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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Former WorldCom finance chief gets five year prison term
BREAKING NEWS ~ Former WorldCom finance chief gets five year prison term
Jeannie Shawl
August 11, 2005 11:27:00 am

AP is reporting that former WorldCom CFO Scott Sullivan has been sentenced to five years in prison for his role in the company's $11 billion accounting fraud, the largest in US history. Sullivan is the fifth former executive from...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ UN seals broken at Iran nuke facility
BREAKING NEWS ~ UN seals broken at Iran nuke facility
Jeannie Shawl
August 10, 2005 08:44:00 am

According to wire reports, the International Atomic Energy Agency has confirmed that seals at Iran's Isfahan nuclear facility have been broken , allowing Iran to fully resume its uranium conversion activities. The IAEA held an emergency...

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News Convicted spy alleges torture in US prison
Convicted spy alleges torture in US prison
Jeannie Shawl
May 9, 2005 09:52:00 am

New legal documents filed by convicted spy Jonathan Pollard include allegations that Pollard has been tortured during his US imprisonment. Pollard was arrested in 1985 and was convicted of spying for Israel while he was a civilian...

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News War crimes trial of two Rwandans begins in Belgium
War crimes trial of two Rwandans begins in Belgium
Jeannie Shawl
May 9, 2005 09:29:00 am

The trial of two Rwandan men accused of war crimes during the 1994 Rwandan genocide begins Monday in Brussels. Half-brothers Etienne Nzabonimana and Samuel Ndashyikirwa are accused of helping the Hutu militia and are charged under Belgium's...

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News Nepalese political parties demand constitutional reforms
Nepalese political parties demand constitutional reforms
Jeannie Shawl
May 9, 2005 08:53:00 am

A week after Nepal's King Gyanendra lifted a state of emergency , the country's seven political parties have joined together to present a common agenda that demands a return to democracy and constitutional reforms...

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Senate committee chair predicts approval of Bolton nomination
Jeannie Shawl
May 8, 2005 04:52:00 pm

Senator Richard Lugar , chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee , said Sunday that he expects a party-line vote this week to approve the controversial nomination of John Bolton as US ambassador to the...

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Japan joining Moscow WWII ceremonies despite no peace treaty
Jeannie Shawl
May 8, 2005 04:17:00 pm

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi headed to Moscow Sunday to attend ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany, despite the absence of a peace treaty formally ending World War II hostilities between...

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News Peter Rodino, lawmaker who led Nixon impeachment hearings, dies at 95
Peter Rodino, lawmaker who led Nixon impeachment hearings, dies at 95
Jeannie Shawl
May 8, 2005 03:52:00 pm

Peter W. Rodino Jr. , the former Democratic congressman who lead the House impeachment investigation of President Nixon died Saturday at the age of 95. Rodino was chairman of the House Judiciary Committee when it held impeachment hearings...

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News Federal judge says FBI agents didn’t use excessive force in Elian Gonzalez raid
Federal judge says FBI agents didn’t use excessive force in Elian Gonzalez raid
Jeannie Shawl
May 8, 2005 03:22:00 pm

US District Judge Michael Moore has ruled that federal agents who seized Elian Gonzalez during a 2000 raid did not use excessive force by firing tear gas during the raid. In his opinion , issued Friday,...

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News Khodorkovsky could face new charges of misappropriating Yukos assets
Khodorkovsky could face new charges of misappropriating Yukos assets
Jeannie Shawl
May 8, 2005 03:15:00 pm

Former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev may soon face new charges over their handling of the oil company's affairs, according to a report Friday in the Russian newspaper Izvestia. Russian...

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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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