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529 Morsi supporters sentenced to death in Egypt
AFP, Published on 24/03/2014
» A court sentenced 529 supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to death on Monday after just two hearings, in the largest mass death sentencing in Egypt's modern history.
Texas executes Mexican despite diplomatic uproar
AFP, Published on 23/01/2014
» Texas executed a Mexican convicted of killing a policeman, despite a diplomatic outcry and pressure from the US federal government to further review his case.
Texas set to execute Mexican despite diplomatic uproar
AFP, Published on 23/01/2014
» The US state of Texas was set to execute a Mexican man convicted of murder on Wednesday despite a diplomatic outcry, as his lawyers turned to the US Supreme Court in hopes of a last-minute reprieve.
Texas prepares to execute 500th prisoner
AFP, Published on 23/06/2013
» The US state of Texas is preparing to execute its 500th convict since the death penalty was restored in 1976, a record in a country where capital punishment is in decline elsewhere.
Protesters rally in Hong Kong to support Snowden
AFP, Published on 15/06/2013
» Hundreds of protesters staged a rally in rain-hit Hong Kong Saturday to urge the city's government not to extradite former spy Edward Snowden, and slam the United States for its surveillance programmes.
Wrong man was executed in Texas
AFP, Published on 15/05/2012
» He was the spitting image of the killer, had the same first name and was near the scene of the crime at the fateful hour: Carlos DeLuna paid the ultimate price and was executed in place of someone else in Texas in 1989, a report out Tuesday found.
US sets charges for 9/11 mastermind, four others
AFP, Published on 05/04/2012
» The United States Wednesday unveiled charges against the self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and four other alleged plotters, vowing to seek the death penalty in a long-delayed military trial.