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'Arabic human rights worse'

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:20:24 +0200

Human rights have deteriorated across the Arab world in 2009 with torture widely practised in several countries, namely Egypt, says an Arab watchdog.

'Honour' killing dad jailed

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:17:11 +0200

A Jordanian court has sentenced a man to 15 years' hard labour after convicting him of killing his daughter for allegedly having sex with her husband before their marriage in 2007.

Ohio killer executed

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:23:33 +0200

Ohio has executed a convicted killer through the first US lethal injection using a single drug, a longer but supposedly less painful method than previous executions with three drugs.

Missing scientist in US: Iran

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:08:10 +0200

Iran has accused Saudi Arabia of handing over a missing Iranian nuclear scientist to the United States.

Pope: Fight spiritual pollution

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:08:10 +0200

Pope Benedict XVI is praising efforts to make the air cleaner but he is also urging people not to forget what he calls spiritual pollution.

'US, Russia nuke deal soon'

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:09:37 +0200

A top Kremlin official says that Moscow and Washington expect to strike a new nuclear arms treaty this month.

Daily Al Jazeera news round-up

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:26:11 +0200

'Vengeful' killer gets life

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:09:36 +0200

A man who killed a 3-year-old girl when he set fire to her Liverpool home in revenge for the breakdown of a relationship with a member of her family has been jailed for life.

Religion 'should govern Israel'

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:08:09 +0200

Israeli Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman intends to have the state gradually adopt Jewish religious law.

Ex-Nazi admits to killings

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:08:10 +0200

A former member of the Nazi SS being tried for murder has admitted in court that he killed three Dutch civilians during World War 2, but has insisted he was following orders.