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Egypt high court suspends all work in face of heavy protests
Cynthia Miley
December 2, 2012 01:40:08 pm

Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court on Sunday indefinitely halted its operations amid pressure from protestors aiming to block the judges from meeting to rule on the validity of the country's new constitution . Supporters of President Mohamed...

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UN expert urges El Salvador to respect judicial independence
Cynthia Miley
November 27, 2012 02:03:30 pm

El Salvador should address the continued challenges to the independence of its judicial system, the UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Gabriela Knaul stated on Monday. Her mission was to examine El...

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Former Russia Defense Ministry official charged with fraud
Cynthia Miley
November 24, 2012 12:07:50 pm

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation on Friday charged Yevgeniya Vasilyeva, former head of the Russia Defense Ministry's property department, with fraud, claiming that she stole over 360 million rubles ($11 million) in a...

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UN concerned over human rights violations in eastern DRC
Cynthia Miley
November 20, 2012 02:51:26 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay expressed concern Tuesday for the civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) who are caught in continued fighting between the...

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Retrial ordered for Kosovo politician accused of war crimes
Cynthia Miley
November 20, 2012 01:51:25 pm

The Kosovo Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a retrial against Kosovo politician and parliamentarian Fatmir Limaj and three other co-defendants on charges of war crimes allegedly committed during the 1998-99 Kosovo war with Serbia...

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Federal judge approves $22.5 million fine for Google privacy violations
Cynthia Miley
November 17, 2012 11:53:52 am

A federal judge in the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Friday approved the $22.5 million fine levied by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against Google for Google's alleged...

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Saudi student sentenced to life for US bomb plot
Cynthia Miley
November 13, 2012 02:44:05 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas sentenced a former Texas college student from Saudi Arabia to life in prison on Tuesday for trying to make a bomb for...

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Apple, HTC reach patent settlement
Cynthia Miley
November 11, 2012 10:16:09 am

HTC and Apple announced Saturday that they have reached a global settlement dismissing all patent lawsuits between the parties. The conflict between the two companies arose after Apple initially filed suit against HTC...

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UN criticizes North Korea human rights record and focus on military
Cynthia Miley
November 4, 2012 10:09:24 am

The UN's Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) , Marzuki Darusman, expressed concern on Friday about the lack of development in human...

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Supreme Court declines to hear Oklahoma ‘personhood’ case
Cynthia Miley
October 30, 2012 01:05:42 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari on a case dealing with a proposed ballot initiative to amend the Oklahoma constitution by defining a fertilized egg as a person. The...

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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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