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| Aug.9 |
Libya |
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 Gadhafi son: Medics were tortured Libyan leader's son, who is touted as a reformer, has acknowledged that Bulgarian medical workers were tortured in captivity
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| Jul.28 |
Libya |
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Libya details medic release deal Libya said backing for a fund for the victims had come from the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Qatar
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| Jul.23 |
Libya |
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HIV medics released to Bulgaria  6 Bulgarian medics who were serving life sentences have been freed and are now on a plane to Bulgaria
| The 5 nurses and a Palestinian doctor were convicted of deliberately infecting Libyan children with HIV. The release had been made possible by a deal struck on improving Libya-EU ties
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| Jul.17 |
Libya |
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Medics' sentences commuted The highest judicial body had commuted the death sentences against gainst the 5 Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor to life imprisonment
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| Jul.11 |
Libya |
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Court upholds death verdicts| Libya's Supreme Court has upheld the sentences of 5 Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of infecting 400 children with the AIDS. The verdict may not be the final word in the case. Supreme Judicial Co... | |
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| Jun.20 |
Libya |
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Libya sets date for nurses' ruling Supreme Court will rule July 11 on the appeal of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor sentenced to death on charges of infecting about...
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| Jun.11 |
Bulgaria |
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 Bush urges Libya to free nurses U.S. President urged Libya to free 5 Bulgarian nurses who face the death penalty for allegedly infecting children with HIV
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| Dec.19 |
Libya |
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HIV medics condemned to death A court convicted 5 Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor of deliberately infecting 400 children with the virus
| The sentence is provoking shouts of approval from the children's relatives. Bulgaria reiterated its belief that the children were infected by unhygienic conditions in their hospital.
The defendants have the right to appeal to the Supreme Court.
The presiding judge took only 7 minutes to confirm the presence of the accused and read out his verdict and sentence.
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| Dec.25 |
Libya |
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'HIV medics' sentence lifted| Supreme court has overturned death sentences on 6 foreign health workers | |
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| Dec.24 |
Libya |
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Libya to hear 'HIV medics' appeal Supreme court is to hear an appeal by 6 foreign health workers facing death sentences
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| Sep.11 |
Greece |
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  Top cleric feared killed in helicopter crash Patriarch of Alexandria, a top leader of the Greek Orthodox church, was among feared killed off northern Greece
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| Aug.29 |
Greece |
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  El Guerrouj, Holmes claim doubles Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj won the 5,000 meters to add to his 1,500 title. Holmes win both the 800 and 1,500 meters
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| May.6 |
Libya |
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 Libya to execute Bulgarian medics| 5 Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor sentenced to death for deliberately infecting 400 children with HIV | |
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| Jun.23 |
Greece |
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 Mystery ship in 'extortion bid' A ship carrying the equivalent of an 'atomic bomb' in explosives from Tunisia to Sudan may have veered off course
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 Sudan link to Greek mystery ship An explosives-laden ship had documents linking it to a non-existent firm based in Sudan
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