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News Google stops censoring China search results after legal dispute
Google stops censoring China search results after legal dispute
Sarah Miley
March 23, 2010 12:13:00 pm

Google officially stopped censoring search results to Chinese users on Tuesday after a legal impasse was reached between the Internet giant and the Chinese government. Google announced Monday that it would be rerouting the Google.cn...

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News Togo court affirms contested election of incumbent president
Togo court affirms contested election of incumbent president
Sarah Miley
March 18, 2010 03:05:00 pm

The Constitutional Court of Togo on Wednesday affirmed the election of incumbent President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe despite five suits alleging voter fraud filed by the opposition. The court held...

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News Rwanda tribunal affirms genocide conviction of Hutu singer
Rwanda tribunal affirms genocide conviction of Hutu singer
Sarah Miley
March 18, 2010 02:00:00 pm

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Thursday affirmed the genocide conviction of popular Rwandan singer-songwriter Simon Bikindi . The charge was based on...

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News Afghanistan confirms enactment of war crimes pardon law
Afghanistan confirms enactment of war crimes pardon law
Sarah Miley
March 16, 2010 12:13:00 pm

The Afghanistan Office of the President openly confirmed for the first time on Tuesday that the government has enacted a law providing a blanket pardon for all war crimes and human rights violations occurring before December 2001....

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News Ginsburg backs end to judicial elections
Ginsburg backs end to judicial elections
Sarah Miley
March 12, 2010 01:32:00 pm

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg endorsed a ban on the election of judges at the state and local level on Thursday while speaking at a conference for the National Association of Women Judges...

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China chides US on rights record in report response
Sarah Miley
March 12, 2010 12:15:00 pm

The Chinese government responded on Friday to the release of a US human rights report critical of China by issuing its own report criticizing the US human rights record. The report covered issues relating to crime,...

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Germany court convicts four Islamists over terror plot
Sarah Miley
March 4, 2010 01:59:00 pm

A German court in Dusseldorf on Thursday convicted four Islamists of conspiracy to murder and belonging to a foreign terrorist group for plotting to destroy US facilities within Germany. The four men, members of the radical Islamic Jihad Union...

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News Montenegrin war crimes suspect arrested in Spain
Montenegrin war crimes suspect arrested in Spain
Sarah Miley
March 2, 2010 12:03:00 pm

Spain's Interior Ministry announced Tuesday that national police agents have arrested accused Montenegrin war criminal Veselin Vlahovic in southeastern Spain. Vlahovic, known as the "monster of Grbavica," is wanted on three...

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News Australia court rules former Guantanamo detainee can sue government
Australia court rules former Guantanamo detainee can sue government
Sarah Miley
February 26, 2010 06:10:00 am

The Federal Court of Australia ruled Thursday that former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mamdouh Habib can sue the Australian government for complicity in his ill-treatment while incarcerated in Pakistan, Egypt,...

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UK chief prosecutor publishes new policy on assisted suicide
Sarah Miley
February 25, 2010 02:08:00 pm

UK Director of Public Prosecutions (DDP), Keir Starmer , published a new policy on Thursday for prosecutors in regards to cases of assisted suicide . While the new policy does not legalize assisted...

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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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