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  Indian sentenced to death in UAE

  World | May 28, 2013 17:44 IST

  Dubai, May 28: A 28-year-old Indian man has been sentenced to death by a court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for murdering a housewife last year.The court of first instance in Dubai found the

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  Three UP cops sentenced to death 31 years after fake encounter

  India | April 05, 2013 20:44 IST

  Lucknow, Apr 5 :  Three decades after the cold-blooded shooting of 12 villagers and a police official, a special CBI court Friday sentenced three Uttar Pradesh Police personnel to death and five others to life

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  Pak SC revokes death sentence of two in Musharraf attack case

  World | March 06, 2013 20:53 IST

  Islamabad, Mar 6: Pakistan's Supreme Court today set aside the death sentences given by a military court to two men who were convicted of involvement in a suicide attack on former President Pervez Musharraf in

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  Sharmila Tagore feels death sentence not deterrent for rape

  Bollywood | February 02, 2013 12:34 IST

  Kolkata, Feb 2: Veteran actress Sharmila Tagore on Friday opposed capital punishment for rape saying death is neither the ultimate punishment nor a deterrent."I don't think death the ultimate punishment. It is not a deterrent

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  16 die in Egypt riot after soccer violence verdict

  Football | January 26, 2013 18:20 IST

  Cairo, Jan 26: An Egyptian court sentenced 21 people to death Saturday on charges related to one of the world's deadliest incidents of soccer violence, touching off an attempted jailbreak and a riot that killed

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  Bangladesh war tribunal gives death sentence in absentia to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

  World | January 21, 2013 13:44 IST

  Dhaka, Jan 21: A Bangladesh tribunal today sentenced an Islamic cleric formerly tied to a fundamentalist party to death on Monday for crimes against humanity for his actions during the country's 1971 independence war. The

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  Sentenced to death, Pak national wins blast case on re-trial

  India | January 04, 2013 21:16 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 4: A Pakistani national, convicted and sentenced to death eight years back in connection with the 1997 Delhi bus blast case, was acquitted of all charges by a trial court today following

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  There are two views on death for rapists says Law Minister Ashwani Kumar

  India | December 24, 2012 20:10 IST

  New Delhi,Dec 24: Amid clamour for death penalty for rapists, Law Minister Ashwani Kumar on Monday said the society as well as jurists were divided on the issue and government was open to persuasion by

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  Lalu Yadav favours death sentence for rapists

  Politics | December 24, 2012 17:12 IST

  Patna, Dec 24: Joining the growing clamour to award death penalty to perpetrators of rape, RJD President Lalu Prasad Yadav today said his party would advocate for capital punishment for rapists in the Delhi gang

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  SC upholds death sentence of 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab

  India | August 29, 2012 18:53 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 29:  Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab's legal battle for life in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack today came to an end with the Supreme Court upholding his death sentence, while observing that the

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  Maoists posters announce 'death sentence' for four

  India | July 05, 2012 18:56 IST

  Munger, Jul 5: Maoists put up posters in several villages in Bihar's Munger district announcing ‘death sentence' for four persons, including a mukhiya and their eviction from the villages apparently for their failure to abide

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  Pratibha Patil commuted death sentence of 35 people

  India | June 22, 2012 21:31 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 22: President Pratibha Patil has commuted the death sentence of 35 people to life imprisonment, the highest by the country's any head of state in three decades.However, the first woman President of

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  Prez commutes death sentence of four prisoners

  India | May 31, 2012 23:12 IST

  New Delhi, May 31: The death sentence of four prisoners, including a man convictd for rape and murder of a five-year-old girl, has been commuted to life imprisonment by the President.Three mercy petitions of four

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  President commutes death sentence of servant who killed 3 persons

  India | May 20, 2012 16:01 IST

  New Delhi, May 20: President Pratibha Patil has commuted the death sentence of a domestic help, who had murdered a retired Brigadier and his two family members in Dehradun 18 years ago, to life imprisonment.The

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  Would Rather Face Jail Than Death Sentence, Says Pak PM

  World | March 15, 2012 20:28 IST

  Islamabad, Mar 15: Virtually rejecting Pakistan Supreme Court's directive to reopen graft cases against the President, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today said he would rather go to jail for committing contempt of court than

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  Split Verdict On Death Sentence To 1997 Blast Accused

  India | January 11, 2012 12:18 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 11: A division bench of the Supreme Court today passed a split verdict on the plea of a Pakistani national challenging his conviction and death sentence awarded to him in the 1997

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  Pak Judge Who Gave Death Sentence To Salman Taseer's Assassin Seeks Refuge In Saudi Arabia

  World | October 25, 2011 13:44 IST

  Lahore, Oct 25: The Pakistani judge who gave the death sentence to Governor Salmaan Taseer's self-confessed assassin has sought refuge in Saudi Arabia with his family after receiving death threats from religious extremists.  Anti-terrorism court

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  Pak Court Stays Implementation Of Death Sentence To Qadri

  World | October 12, 2011 7:22 IST

  Islamabad, Oct 11: A Pakistani court today stayed the implementation of death sentence given to the self-confessed assassin of Governor Salmaan Taseer till it decided his appeal against the verdict.A bench of the Islamabad High

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  SC Stays Ajmal Kasab's Death Sentence

  India | October 10, 2011 16:37 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 10: In a much awaited verdict, the Supreme Court on Monday stayed the death sentence of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks case. Kasab, the sole convict in the

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  Death Sentence For Salman Taseer Assassin

  World | October 01, 2011 16:47 IST

  Islamabad, October 1: A Pakistani court has convicted and sentenced a police officer to death for the killing of Punjab provincial governor Salman Taseer earlier this year.The high-profile slaying of the governor by officer Mumtaz