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White House urged not to re-sign ICC Rome treaty
Jaclyn Belczyk
August 19, 2009 02:27:00 pm

The Obama administration should not re-sign and ratify the Rome Statute and join the International Criminal Court (ICC) , according to a study released Tuesday by the Heritage Foundation . According to the report, the...

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Australia rights group criticizes proposed terrorism law changes
Jaclyn Belczyk
August 19, 2009 01:11:00 pm

Australian rights group Civil Liberties Australia (CLA) on Wednesday sharply criticized the government's proposed reforms to Australia's national security and anti-terrorism legislation. Last week, Australian Attorney General Robert McClelland released a 452-page...

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Obama administration to transfer 6 Guantanamo detainees overseas: report
Jaclyn Belczyk
August 19, 2009 11:49:00 am

The Obama administration has notified Congress of plans to transfer six Guantanamo Bay detainees out of the country, according to a Tuesday Miami Herald report . The notifications were reportedly filed August 7, in accordance with...

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Ninth Circuit overturns stock options backdating conviction of Brocade ex-CEO
Jaclyn Belczyk
August 19, 2009 10:51:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday overturned the conviction of former Brocade Communications Systems CEO Gregory Reyes for backdating stock options . Citing prosecutorial misconduct, the...

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Prominent China human rights lawyer charged with tax evasion
Jaclyn Belczyk
August 19, 2009 09:32:00 am

Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Xu Zhiyong has been charged with tax evasion, his lawyer said Tuesday. Xu is accused of failing to pay taxes on a $100,000 grant from Yale University earmarked for the legal research...

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Russia human rights activists leaving Chechnya in wake of killings
Jaclyn Belczyk
August 19, 2009 08:27:00 am

Russian human rights activists and journalists are suspending their work in Chechnya in the wake of the recent violence, according to a Tuesday Moscow Times report . Rights group Memorial , which employed...

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Federal court upholds Texas university affirmative action admissions policy
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August 19, 2009 07:48:00 am

The US District Court for the Western District of Texas on Monday upheld a University of Texas at Austin (UT) affirmative action policy of considering race in student admissions. The...

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Most US federal court judges still white men, but demographics changing: report
Jaclyn Belczyk
August 18, 2009 04:20:00 pm

As Justice Sonia Sotomayor takes a seat on the US Supreme Court - the first Hispanic and only the third woman to do so - the federal judiciary as a whole continues to be heavily dominated...

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ICE acknowledges previously unreported immigration detainee deaths
Jaclyn Belczyk
August 18, 2009 02:44:00 pm

The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acknowledged Monday that 11 deaths in immigration detention had gone unreported . ICE added 10 names to the official roster of immigration detainee fatalities and acknowledged an...

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August 18, 2009 01:08:00 pm

Former Credit Suisse broker Eric Butler was convicted Monday of multiple counts of fraud and conspiracy in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York . His co-defendant Julian Tzolov pleaded guilty last...

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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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