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News Myanmar military accuses democracy advocate of tax evasion
Myanmar military accuses democracy advocate of tax evasion
Gabriel Haboubi
January 18, 2007 07:04:00 pm

The military government of Myanmar has accused National League for Democracy leader, and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi of tax evasion, claiming in the...

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News Supreme Court to hear tobacco jurisdiction case
Supreme Court to hear tobacco jurisdiction case
Gabriel Haboubi
January 12, 2007 04:24:00 pm

The US Supreme Court Friday granted certiorari in four cases , including one that will determine if tobacco companies are protected from judgments in state courts on the grounds that cigarettes are...

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News German high court refuses to hear Motassadeq appeal
German high court refuses to hear Motassadeq appeal
Gabriel Haboubi
January 12, 2007 04:09:00 pm

Germany’s highest court, the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe, announced Friday that it will not hear the appeal of the 15-year sentence of convicted September 11 conspirator Mounir...

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News Padilla terror trial delayed for three months for competency evaluation
Padilla terror trial delayed for three months for competency evaluation
Gabriel Haboubi
January 12, 2007 03:36:00 pm

The federal district court that will hold the trial of alleged terrorist Jose Padilla and two other alleged al-Qaeda operatives announced Friday that it will delay the trial for 3 months, partly in response...

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News Saddam will directed lawyers to cease appeals; UK failed to stop execution
Saddam will directed lawyers to cease appeals; UK failed to stop execution
Gabriel Haboubi
January 11, 2007 09:23:00 pm

In his final will, dictated to his principal Iraqi defense counsel Khalil al-Dulaimi 24 hours before his December 30 execution , former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein instructed his legal team to stop...

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News House passes stem cell research bill as presidential veto promised
House passes stem cell research bill as presidential veto promised
Gabriel Haboubi
January 11, 2007 08:03:00 pm

The US House of Representatives passed HR 3 Thursday, which would amend the Public Health Service Act to allow for additional embryonic stem cell research. In a press release ...

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News Guantanamo fifth anniversary marked by more calls for closure
Guantanamo fifth anniversary marked by more calls for closure
Gabriel Haboubi
January 11, 2007 07:49:00 pm

Protests against the US military prison for terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay Cuba continued Thursday as the facility marked its fifth anniversary. In Cuba itself, peace activists, including former detainee Asif Iqbal ,...

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News Iran justice minister dies in car accident
Iran justice minister dies in car accident
Gabriel Haboubi
December 29, 2006 12:11:00 pm

State-run television in Iran has reported that Iranian Minister of Justice Jamal Karimi-Rad has died in a car accident . While details have been sparse, it is believed that Karimi-Rad’s son was driving...

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News California restores prisoner voting rights
California restores prisoner voting rights
Gabriel Haboubi
December 29, 2006 10:36:00 am

The State of California has decided not to appeal a December 21st decision of the California 1st District Court of Appeal restoring voting rights to approximately 100,000 inmates serving a year or...

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News Intimate partner violence declining in US: DOJ report
Intimate partner violence declining in US: DOJ report
Gabriel Haboubi
December 29, 2006 10:18:00 am

The US Department of Justice reported Thursday that incidents of intimate partner violence in the United States have declined in recent years . The study was conducted by the DOJ Bureau of Justice Statistics...

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US Congress passed 16th Amendment

On July 12, 1909, the US Congress passed the Sixteenth Amendment, giving Congress the power to collect income taxes. The Amendment was ratified and went into force in 1913. Learn more about the history of the 16th Amendment.

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On July 12, 1790, the French National Assembly promulgated the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. While previous legislation passed by the National Assembly already seized church lands and ended monastic vows, the Civil Constitution finally destroyed monastic orders in France.

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