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News Kurd survivor testifies as Saddam genocide trial continues
Kurd survivor testifies as Saddam genocide trial continues
Brett Murphy
September 12, 2006 01:32:00 pm

A Kurdish witness testifying Tuesday in the resumed genocide trial of Saddam Hussein described how Iraqi troops bombed his village outside the Kurdish city of Sulaimaniya in 1988 and of how he fled to...

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News UK lays first terror training charge under new law
UK lays first terror training charge under new law
Brett Murphy
September 12, 2006 01:14:00 pm

British prosecutors have charged Yassin Mutegombwa with receiving training for terrorism, making him the first person in the UK charged with the new offense under the recently enacted Terrorism Act 2006 . Mutegombwa was one of 14 suspects arrested...

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News Sudan judge frees detained American journalist after high-level meeting
Sudan judge frees detained American journalist after high-level meeting
Brett Murphy
September 9, 2006 11:45:00 am

A Sudanese judge released American journalist Paul Salopek from detention Saturday the day after a meeting between Sudan President Omar al-Bashir and visiting New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson . Late last month Salopek and two others...

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News Pennsylvania community approves immigration law revision
Pennsylvania community approves immigration law revision
Brett Murphy
September 9, 2006 11:03:00 am

The City Council of Hazleton, Pennsylvania granted tentative approval to revisions to its controversial Illegal Immigration Relief Act on Friday in an attempt to help the law survive legal challenges. The changes shift...

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News No deal yet on EU-US air passenger data-sharing program
No deal yet on EU-US air passenger data-sharing program
Brett Murphy
September 9, 2006 10:13:00 am

US and European representatives are set to continue talks next week on an airline passenger data-sharing deal after officials were unable to agree Friday on a replacement for a previous agreement struck down by the...

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News Former Illinois governor sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison for corruption
Former Illinois governor sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison for corruption
Brett Murphy
September 6, 2006 07:15:00 pm

US District Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer Wednesday sentenced former Illinois Governor George Ryan to 6 1/2 years imprisonment after dropping 2 of the 18 counts against him, holding that there was not enough evidence to convict...

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Denmark court orders detention of two terror suspects
Brett Murphy
September 6, 2006 03:37:00 pm

A Danish court on Wednesday ordered the detention of two men arrested during a police raid on an Odense suburb on Tuesday morning. The court determined that there was enough evidence to...

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News Denmark charges seven in connection with alleged terror plot
Denmark charges seven in connection with alleged terror plot
Brett Murphy
September 5, 2006 05:25:00 pm

Danish police Tuesday charged seven men with planning a terror attack in the country after arresting them and two others in a raid on an Odense suburb populated largely by immigrants. Justice...

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Bankruptcy judge approves Delta termination of pilot pension plan
Brett Murphy
September 5, 2006 04:58:00 pm

US Bankruptcy Judge Adlai Hardin Tuesday approved a request by Delta Airlines to end its pension plan for pilots. Delta reached a settlement with a group of retired pilots on Monday, agreeing...

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Ex-Guantanamo detainee’s lawsuit could challenge Australian secrecy laws
Brett Murphy
September 5, 2006 04:21:00 pm

A lawsuit by former Australian Guantanamo detainee Mamdouh Habib against the Australian government could become the first court challenge to new security secrecy laws passed in 2004 . Australian prosecutors say that some of the evidence used...

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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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