US President George W. Bush on Thursday defended the refusal of Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasey to say that waterboarding is illegal. During a press conference Thursday, Bush said:I've submitted...
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Bangladesh splits judiciary from executive branch
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Pakistan high court judge says Musharraf ruling could be delayed until mid-November
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London police found guilty in subway shooting trial
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Federal judge blocks new US Patent Office rules changing application process
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Mugabe signs Zimbabwe constitutional amendments into law
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DOJ official urges telecom immunity, limited FISC role in Senate surveillance bill
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Zimbabwe court delays trial of farmer who ignored state eviction order
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Canadian lawyer says access to Khadr cut off before Guantanamo hearing
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Pakistan high court sentences police for mistreating then-suspended chief justice
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The interim government of Bangladesh Thursday announced that its judiciary has formally separated from the executive branch. The interim government completed all formalities necessary to separate the judiciary in August, meeting a deadline set...
The Supreme Court of Pakistan judge presiding over a case challenging the legality of President Pervez Musharraf's re-election bid said Thursday that the court is unlikely to rule in the case until mid-November. The court has previously...
A London jury Thursday found that the Metropolitan Police violated laws relating to health and public safety when it shot and killed Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes in a London...
A federal judge Wednesday enjoined the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) from implementing new rules that would have limited the number of claims that can be...
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has signed a bill into law that amends the Zimbabwean Constitution to essentially allow Mugabe to pick his successor. A government publication indicated that the bill came into effect on Tuesday....
A Bush administration official Wednesday called the Senate's proposed domestic surveillance bill "generally a strong piece of legislation," but repeated several administration demands, including a provision granting blanket immunity to telecommunications companies from privacy lawsuits related to their participation...
The first trial in Zimbabwe involving a white farmer defending his refusal to obey a state-sponsored eviction order was postponed Wednesday until December 17 after prosecutors admitted to the court that they had failed to turn relevant papers and...
US military lawyers for Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr are preventing Khadr from speaking with Dennis Edney, his Canadian civil lawyer, in advance of a hearing scheduled for next week, Edney told...
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday sentenced five high-ranking police officers to between 15 days and one month in prison for mistreating Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry when President Musharraf suspended him...
