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Court in Bahrain convicts 11 Shiites in deadly police bombing; 3 get death sentences

MANAMA, Bahrain – A defense lawyer says a Bahraini court has found 11 Shiites guilty of involvement in a deadly bomb attack targeting police last year and sentenced three of them to death. Attorney Mohammed al-Tajir says the other eight convicted Thursday were sentenced to life imprisonment and will have …

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Crimea's independent TV station goes off amid Russia bureaucratic stonewalling

MOSCOW – Crimea’s independent television station ATR has gone off air after Russian authorities repeatedly refused to give it a broadcasting license. ATR was established as the first channel dedicated to the Crimean Tatars, an native ethnic group of about 300,000 that was deported from the region by the Soviet …

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Bangladesh court upholds death penalty of party official for collaborating in 1971 war crimes

DHAKA, Bangladesh – A Bangladeshi court on Monday turned down the last legal appeal by an Islamist party official convicted of collaborating in 1971 war crimes and upheld his death sentence. The decision by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court was the last legal roadblock to execution for 62-year-old …

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