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AOL anti-phishing complaints [US DC]
Bernard Hibbitts
February 28, 2006 10:14:00 pm

American Online Inc. v John Does, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, February 27, 2006 . Read the full text of the...

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Abortion clinic protests ruling [US SC]
Bernard Hibbitts
February 28, 2006 10:06:00 pm

Scheidler v. National Organization for Women, Inc., Supreme Court of the United States, February 28, 2006 . Read the full text...

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News Philippines state of emergency declaration [Philippines Presidency]
Philippines state of emergency declaration [Philippines Presidency]
Bernard Hibbitts
February 24, 2006 09:24:00 pm

Proclamation No. 1017, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President, Republic of the Philippines, February 24, 2006 . Read the full text of the proclamation. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

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Milosevic medical release rejection ruling [ICTY]
Bernard Hibbitts
February 24, 2006 08:34:00 pm

The Prosecutor v. Slobodan Milosevic, Decision on Assigned Counsel Request for Provisional Release, Trial Chamber, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, February 24, 2006 [rejecting a request by former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic for provisional release so that he...

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Microsoft EU antitrust defense filing [Microsoft]
Bernard Hibbitts
February 23, 2006 10:11:00 pm

Response of Microsoft Corporation to the Statement of Objections by the European Commission Dated 21 December 2005, February 15, 2006; released February 23, 2006 [responding to European Commission complaints of non-compliance with orders from a 2004 EC antitrust ruling to...

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Human Rights Council draft resolution [UN GA]
Bernard Hibbitts
February 23, 2006 09:48:00 pm

Draft resolution by the President of the UN General Assembly: Human Rights Council . Read the full text of the draft resolution ....

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Microsoft posts EU antitrust defense as rival companies file new complaint
Bernard Hibbitts
February 23, 2006 07:56:00 pm

Microsoft Thursday made a symbolic response to a new antitrust complaint filed with the European Commission by IBM, Oracle, Sun Microsystems and six other companies by taking the unusual step of posting online its full...

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UK Human Rights: A Broken Promise [Amnesty International]
Bernard Hibbitts
February 23, 2006 06:26:00 pm

UK Human Rights: A Broken Promise, Amnesty International, February 23, 2006 [condemning the British government's derogations from human rights in the UK itself, criticizing the use of control orders restricting the movements and conduct of suspects who cannot be prosecuted,...

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Human Rights Report 2005 [UK HC FAC]
Bernard Hibbitts
February 23, 2006 06:24:00 pm

Human Rights Report 2005, UK House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, February 23, 2006 . Read the full text of the report . Reported in...

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EU lawmakers hear US renditions evidence
Bernard Hibbitts
February 23, 2006 05:31:00 pm

A Human Rights Watch expert Thursday told members of a European Parliament committee formed to investigate allegations that the US has transferred prisoners through Europe on secret extraordinary rendition flights that the United States...

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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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