SA woman jailed in China unaware of impending execution
A South African woman who is due to be executed by China for drug smuggling is apparently unaware of her fate, as is the practice of the state.
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The tale of the accidental hangman
As a teenager, Babul Miah was sent to prison for a murder he says he never committed but the promise of an early release turned him into a hangman.
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China is globe's most prolific executioner
China, Iran, North Korea, Yemen and the United States carried out the most executions last year.
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47 executions in three weeks
Iran has hanged almost 50 people during the past three weeks, according to human rights groups.
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China the world's top executioner, says rights group
A human rights group said on Wednesday that China retained its position as the world's top executioner in 2008.
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Sudan to execute four Islamists for killing US envoy
A Khartoum court condemned four Islamists to death on Wednesday for the 2008 killing of a US diplomat and his Sudanese driver.
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Sentencing looms in US soldier's courts-martial
A US Army master sergeant convicted of murder in the 2007 killings of four bound and blindfolded Iraqis will be sentenced on Thursday.
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Kenya denies accusations of police executions
Kenyan police are a law unto themselves and often execute criminal suspects and other individuals with impunity, a UN expert said on Wednesday.
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Texas execution plan defies Hague order
Officials in Texas have defied the International Court of Justice to affirm the scheduled execution on Tuesday of a Mexican national.
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Italian dummy saved from electric chair
The management at an Italian funfair has withdrawn an attraction allowing visitors to watch a dummy suffer a grisly execution in an electric chair.
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