Iraq's President Jalal Talabani on Wednesday authorized death sentences for three Iraqi men convicted of murder, paving the way for the first legal executions in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime. Talabani, who has opposed capital punishment in the past , said he had instructed Vice President Adil Abdul-Mahdi to approve the hangings. [...]

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An Italian court Wednesday ordered that Ethiopian-born Hamdi Issac, a suspect in the failed July 21 London transport attacks , be extradited to Britain within 35 days. The three judge panel allowed the 35-day delay so that Italian authorities could complete their investigation into Issac's activities. Issac, who has admitted his participation in the attacks, [...]

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A lawyer in Luxembourg filed suit Tuesday challenging the country's July 10th referendum approving the European Constitution . Lawyer Roy Reding claims the government violated Luxembourg's constitution by providing public funding to support a "yes" vote for the EU constitution but not providing the same funding to support a "no" vote. Reding also alleges that [...]

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Eighteen people convicted in the 2002 bombings in Bali that killed 202 people, have had their sentences cut by several months to celebrate Indonesia's Independence Day, prison wardens announced Wednesday. It is an Indonesian custom to reduce the sentences of inmates who exhibit good behavior on national holidays, with the exception of those serving life [...]

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Following gang riots that left at least 33 prison inmates dead Monday, Guatemalan Interior Minister Carlos Vielmann asked the Guatemalan Congress Tuesday for permission to build new maximum security prisons as part of a new security law. Hundreds of inmates belonging to rival gangs Mara Salvatrucha and Mara 18, living in at least 6 different [...]

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