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A court in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu sentences three political activists to death for killing three female students.
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Ahmad Shlash, Ezzo Hussein al-Hussein sentenced to death for being involved in bomb attack, firefight in Damascus. DAMASCUS - Two of 22 defendants accused of involvement in a bomb attack and firefight in the
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A Sri Lankan judge has sentenced two men to death for murdering a tsunami victim in the coastal town of Galle.
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A PAKISTANI military court has sentenced one soldier to death and another to 10 years hard labour in jail for involvement in an assassination attempt on President Pervez Musharraf last year.
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A judge jailed a grandmother for life Wednesday for ordering the execution of her daughter-in-law in India after discovering she was having an affair with a married man.
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At least three children are reported to have died by accident  while acting out the recent hanging of a Calcutta man convicted of rape and murder.
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A court in Thailand sentences a local man to death for the murder of two Russians in Pattaya in February.
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A death sentence handed to a Tibetan  monk over a spate of bombings could be commuted to life in  jail, the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday.
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Two men charged with murder and conspiracy in the Air India bombings, the world's most lethal terror strike prior to September 11, 2001, will wait until March to hear a verdict, a judge said.
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Two men are jailed for life for killing a man by stuffing newspapers in his pockets and setting him on fire.
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Ten policemen in the Indian capital, Delhi, are given life prison sentences for the murder of two businessmen.
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China sentenced a man to death and jailed another 28 people for up to life on Tuesday for their roles in a massive slavery and child labor scandal involving scorching brickworks.
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Two men are jailed over the death of a firefighter killed during an explosion after an arson attack on a bingo hall.
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Indian prisons are "a national disgrace" where 11 people have died and hundreds of others have escaped or tried to kill themselves the past three years, government officials said Tuesday, likening it to the U.S. military's mistreatment of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib.
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A court in India passes life sentences on 11 people over anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat state in 2002.
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Police bravery medals are returned as families demand death for a man convicted over India's parliament attack.
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In India, the prosecution has demanded death penalty for the main accused in the rape and murder of a Delhi student 10 years ago.