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Uganda parliament approves bill removing presidential age limit
Ohara Hamlin
December 21, 2017 02:44:28 pm

The Ugandan parliament voted on Wednesday to eliminate the presidential age limit of 75 years. The controversial "Age Limit Bill" also extends the terms of office for the president and the parliament from five years to seven years....

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Benghazi suspect cleared of murder, convicted on terrorism charge
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November 29, 2017 12:54:42 pm

A jury in Washington, DC, acquitted Ahmed Abu Khatallah, the ringleader of the 2012 Benghazi attacks, of murder on Tuesday, but convicted him on terrorism charges. After five days of deliberations, the jury found him guilty of one...

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Federal judge delays deportation of Indonesian Christians pending legal challenge
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November 28, 2017 12:51:55 pm

A federal judge in Boston ruled to delay efforts to deport 51 Indonesian Christians on Monday. The petitioners originally fled their home country to avoid religious prosecution and have been living in New Hampshire under an agreement with Immigration...

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November 21, 2017 01:26:59 pm

The Trump administration on Monday asked the US Supreme Court to stay a district court order preventing enforcement of Trump's revised travel ban pending the outcome of an appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of...

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November 15, 2017 12:30:09 pm

Two women filed a lawsuit against Uber on Tuesday in a San Francisco federal court alleging that they had been sexually assaulted by their Uber drivers. The women claim that they are not the only ones—that drivers have...

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Federal appeals court allows partial implementation of travel ban
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November 14, 2017 11:57:19 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday allowed President Donald Trump's latest travel ban to go partially into effect. The partial ban applies to people of Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and Chad, who...

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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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