In a speech Friday in Cleveland, US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Mark Everson said that the IRS had found a sharp increase in prohibited political activity by 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charities, including some...

HB 1215, State of South Dakota, passed by the South Dakota House of Representatives February 24, 2006 . Excerpt:No person may knowingly administer to, prescribe for, or procure for, or sell...

Proclamation No. 1017, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President, Republic of the Philippines, February 24, 2006 . Read the full text of the proclamation. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

The Prosecutor v. Slobodan Milosevic, Decision on Assigned Counsel Request for Provisional Release, Trial Chamber, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, February 24, 2006 [rejecting a request by former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic for provisional release so that he...

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey filed suit in a New Jersey Superior Court Friday to try to block Dubai Ports World , a company from the United Arab Emirates , from...

Defense contractor Mitchell Wade pleaded guilty in US District Court in Washington, DC on Friday to conspiring to funnel more than $1 million in bribes to former US Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham ....

AP is reporting that the South Dakota House of Representatives has given final approval to a bill that would ban nearly all abortions in the state. The state Senate approved the abortion ban earlier this week....

Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared a national emergency in a taped television address Friday after uncovering a plot to oust her from office. The state of national emergency declaration issued...

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counterterrorism Martin Scheinin sharply criticized Turkey's anti-terrorism laws Thursday, claiming Turkey's definition of terrorism is too broad and vague with respect to local terrorist groups....

Indian officials have arrested Alok Tomar, editor of the obscure Indian magazine Senior India, for publishing a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad. Officials charged Tomar with hurting religious sentiments in India, although it is unknown whether the...