Execution
Video: Couple executed by Taliban for having affair
April 27, 2009Horrifying footage has emerged of a couple being executed by the Taliban after conducting an alleged affair in a Pakistan village near the Afghan border. Taliban gunmen have been filmed executing a surprised couple whom they repeatedly shot for the alleged...
U.S. Supreme Court stays Florida execution
November 16, 2007The U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay in the Florida execution of a convicted child-killer, overturning a federal court's decision to let it proceed. The stay in the execution of Mark Dean Schwab is at least the fourth such postponement since the panel...
'Chemical Ali' execution debated
November 13, 2007The war criminal known as "Chemical Ali" remains in U.S. military custody as Iraqi officials debate the legality of his execution by Iraq. Ali Hassan al-Majeed, Sultan Hashem Ahmed and Hussein Rashid were to be executed within 30 days after...
President Bush sleeps through the Saddam execution
December 30, 2006By Hans Dahne, dpa Washington -- US President George W Bush slept through the execution of Saddam Hussein after learning that the former Iraqi dictator was about to be hanged. Presidential spokesman Scott Stanzel said Bush was informed of the...
Saddam's execution removes political thorn for US, Bush
December 30, 2006By Pat Reber and Mike McCarthy, dpa Washington (dpa) - Saddam Hussein's execution on Saturday ended a long chapter of thorny relations with the US and the rest of the world that included the first Gulf War in 1991, a decade of feuding over sanctions...
Iraqi TV: Saddam Hussein will be executed within hours
December 30, 2006Saddam to be executed soon: Iraqi media report Baghdad -- Saddam Hussein will be executed within hours, according to a report by Iraqi television Friday, but it remained unclear if the US military had turned him over to Iraqi authorities so the death...
Saddam Hussein handed over to Iraqi authorities, say lawyers
December 29, 2006Baghdad -- Saddam Hussein has been handed over by US military authorities to Iraqi authorities, a defence lawyer of the former Iraqi dictator said Friday, while another defence team member said he expected the execution to go ahead Saturday. "...
Saddam Hussein's execution could be within next 48-36 hours
December 29, 2006Saddam's execution could be imminent Washington -- Three US television networks reported Thursday that the execution of ousted dictator Saddam Hussein was likely to be carried out within the next three days in Iraq. NBC, CBS and Fox News Channel...
