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  New IS video shows teen beheading Syrian rebel

  World | February 06, 2016 7:59 IST

  Aleppo: A new video purportedly from the Islamic State jihadist group shows a teenage boy issuing a threat in English to the US and its allies before beheading an unarmed hostage in what is believed

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  Peshawar attack fallout: Pakistan sent 332 to gallows since Dec 2014

  World | January 16, 2016 16:35 IST

  Islamabad: A total of 332 militants and criminals have been executed in Pakistan after the troubled nation lifted a six-year moratorium on death penalties following the ghastly attack on school children in Peshawar on December 16, 2014,

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  Saudi Arabia executes 47, including Shiite cleric, in a day

  World | January 02, 2016 14:49 IST

  Riyadh: Saudi Arabia today executed 47 prisoners convicted of terrorism charges, including a Shiite cleric who was a central figure in 2011 Arab Spring-inspired protests in the kingdom.The killing of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, the cleric,

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  Another six hanged on third day of mass executions in Pak

  World | October 15, 2015 18:22 IST

  Islamabad: Six persons were today hanged in Pakistan's Punjab province, the third consecutive day of mass executions in the country bringing the total toll to more than 260 since December when a moratorium on death

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  States should not act like 'murderers': Shashi Tharoor on executions

  Politics | August 02, 2015 21:04 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram:  Under attack over his tweets after Yakub Memon's execution, Shashi Tharoor today stuck to his opposition to death penalty even for terrorists, saying states should not act like “murderers” and that the criminal justice

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  Yakub Memon's execution brings out mixed feelings on capital punishment

  India | July 30, 2015 8:34 IST

  New Delhi : Few countries sentence more people to death than India. Whether those punishments are actually carried out is another matter. Though well over a thousand people have been sent to death row this

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  Yakub Memon's lawyers move Supreme Court seeking stay on his execution

  India | July 29, 2015 23:36 IST

  New Delhi: President has rejected the mercy petition filed by Yakub Memon against his death sentence.President took this decision after his meeting with Home Minister Rajnath Singh. After President's rejection of Yakub Memon's mercy petion

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  Islamic State's nightmare: Rival group uses ISIS's own tactics against them in new video

  World | July 03, 2015 14:42 IST

  A rival jihadist group has this time  turned the table around and given the ISIS the taste of their own medicine. Jaysh al Islam- a hardline Islamist rebel group battling against the savage Islamic state

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  Pakistan to halt executions during holy month of Ramazan

  World | June 14, 2015 7:27 IST

  Islamabad:  The Pakistani government has imposed a moratorium on executions during the upcoming holy month of Ramazan. A notification was issued on Friday by the federal interior ministry and provincial governments have also been requested

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  Indonesia gives 72-hour execution notice to drug traffickers

  World | April 27, 2015 8:12 IST

  Canberra: Australian leaders on Monday continued to lobby Indonesia to spare the lives of two Australians on death row despite 10 prisoners being given formal notice that they could die within days.The Australians Myuran Sukumaran,

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  Execution for murder convict for the third time

  World | April 24, 2015 16:52 IST

  Islamabad: An anti-terror court (ATC-3) in Pakistan's Karachi port city on Friday issued death warrant for murder convict Shafqat Hussain for the third time now.ATC-3 Judge Saleem Raza Baloch issued fresh death warrants on Friday

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  Dec 16 gang rape: SC extends stay on two convicts' execution

  India | April 07, 2014 20:16 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court today extended till April 14 the stay on the execution of death penalty of two of the four convicts in the December 16 gangrape and murder case, asking for copy

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  December 16 gangrape: SC extends stay on two convicts' execution

  India | March 31, 2014 22:27 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court today extended till April 7 the stay on the execution of death penalty of two of the four convicts in the December 16 gangrape and murder case, asking for a

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  North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un executes his uncle, declares him worse than a dog

  World | December 13, 2013 8:06 IST

  Pyongyang, North Korea:  North Korean news agency KCNA announced the execution of  Kim Jong-Un's uncle Jang Song-Thaek in a statement early this morning.According to reports Jang Song-Thaek has been executed after being found guilty of

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  Bangladesh clears execution of opposition leader

  World | December 12, 2013 17:07 IST

  Dhaka: Bangladesh's Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for the execution of an opposition leader convicted of war crimes when it rejected a last-minute appeal filed by his lawyers.The execution of Abdul Quader Mollah, which

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  Sharif orders immediate halt to executions

  World | August 18, 2013 22:39 IST

  Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today ordered an immediate halt to death sentences, including that of many hard-core militants, till he has discussed the matter with President Asif Ali Zardari, an official spokesman said.Sharif

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  Two Indians in Kuwait saved from execution just in time

  World | June 26, 2013 20:46 IST

  Dubai, Jun 26: Just 48 hours before they were to go under the executioner's blade in Kuwait last week, two Indians got a reprieve, after paying blood money to relatives of their alleged murder victim

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  Texas woman set to be 500th execution in state

  World | June 26, 2013 15:47 IST

  Huntsville (Texas), Jun 26: Texas, the busiest death penalty state in the U.S., is set to mark a solemn moment in criminal justice Wednesday with the execution of convicted killer Kimberly McCarthy.If McCarthy is put

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  Bhullar's wife moves SC for suspending his execution

  India | May 07, 2013 13:21 IST

  New Delhi, May 7: Navneet Kaur, the wife of death row prisoner Devenderpal Singh Bhullar, Tuesday moved the Supreme Court for immediate suspension of the execution of the 1993 Delhi bomb blast convict's death sentence.But,

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  US asks Saudis not to execute Sri Lankan

  World | January 09, 2013 10:46 IST

  New York, Jan 9:  Saudi Arabia should halt the execution of a Sri Lankan domestic worker convicted of killing a baby in her care in 2005 when she was 17, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.According