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News ICTY allows Seselj war crimes trial to continue
ICTY allows Seselj war crimes trial to continue
Jaclyn Belczyk
May 4, 2011 11:54:09 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) ruled Wednesday that the war crimes trial of former Serb nationalist politician Vojislav Seselj can continue. Seselj, charged with 14 counts of crimes...

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News Utah immigration law challenged
Utah immigration law challenged
Jaclyn Belczyk
May 3, 2011 03:12:21 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) on Tuesday filed a class action lawsuit challenging Utah's controversial immigration law . The bill, which has...

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News Demjanjuk lawyer calls for acquittal in closing arguments
Demjanjuk lawyer calls for acquittal in closing arguments
Jaclyn Belczyk
May 3, 2011 12:08:32 pm

The lawyer for accused Nazi guard John Demjanjuk called for acquittal Tuesday as he presented his closing arguments in a German courtroom. Defense lawyer Ulrich Busch also argued that Demjanjuk should be awarded damages...

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News Middle East leaders among annual list of threats to press freedom
Middle East leaders among annual list of threats to press freedom
Jaclyn Belczyk
May 3, 2011 11:00:20 am

Journalism rights group Reporters without Borders (RSF) on Tuesday released its annual list of predators of press freedom , which included the heads of state of several countries in the Middle East and North Africa....

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News Supreme Court to hear Jerusalem passport, arbitration cases
Supreme Court to hear Jerusalem passport, arbitration cases
Jaclyn Belczyk
May 2, 2011 03:01:38 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in MBZ v. Clinton to determine whether the political question doctrine deprives a federal court of...

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News Supreme Court rules for Wyoming in water dispute
Supreme Court rules for Wyoming in water dispute
Jaclyn Belczyk
May 2, 2011 10:26:54 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 7-1 in Montana v. Wyoming for Wyoming in a dispute with Montana over water rights to the Tongue and Powder...

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News Bahrain protesters sentenced to death over police killings
Bahrain protesters sentenced to death over police killings
Jaclyn Belczyk
April 28, 2011 02:34:57 pm

A court in Bahrain on Thursday sentenced four protesters to death for their roles in the killing of two police officers. Three others were sentenced to life in prison . The killings were committed last month during mass...

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News Federal judge dismisses health care lawsuit
Federal judge dismisses health care lawsuit
Jaclyn Belczyk
April 28, 2011 09:02:17 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on Tuesday dismissed a challenge to the federal health care reform law for lack of standing. The suit...

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News Supreme Court hears final oral arguments for 2010 term
Supreme Court hears final oral arguments for 2010 term
Jaclyn Belczyk
April 27, 2011 01:33:23 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Nevada Commission on Ethics v. Carrigan on whether the First Amendment allows states to...

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News Supreme court rules tribe cannot bring same suit in 2 courts
Supreme court rules tribe cannot bring same suit in 2 courts
Jaclyn Belczyk
April 26, 2011 11:51:35 am

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled 7-1 in United States v. Tohono O'odham Indian Nation that the tribe cannot bring a suit based on the same...

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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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