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Charges of Infecting Hundreds of Children With AIDS
Libyan court confirms death penalty for 6 foreign medics
Libya's Supreme Court yesterday confirmed the death penalty against six foreign medics convicted of infecting hundreds of children with the AIDS virus in a case that has dragged on for eight years.
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Musharraf now braces for ferocious backlash
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has been criticised abroad for his perceived appeasement of extremists, but he now faces a ferocious Islamist backlash after crushing the Red Mosque militants.
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German hostage freed in Iraq after 5 months
A German woman held hostage in Iraq since early February has been freed but her son remains in the hands of the kidnappers, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said yesterday.
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Judge me after my coffin's closed: Abe
Japan's beleaguered Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has dismissed his plunging support rate ahead of elections, saying politicians would be judged "after their coffins are closed," reports said yesterday.
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Suicide blast in Algeria kills 8
A suicide bomber rammed a vehicle into an army barracks in Algeria yesterday, killing eight people, security sources and witnesses said.
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Lanka claims capture of key Tiger base
Sri Lanka yesterday claimed its forces had captured a key Tamil Tiger base in the east of the island after months of clashes, as Norway tried to renew peace efforts by meeting with the rebels.
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Bin Laden's son wants to visit Britain
A British grandmother who recently married Osama bin Laden's fourth-eldest son says he wants to visit Britain, she told British newspapers published yesterday.
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