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News Cuba praises court decision overturning convictions for five agents
Cuba praises court decision overturning convictions for five agents
Tom Henry
August 10, 2005 01:36:00 pm

In the wake of a US Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decision Tuesday in which the convictions and sentences of five accused Cuban spies were overturned , the Cuban government has called...

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News Federal judge allows Parmalat suit against Bank of America to proceed
Federal judge allows Parmalat suit against Bank of America to proceed
Tom Henry
August 10, 2005 12:48:00 pm

Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York has ruled that Parmalat can proceed with its lawsuit against Bank of America though he dismissed most...

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News Judge orders Canada to stop questioning Gitmo teen
Judge orders Canada to stop questioning Gitmo teen
Tom Henry
August 10, 2005 12:17:00 pm

A Canadian Federal Court judge has ruled that intelligence authorities must stop interrogating Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr . Justice Konrad von Finckenstein's decision also slammed Canadian counterterrorism agents for gathering information at...

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News Former ‘comfort women’ demand justice, compensation from Japan
Former ‘comfort women’ demand justice, compensation from Japan
Tom Henry
August 10, 2005 11:19:00 am

Protesters in cities across Asia Wednesday urged government officials in Japan to apologize for the actions of the Imperial Army and compensate women forced into sexual slavery in brothels run by the Japanese military before and during...

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News Pakistan vows to protect voting rights for women
Pakistan vows to protect voting rights for women
Tom Henry
August 10, 2005 10:40:00 am

Pakistan's chief election commissioner Abdul Hameed Dogar Wednesday promised to take swift and severe action against anyone prohibiting women from accessing polls in next week's local government elections. Dogar said he would go so far as to cancel results...

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News Russian jail denies retribution against Khodorkovsky
Russian jail denies retribution against Khodorkovsky
Tom Henry
August 10, 2005 10:06:00 am

Russian Federal Prisons Service director Yuri Kalinin said Wednesday that the transfer of former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky to a larger cell with more inmates was "normal prison procedure" and not a form of punishment....

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News Bosnian Serb paramilitary commander faces UN war crimes tribunal
Bosnian Serb paramilitary commander faces UN war crimes tribunal
Tom Henry
August 10, 2005 09:39:00 am

After his arrest in Buenos Aires earlier this week, Bosnian Serb paramilitary leader Milan Lukic agreed Tuesday to be extradited and face new charges before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia [official website; JURIST news...

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News California appeals court rejects Schwarzenegger redistricting plan
California appeals court rejects Schwarzenegger redistricting plan
Tom Henry
August 10, 2005 08:38:00 am

The California Court of Appeal for the Third Appellate District Tuesday rejected an appeal to have a measure backed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger that would change the redistricting process in California included on November's special...

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News Supreme Court Justice Breyer denounces political attacks on judges
Supreme Court Justice Breyer denounces political attacks on judges
Tom Henry
August 10, 2005 08:06:00 am

Speaking as part of a panel on the independence of the judiciary at the annual meeting of the American Bar Association Tuesday, US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said that controversial...

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UK considers secret courts for pre-trial terror hearings
Tom Henry
August 9, 2005 04:14:00 pm

Britain's Home Office said Tuesday that the UK government is considering a move to special judge-only courts hearing in-camera evidence argued by security-cleared "special advocates" after reports surfaced that secret pre-trial terror hearings could be in the...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

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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