Foreign medics sentenced to die in Libya HIV case
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A Libyan court sentenced five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor to death on Tuesday for deliberately infecting hundreds of children with the HIV virus that causes AIDS.
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Libya&#39;s top legal body meets on Tuesday to decide whether to uphold or revoke death sentences on six foreign medics convicted of infecting children with the AIDS virus, with a compensation deal for victims likely to win them a reprieve.
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"I am calling for calmness and a little bit more patience, Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev said. "We are taking and will be taking all steps to bring this whole case to an end as soon as possible and see our compatriots very soon on Bulgarian soil."  By Anna MudevaSOFIA  - Bulgaria and the European Union called on Libya on Wednesday to transfer six foreign medics to Sofia, after Tripoli lifted their death sentences for infecting hundreds of children with the HIV virus.The five Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor, who have spent more than eight years in jail, could be pardoned by the Balkan country's president if they are sent to Sofia under a 1984 prisoner exchange agreement with Libya.Following hectic diplomatic talks and payment of hundreds of millions of dollars to the families of 460 HIV victims, Tripoli commuted the death sentences against the six to life imprisonment late on Tuesday, paving the way for their release. Read more
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The French president's wife meets the medics sentenced to death in Libya for infecting children with HIV.
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Libya on Tuesday commuted death  sentences on five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor  convicted of deliberately infecting children with HIV, raising  hopes they would soon be freed after eight years in jail.
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Libya&#39;s Supreme Court will rule on  Wednesday on an appeal by six foreign medics sentenced to death  for infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the HIV virus  following a report of a deal for their release.
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Libya&#39;s top judiciary body has put off  until Tuesday a ruling on the fate of six foreign medics  sentenced to death for infecting Libyan children with HIV.
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A Libyan court on Tuesday found five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor guilty of infecting hundreds of children with the HIV virus that causes AIDS and sentenced them all to death.
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Libya&#39;s supreme court said it would issue its final verdict next month on six foreign medics on death row for allegedly infecting children with AIDS, but an official involved in the case said an out-of-court settlement could be reached as early as this week.
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TRIPOLI, Libya -- Libya's Supreme Court yesterday upheld the death sentences of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of infecting more than 400 children with HIV.
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Libyan officials warned that European pressure was not helping the cause of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor sentenced to death in an AIDS epidemic case.
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A Libyan court will hear an appeal next  week by five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death on charges of  infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the HIV virus, a  Bulgarian official said on Friday.
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Libya&#39;s Supreme Court on Wednesday confirmed the death penalty against six foreign medics convicted of infecting hundreds of children with the AIDS virus in a case that has dragged on for eight years.
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A court in southern Kazakhstan sentenced 21 people to prison Wednesday for medical malpractice after 118 children and 14 mothers were infected with the HIV virus in hospital, of whom nine have died to date.
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EU officials are in Libya to try to resolve the case of medics sentenced to death for infecting children with HIV.
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The families of Libyan children infected with the AIDS virus have dropped demands for the death penalty in the case of six foreign medics on death row in the case, a spokesman said Tuesday.
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An international fund and families of  HIV-infected children in Libya have not yet agreed a financial  package for them, a lawyer for foreign medics sentenced to  death in the case said on Thursday.