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Pakistan puts Islamic leader under house arrest to prevent cartoons agitation
As ongoing unrest stemming from the controversy over the caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad continues, Pakistani police on Friday placed radical Islamic leader Hafiz Mohammad Saeed under house arrest to prevent him from giving his usual Friday ser (More) |
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Yemen denies US detainee interrogation request over sovereignty concerns
Yemen officials have denied an American request to interrogate detainees taken into custody after the escape of 23 prisoners , including suspected al Qaeda members, from a Yemen prison earlier this month. A Yemen security official, speaking on cond (More) |
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International brief ~ Nepal Supreme Court disbands royal anti-corruption commission
Leading Monday's international brief, the Nepal Supreme Court has handed down an historic decision holding that the Royal Commission for Corruption Control (RCCC) , created by King Gyanendra [official profile, BBC profile] following his dismiss (More) |
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Turkish PM slams court ruling denying headscarf-wearing teacher promotion
Insisting his was a country where freedom prevailed, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Saturday expressly condemned a new ruling by Turkey's high administrative court that a teacher should be refused promotion because of her decision (More) |
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EU Justice Commissioner calls for media code as Muslim cartoons controversy rages
EU Justice and Security Commissioner Franco Frattini said in an interview published Thursday that the EU may draw up a new media code of conduct to forestall any repetition of the global controversy now raging over the publication of caricatures of (More) |
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French court declines to hear Muslim cartoons complaint as leaders urge calm
A French court on Tuesday refused to hear a lawsuit launched to prevent a French newspaper from publishing caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that have caused protests and violence across the globe. The suit, brought by five Muslim organizations (More) |
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Free speech clash over Muhammad cartoons flares into violence
Tension over the publication of cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad flared into violence in Europe and across the Muslim world Thursday and Friday with members of the Front for Defenders of Islam (FPI) storming the Danish embassy in Jakarta and (More) |
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EU justice chief intervenes in Islamic cartoons controversy
EU Justice Commissioner and European Commission Vice-President Franco Frattini intervened in the growing Islamic cartoons controversy Thursday, calling newspaper publication of caricatures of the prophet Muhammad "somewhat imprudent," whi (More) |
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Leaked e-mails show British PM pushed for ban of Islamic parties after bombings
UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke was pressured by UK Prime Minister Tony Blair to ban two Islamic parties in Great Britain after the July 2005 London bombings , according to civil service e-mails leaked [New Statesman article] to a British magazin (More) |
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Iraqis call for constitutional amendments
Many Iraqis who voted for the new constitution [JURIST news archive; JURIST document] in the October referendum have begun to call for amendments to its vague and controversial provisions. Those calling for amendments are concerned with the influe (More) |
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.
