US President Barack Obama reiterated his position that US policies governing the detention and interrogation of Guantanamo Bay detainees should comport with due process and international law requirements in a Sunday interview  with 60 Minutes. Obama said that polices of the former Bush administration, which gave less deference to these norms, did not effectively help the US bring [...]

The peace process in Nepal could be hampered by "impunity for human rights abuses" , UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Sunday. At a Kathmandu news conference concluding her five-day visit to Nepal, Pillay cited abuses including the failure of Nepal's commissions on disappearances and truth and reconciliation to ensure justice for [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Friday upheld as procedural three rules promulgated by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that significantly alter the patent application process, overturning a fourth rule. The four rules, which would have retroactively limited the number of claims that can be included in a patent [...]

John H. Eickemeyer : "The indictment if Mr. Friehling is hardly unexpected, as is the accompanying civil action by the SEC. The conduct alleged in the complaint certainly goes beyond poor auditing – in essence, Mr. Friehling is alleged to have done virtually no auditing at all. Mr. Friehling also allegedly issued independent auditor's reports [...]

A Bangladesh court on Sunday sentenced seven members of the banned Islamic Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) group to life in prison for their roles in two 2005 bombings in the country. The men, Torikul Islam, Shafiullah Tarek Kalam, Abu Isa, Hasan Ali Ekhwan, Jahangir Alam Abidur, Arif, and Sheikh Enamul Haq Moni, who was tried [...]

Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry on Sunday resumed his former position as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan . Chaudhry was removed from the post by then-president Pervez Musharraf following Musharraf's November 2007 declaration of emergency law . Chaudhry began his new term by establishing several judicial panels for the court, but did not attend an [...]

Lawyers for five Uighur detainees at Guantanamo Bay on Friday moved to have Defense Secretary Robert Gates held in contempt after failing to have them freed or transferred. The motions refer to a June 2008 order from the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit requiring that the Uighurs be transferred, released, or given [...]

Authorities in North Korea have detained two American journalists who allegedly crossed into the country from China , official news agency KCNA confirmed Saturday. Laura Ling and Euna Lee were reporting on North Korean refugees in China for Current TV when they allegedly crossed the border on Tuesday. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is [...]

A judge in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Friday denied a motion by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Louisiana homeowners for damages suffered as a result of flooding during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The plaintiffs, five homeowners who brought suit in [...]

Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar of the Supreme Court of Pakistan retired Saturday, paving the way for the official reinstatement of his predecessor, deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry . Chaudhry will re-assume the office of Chief Justice Sunday. Dogar left the court Friday without receiving a full reception from the court's judges and staff, [...]