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Ex-Klansman granted bail in 1964 civil rights murder case
Tom Henry
August 12, 2005 03:06:00 pm

Mississippi Judge Marcus Gordon on Friday granted bail to former Ku Klux Klansman Edgar Ray Killen , who, in June, was sentenced to 60 years in prison for the 1964 killings of three civil rights...

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Judge orders legal papers unsealed in controversy over detainee abuse photos
Tom Henry
August 12, 2005 02:39:00 pm

Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York has authorized the American Civil Liberties Union to make public papers it filed on August 3 challenging the Pentagon...

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Zimbabwe lawyers prepare to challenge constitutional changes
Tom Henry
August 12, 2005 01:29:00 pm

Lawyers in Zimbabwe prepared Friday to challenge government-proposed changes to the constitution that will block white farmers from challenging land grabs in court and prohibit people deemed anti-government from traveling abroad. The Zimbabwean government last month published proposed...

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Pro-choice group pulls anti-Roberts ad
Tom Henry
August 12, 2005 12:48:00 pm

NARAL Pro-Choice America said late Thursday that it is pulling a widely criticized television spot that linked US Supreme Court nominee John Roberts to anti-abortion bombers, claiming its efforts to expose Roberts' record...

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Sunni Arab leaders reject Shiite federal region proposal
Tom Henry
August 12, 2005 12:17:00 pm

Sunni Arab leaders on Friday rejected calls for a Shiite federal region to be written into the new constitution , claiming the plan would break up Iraq along strict religious and ethnic lines. Sunnis, also fearing they...

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Iraq terror suspect loses bid to return to UK
Tom Henry
August 12, 2005 11:55:00 am

Terrorist suspect Hilal Abdul-Razzaq Ali Al-Jedda on Friday lost a court battle in his bid to be allowed to return to the UK on the grounds that his human rights had been violated . Al-Jedda, who has both...

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Suspected war criminal rejects Serb warrant, willing to face UN tribunal
Tom Henry
August 12, 2005 11:14:00 am

Bosnian Serb paramilitary commander Milan Lukic is demanding to be taken into custody by the UN's International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia , and not by Serbian authorities because he fears for his life,...

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UN Security Council extends Iraq mission for another year
Tom Henry
August 12, 2005 10:48:00 am

The UN Security Council passed a resolution Thursday extending the UN mission in Iraqfor another 12 months in an effort to aid the troubled country in reaching political stability. A few weeks ago,...

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Former Iraq deputy prime minister Aziz gets family call in prison
Tom Henry
August 12, 2005 10:34:00 am

Iraq's former deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz received a ten-minute telephone call in jail from his family Thursday, his first such contact in over two years, and will see them in person next week, his lawyer Badia...

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UK plans to instruct judges on anti-terror deportations, bars radical cleric
Tom Henry
August 12, 2005 09:41:00 am

Lord Charles Falconer , Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor in Tony Blair’s Labour government, said Friday in an interview with BBC Radio that judges could be given explicit legislative guidance on how to...

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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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