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US Army officer describes Hamdan capture at Guantanamo hearing
Alexis Unkovic
December 6, 2007 03:08:00 pm

A US Army major testified Thursday at a pretrial hearing to determine whether Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan qualifies as an unlawful enemy combatant , describing the circumstances under...

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Thailand's National Counter-Corruption Commission (NCCC) has approved the creation of three subcommittees to investigate former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and two of his former senior administration officials, according to an NCCC spokesperson...

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Serbia indicts 14 for roles in 1991 massacre of Croats
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Serbia's Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor Thursday indicted 14 former soldiers and paramilitaries on war crimes charges in connection with the October 1991 Lovas Massacre in Croatia, a spokesperson told Reuters. Half...

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UN International Independent Investigation Commission (IIIC) head Serge Brammertz told the UN Security Council Wednesday that unspecified "persons of interest" have been identified and other progress has been made in...

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November 29, 2007 03:14:00 pm

About a dozen officers on trial in the Philippines in connection with a failed 2003 mutiny Thursday walked out of court, took control of a Manila hotel, and demanded the resignation of Philippine President...

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Authorities in Malaysia may rely on the country's controversial Internal Security Act (ISA) to halt protests, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi said Tuesday after Sunday demonstrations in Kuala Lumpur...

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November 27, 2007 01:01:00 pm

A court in the Netherlands ruled Tuesday that the families of approximately 8,000 Bosnian Muslims who were killed in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre can proceed with their class action lawsuit ...

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The Bolivian Constitutional Assembly approved the text of a new draft constitution for the country Saturday, according to Constitutional Assembly President Silvia Lazarte. Bolivian President Evo Morales has sought a...

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November 25, 2007 11:01:00 am

The Iraqi parliament Sunday conducted a preliminary reading of a proposed law that would allow former Baath Party members not convicted of any crimes to return to their previously held government...

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US District Judge Charles R. Breyer of the Northern District of California Friday stayed until March 24 a challenge to the implementation of new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulations intended to...

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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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