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News Jewish groups considering challenge to Ontario ban on faith-based arbitration
Jewish groups considering challenge to Ontario ban on faith-based arbitration
Sara R. Parsowith
September 13, 2005 07:27:00 pm

B'nai Brith Canada officials said Tuesday that they are considering a constitutional challenge to the Ontario ban on rabbinical courts imposed by Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty , arguing that the ban may limit freedom of religion....

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News Lynndie England prisoner abuse trial set to start next week
Lynndie England prisoner abuse trial set to start next week
Sara R. Parsowith
September 13, 2005 06:58:00 pm

The US Army said Tuesday that the court-martial of Pfc. Lynndie England will start next Tuesday at Fort Hood . England, accused of abusing prisoners at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison ,...

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News Saudi Arabia to set up independent human rights agency
Saudi Arabia to set up independent human rights agency
Sara R. Parsowith
September 13, 2005 08:37:00 am

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah approved government plans Monday to set up an "independent human rights commission" which would "protect human rights and spread awareness about them...in keeping with the provisions of Islamic law." The decision was made...

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News Gitmo hunger strike gains momentum
Gitmo hunger strike gains momentum
Sara R. Parsowith
September 13, 2005 07:58:00 am

The number of detainees on a hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay terror detention camp has increased to at least 128, a US military spokesman said Monday. Eighteen detainees are being force-fed intravenously as the hunger...

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News Former Westar Energy executives found guilty of fraud
Former Westar Energy executives found guilty of fraud
Sara R. Parsowith
September 13, 2005 07:35:00 am

Former Westar Energy CEO David Wittig and former Chief Strategy Officer Douglas Lake were both found guilty Monday of fraudulently taking millions of dollars from the company, the largest electric utility in Kansas. Witting was found guilty...

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News Al Qaeda linked militant gets death sentence for 2004 Jakarta bombing
Al Qaeda linked militant gets death sentence for 2004 Jakarta bombing
Sara R. Parsowith
September 13, 2005 06:53:00 am

Indonesian militant Rois, also known as Iwan Dharmawan, was sentenced to death Tuesday in Indonesia for his role in the September 2004 suicide car bombing at the Australian embassy in Jakarta which...

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News Roberts tells senators that justices are "servants of the law"
Roberts tells senators that justices are "servants of the law"
Sara R. Parsowith
September 12, 2005 07:18:00 pm

Making his own opening statement on the first day of his confirmation hearings , US Supreme Court Chief Justice nominee John Roberts told the Senate Judiciary Committee Monday:a certain...

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News Americans charged with planning LA terror attacks plead not guilty
Americans charged with planning LA terror attacks plead not guilty
Sara R. Parsowith
September 12, 2005 07:05:00 pm

Levar Haley Washington and Gregory Vernon Patterson, both pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges that they planned terrorist attacks in Los Angeles . Washington said that he pled not guilty "n the name of Allah." The two...

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News US judge sentences UK businessman to 47 years for supporting terror
US judge sentences UK businessman to 47 years for supporting terror
Sara R. Parsowith
September 12, 2005 06:50:00 pm

British businessman Hemant Lakhani , 69, was sentenced to 47 years in prison by a New Jersey federal court Monday for financially backing terrorist activities. Lakhani was convicted in April of illegal arms sales and attempting to provide...

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News Mugabe approves controversial changes to Zimbabwe constitution
Mugabe approves controversial changes to Zimbabwe constitution
Sara R. Parsowith
September 12, 2005 08:57:00 am

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has approved amendments to the country's constitution that allow the government to nationalize white-owned farms and impose travel bans on those deemed anti-government. Critics say the land-law changes will...

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President Lincoln signs Naitonal Banking Act into law

On February 26, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the National Banking Act into law, creating the American banking charter system. The Act furthermore created the Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC) within the Treasury Department. The law was further intended to help raise money for the Civil War by pressing banks to buy federal as opposed to state bonds. The law was not as successful as intended in this regard and was soon replaced by the National Banking Act of 1864. Read the history of the OCC from the US Department of the Treasury.

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