An Iranian court has sentenced a 22-year-old man to death for his fourth violation of the country's ban on drinking alcohol.
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An Iraqi appeals court upheld Tuesday the death sentence imposed on Ali Hassan al-Majid, better known as 'Chemical Ali,' said the Iraqi TV station Al-Iraqiya.
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The European Union has called on Iran to halt the executions of two Kurdish journalists sentenced to death on charges of being "enemies of God."
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Iran's judiciary confirmed that two Iranian Kurdish journalists have been sentenced to death for being "enemies of God." Judiciary spokesman Alireza Jamshidi said they have 20 days to appeal their verdicts.
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The United Nations, Western governments, and human-rights groups have strongly condemned the stoning of an alleged adulterer that was carried out in Iran last week.
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China has delivered a death sentence to the former head of its food and drug administration, for taking bribes to approve untested medicines. The court case was heard as China faces growing complaints about unsafe drugs and food.
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A spokesman for Iraq's government has confirmed that two of Saddam Hussein's codefendants have been hanged for crimes against humanity.
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on Iraq to refrain from carrying out any further executions.
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The UN high commissioner for human rights has appealed directly to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani to block the execution of two top officials of former President Saddam Hussein's regime.
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The Bulgarian press today called for a boycott of Libya, a day after a Libyan court sentenced five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor to death.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she is disappointed and concerned by the death sentences handed down by a Libyan court against five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of infecting Libyan children with the HIV/AIDS virus. Rice and Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ivailo Kalfin, who held talks Tuesday, urged the early release of those accused. VOA's David Gollust reports from the State Department.
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A Libyan court has handed down death sentences to six foreign health care workers (Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian Doctor) convicted of deliberately infecting more than 400 Libyan children with the virus that causes AIDS.
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