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Taiwan VP indicted on corruption, forgery charges

September 21, 2007 03:13:00 PM

Taiwanese prosecutors Friday indicted Vice President Annette Lu and two other leading members of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on charges of corruption and forgery. Lu, DPP Chairman Yu Shyi-kun, and former foreign minister...

August 14, 2007 12:20:00 PM

Former Taiwanese opposition party leader Ma Ying-jeou was acquitted of corruption and accounting fraud charges by the Taipei District Court Tuesday. The court ruled that...

April 3, 2007 01:08:00 PM

Taiwanese Nationalist Party (KMT) leader Ma Ying-jeou pleaded not guilty Tuesday to corruption charges and said he plans to run in the 2008 presidential elections no matter...

February 13, 2007 08:27:00 AM

The Taipei High Prosecutors Office in Taiwan indicted Nationalist Party (KMT) leader Ma Ying-jeou Tuesday on corruption charges. The allegations against Ma, who had been...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Acts of Union creates Great Britain

On May 1, 1707, the two Acts of Union went into effect, implementing the Treaty of Union and thereby uniting the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The Union with Scotland Act was passed by the Parliament of England in 1706, and the Scottish Parliament promulgated the Union with England Act. Learn more about the Acts of Union from the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

First US trade union formed

On May 1, 1794, the Federal Society of Journeymen Cordwainers (shoemakers) was organized in Philadelphia to negotiate wages for its members, becoming the first trade union in the United States.

Learn more about the history of the labor movement in the United States, and visit the website of the AFL-CIO, the federation of America's labor unions, representing more than 13 million workers.