorist attacks . Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Ramzi...

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FBI charges 14 more in Galleon Group insider trading scandal
Andrew Morgan
November 7, 2009 01:23:00 pm

Federal authorities have filed charges against 14 people in connection with insider trading at the hedge fund company Galleon Group , weeks after the arrest of the company's founder. An investigation by the FBI...

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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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