Iraqi officials say the government has approved the death sentence for "Chemical Ali," a cousin of Saddam Hussein, who is widely known for his role in poison gas attacks on the Kurds. As Daniel Schearf reports from Irbil, the sentence is expected to be carried within a month.

The human rights group Amnesty International says two women have been sentenced to death, by stoning, in Sudan for committing adultery. The sentence has raised questions about Sudan's penal code, based on Islamic Shari'a law, which rights groups say has been used unfairly in the majority-Muslim nation.