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News Europe court rules airline passengers must be compensated for canceled flights
Europe court rules airline passengers must be compensated for canceled flights
Catherine
December 23, 2008 11:39:00 am

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) Monday upheld a law that passengers must be compensated if a flight is canceled without "extraordinary circumstances." The law , passed in 2004...

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News Canada PM appoints new high court judge without parliamentary hearings
Canada PM appoints new high court judge without parliamentary hearings
Catherine
December 23, 2008 07:39:00 am

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Monday appointed a new judge to the Supreme Court of Canada to fill an eight-month vacancy, bypassing public parliamentary hearings established in 2006 and blaming the move...

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News California AG urges state high court to hear same-sex marriage petitions
California AG urges state high court to hear same-sex marriage petitions
Catherine
November 18, 2008 12:29:00 pm

California Attorney General Jerry Brown on Monday urged the state Supreme Court to review the petitions raised in reference to the recent passage of Proposition 8 [text,...

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News No final decision reached on Guantanamo prisoners: Obama adviser
No final decision reached on Guantanamo prisoners: Obama adviser
Catherine
November 11, 2008 11:45:00 am

Advisers to US President-elect Barack Obama emphasized Monday in the wake of press reports that Obama has not made a decision regarding the future of the military prison camp at Guantanamo Bay and its...

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News Hate crime reports drop in 2007, but sexual-orientation bias crimes up: FBI
Hate crime reports drop in 2007, but sexual-orientation bias crimes up: FBI
Catherine
October 28, 2008 12:37:00 pm

Reports of hate crimes dropped approximately one percent in 2007 from the previous year but incidents of sexual-orientation bias crimes increased by six percent, according to the 2007 Hate Crime Statistics released by the US Federal...

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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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