Chandigarh: The execution of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh's co-assassin Balwant Singh Rajoana has run into a solid wall, with both the state government and even Balwant's jail superintendent flatly opposing the court order. "I shall meet President Pratibha Patil tomorrow (Wednesday)," said Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. "If the President decides to grant clemency or commutes the sentence from death to life, and in the mean time if...
11:56 PM, Mar 27, 2012
New York: A surge of executions last year in Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Yemen pushed the worldwide total higher than the year before, the global anti-death penalty group Amnesty International announced on Monday. The United States remains near the top of the global list of nations carrying out executions, ranking fifth. Although the global rate of executions has declined by about a third in the past decade, to 676...
02:49 PM, Mar 27, 2012
Washington: The US Supreme Court has rejected an eleventh-hour appeal from Troy Davis to prevent Georgia authorities from executing him for the murder of an off-duty police officer. The court did not comment on its order on late Wednesday, four hours after receiving the last-ditch request. The filing by Davis' lawyers came after state officials refused to grant Davis a reprieve in the face of calls for clemency from former...
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Chinese Supreme Court rejected the appeal on insufficient grounds. ...
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The cars were buried underneath an orchard in al-Dora. ...
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The Taliban accused the duo of being spies for the United States of America. ...
10:33 AM, Jun 28, 2008
Shocking video reveals al-Qaeda's presence and working style in Iraq. ...
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Colombo: England will look for a good work-out when they prepare for the two-Test series against Sri Lanka with a practice match against a local team in Colombo from Thursday. The three-day match will be followed by another warm-up game from March 20-22 before the first Test opens in Galle on March 26. The second Test will be played in Colombo from April 3. England, the top-ranked Test side, must...
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New IPL chairman said he will start from the scratch and will meet IPL franchisee in October. ...
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An Iraqi court found him guilty of killing hundreds of ethnic Kurds in 1988. ...
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The Iraqi govt said 14 convicted terrorists were executed for murder, kidnappings and rape on Sunday. ...
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What happened in a small town in Kerala on Sunday perhaps best explains the saying 'children have impressionable minds'. ...
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