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Milosevic died of natural causes: ICTY report
Jaime Jansen
May 31, 2006 08:38:00 am

Former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic died of natural causes on March 11 when guards found him dead in his prison cell at the detention center for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia...

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Perjury accusations leveled at Saddam trial witnesses
Jaime Jansen
May 31, 2006 08:03:00 am

Defense lawyers in the Saddam Hussein trial on Wednesday accused a prosecution witness of perjury and urged chief judge Raouf Abdel-Rahman to stop proceedings at the Iraqi High Criminal Court to investigate the credibility...

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News Kosovo criminal justice system in shambles: HRW
Kosovo criminal justice system in shambles: HRW
Jaime Jansen
May 30, 2006 02:40:00 pm

The criminal justice system in Kosovo is failing, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday in a report focusing on the criminal justice response to renewed violence between Serbs and ethnic Albanians...

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News Thailand sets new election date as PM sues opponents for defamation
Thailand sets new election date as PM sues opponents for defamation
Jaime Jansen
May 30, 2006 02:13:00 pm

Thailand's Cabinet on Tuesday approved October 15 as the date for new elections just three weeks after the country's Constitutional Court annulled last month's parliamentary elections , finding that the Election Commission unconstitutionally organized...

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Supreme Court to hear Philip Morris punitive damages appeal
Jaime Jansen
May 30, 2006 01:41:00 pm

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certiorari in Philip Morris USA v. Williams , 05-1256, a case involving the damages awarded in a wrongful death action against Philip...

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Sensenbrenner drafting bill to protect congressional documents from FBI raids
Jaime Jansen
May 30, 2006 12:52:00 pm

US Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) , chairman of the US House Judiciary Committee , said Tuesday that he intends to draft legislation that would shield congressional documents and materials from being seized in searches similar to the...

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Australia AG considering sedition laws revision
Jaime Jansen
May 30, 2006 12:10:00 pm

Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said Tuesday that he is willing to revise Australia's new sedition laws , particularly the use of the word "sedition," after the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) ...

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News East Timor president imposes emergency rule as office of attorney general looted
East Timor president imposes emergency rule as office of attorney general looted
Jaime Jansen
May 30, 2006 11:33:00 am

East Timor President Xanana Gusmao said Tuesday that he is taking control of national security and defense in response to the increasing and often violent unrest related to the March firing...

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Saudi Arabia releases three former Guantanamo detainees
Jaime Jansen
May 30, 2006 10:47:00 am

Saudi Arabia has freed three former Guantanamo Bay detainees who were repatriated there last year. According to an Interior Ministry source, the three "admitted to have been present in troubled areas without obtaining the consent of their...

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Europe court strikes down US-EU airline passenger records deal
Jaime Jansen
May 30, 2006 09:53:00 am

The European Court of Justice ruled Tuesday that an agreement between the European Union and the US that compels European airlines to disclose information about passengers flying from...

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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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