WorldPingA Syrian court on Tuesday (August 11) sentenced former ruler Bashar al-Assad to death after a trial in absentia, convicting him of atrocities committed during the country's nearly 14-year civil war.
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WorldPingThe ex-president is convicted of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during the country's civil war.
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WorldPingIn the hardest-hit cities, rescuers worked through the night with cranes, excavators and, at times, their bare hands, cutting through twisted steel and passing buckets of debris in desperate searches for those still trapped.
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WorldPingKing Charles’ death was mistakenly announced on UK radio station Radio Caroline after a staff member accidentally aired pre-recorded statements prepared for such an event.
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More than 3,000 people were reported missing after the country was struck by its strongest earthquake on record.
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WorldPingThe new law - which next goes to the cabinet for approval - would make Lebanon the first country in the Middle East to end capital punishment.
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Death sentences will be replaced with life imprisonment with aggravated hard labour.
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