By Sonja Pace London 30 April 2007 Five British men have been sentenced to life in prison for their involvement in an al-Qaida inspired plot to carry out bomb attacks across Britain. VOA's Sonja Pace reports from London on the outcome of the trial th

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By Kane Farabaugh Peoria, Illinois 30 October 2009 Ali Al-Marri at the Charleston Naval Brig in Charleston, South Carolina (File) Accused al-Qaida sleeper agent Ali al-Marri has been sentenced to more than eight years in a civilian prison. The Qatar

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Debate erupts on social media over death for traffickers Pictures that call for the death penalty for all child traffickers and immediate execution have gone viral on Wechat. As of Thursday night, more than 540,000 people have expressed agreement wit

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The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former U.S. President George W. Bush during a farewell visit to Baghdad has been sentenced by an Iraqi court to three years in prison. Muntader al-Zaidi (File) The trial of Iraqi journalist Muntader al-Zai

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By Lisa McAdams Moscow 06 March 2006 A court in Uzbekistan has sentenced the leader of the country's main opposition movement - Sanjar Umarov - to nearly 11 years in prison for alleged economic crimes

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By Bill Rodgers Washington, D.C. 23 August 2006 watch Profiling report The recently foiled terrorism plot in Britain has once again raised questions about whether airport security personnel should begin screening airline passengers based on race and

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By Brian Wagner Miami 22 January 2008 A federal judge has ordered an American Muslim convert to serve more than 17 years in prison for conspiring with al-Qaida, and he was accused of trying to explode a radioactive dirty bomb. In Miami, VOA's Brian W

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By Noel King Khartoum 22 March 2007 The human rights group Amnesty International says two women have been sentenced to death, by stoning, in Sudan for committing adultery. The sentence has raised questions about Sudan's penal code, based on Islamic S

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By Lauren Comiteau Amsterdam 12 June 2007 A former Croatian Serb rebel leader has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for the murder, torture and persecution of non-Serbs in Croatia, in the early 1990s. Milan Martic was a leader of the ethnic Serbs

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Ex-Trump Aide Papadopoulos, 1st Charged In Russia Probe, Sentenced To 14 Days ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Today brought a milestone in the Russia investigation. A federal judge in Washington handed down a sentence for George Papadopoulos. He was the first per

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On April 15th 2008, New Zealand experienced a terrible tragedy: 6 teenagers and a teacher died while on an outdoor education activity in the centre of the North Island. (See April 17th 2008 on this website.) They were canyoning in the Mangatepopo Gor

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