Ethiopian opposition leaders get life sentence
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An Ethiopian court sentenced 35 opposition members to life in prison on Monday, rebuffing a prosecution request that they be executed for trying to overthrow the government, treason and inciting violence.
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Deposed President Joseph Estrada was convicted and sentenced to life in prison Wednesday after a landmark six-year trial on charges that he took bribes and kickbacks in office.
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The United States expressed surprise Monday by an Ethiopian prosecutor&#39;s push for the death penalty for 38 opposition figures convicted of plotting to overthrow Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.
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A Syrian security court sentenced two Syrians to death and another two to life in prison for their involvement in an April bomb attack and gunbattle in Damascus, a lawyer said on Thursday.
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A group of 38 Ethiopian opposition leaders found guilty of links to violent election protests is to be sentenced.
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Two Syrians have been sentenced to death and another two to life in prison for their part in an April attack and gunbattle that killed four people in Damascus, one of their lawyers said on Thursday.
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Ethiopia has granted its first-ever amnesty to 263 prisoners, commuting the death penalty for 11 of them, state media reported Tuesday.
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Former Ethiopian leader Mengistu Haile Mariam was found guilty in absentia of genocide on Tuesday after the 12-year trial of one of Africa's bloodiest governments.
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A UN-backed court sentenced three former rebel leaders to prison yesterday, the first punishments handed down by the war crimes tribunal since it was set up five years ago after Sierra Leone's decadelong conflict ended. Alex Tamba Brima, 35, and Santigie Borbor Kanu, 42, were each given 50-year jail terms, while Brima Bazzy Kamara, 39, received ...
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A leading Sri Lankan opposition politician is given a prison sentence for defaming the supreme court.
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The younger brother of a man once touted as a future leader of India's main opposition Hindu nationalist party was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday for his murder.
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Outspoken criticism of Muslim extremists and Egypt's president earns an Egyptian man a four-year prison sentence. By the Associated Press.
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An Ethiopian dictator known as "the butcher of Addis Ababa" was convicted Tuesday of genocide in a rare case of an African strongman being held to account by his own country.
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NAIROBI, July 20 -- The Ethiopian government on Friday pardoned 38 of the country's top political opposition leaders, released them from prison and drove them in three minibuses to homes they had not seen in nearly two years.
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Prosecutors in Ethiopia&#39;s high court requested the death penalty on Monday for 38 opposition figures convicted last month of planning a coup to overthrow Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.
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Two Syrians have been sentenced to death and two others to life in prison for a car bomb attack and gunbattle that killed four people in Damascus, the official SANA news agency said on Thursday.
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Former Indian cabinet minister Shibu Soren is given a life term for murdering his aide.