Ethiopian 38 face death penalty
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An Ethiopian court is due to deliver its sentence on 38 opposition leaders, who face the death penalty.
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Six foreign medics face execution by firing squad or hanging after being convicted by a Libyan court of deliberately infecting hundreds of children with the AIDS virus.
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Five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor were convicted and sentenced to death by a Libyan court Tuesday on charges they deliberately infected hundreds of children with the AIDS virus.Comment
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Three ex-Bangladesh soldiers are sentenced to death for killing four aides of former President Rahman in 1975.
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Ethiopian prosecutors have called for the death penalty for 38 opposition politicians and activists convicted of inciting violence following disputed general elections two years ago.
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Ethiopia has pardoned 38 opposition politicians and activists sentenced to various prison terms, including life, for inciting violence in an attempt to overthrow the government, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said.
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An Afghan court sentenced a man to death Saturday for the 2001 killing of three foreign journalists and an Afghan colleague who were pulled from their cars, robbed and shot as they rushed to cover the collapse of the Taliban.
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A Yemeni court on Saturday sentenced one militant to death and 14 others to prison terms of three to 10 years on terror charges, according to local reports.
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A court in Sudan&#39;s troubled Darfur region has sentenced three militiamen to death and six others to up to five years in prison for murder and pillage, the Sudanese Media Centre said on Sunday.
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An Ethiopian court found exiled  former ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam guilty in absentia of  genocide on Tuesday, ending a 12-year trial.
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DHAKA : A court sentenced 10 people to death for shooting dead five politicians at a 1999 political rally in Bangladesh, which has been scarred by years of political violence, a report said.
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Former Ethiopian leader Mengistu  Haile Mariam was found guilty in absentia of genocide on  Tuesday after a 12-year trial of one of Africa's bloodiest  governments.
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A Philippine court sentenced three men to life in prison on Friday for killing a newspaper columnist, a rare conviction in one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists.
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An Ethiopian court convicts two anti-poverty activists of inciting violence after disputed polls in 2005.
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Three men were jailed Friday in Britain over a &quot;barbaric&quot; honour killing ordered by the family of a 20-year-old Kurdish woman after she had an affair with a man they deemed unsuitable.
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By KHALED EL-DEEB and WILLA THAYER , Associated Press Writers Five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor were convicted and sentenced to death by a Libyan court Tuesday on charges they deliberately infected ...Comment
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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.