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Lebanon parliament votes to end death penalty, 1st in Middle East to do so
Death sentences will be replaced with life imprisonment with aggravated hard labour.
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BBC News
Lebanon parliament votes to abolish death penalty
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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WorldPingABC News
Lebanon abolishes death penalty in landmark parliament vote
Lebanon's parliament has abolished the death penalty, becoming the first Arab country to replace it with life imprisonment and aggravated hard labor…
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France 24
Lebanon becomes first Middle Eastern country to abolish death penalty
Lebanon becomes first Middle Eastern country to abolish death penalty — full report at France 24.
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CBS News
Rescuers race to find Colombia earthquake survivors as death toll rises
More than 3,000 people were reported missing after the country was struck by its strongest earthquake on record.
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WorldPingFrance 24
Syria sentences Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia over atrocities
A 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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Deutsche Welle
Hungary's parliament elects Orban critic as new president
Hungary's parliament has overwhelmingly confirmed Andras Baka, formerly the head of the Supreme Court, to the largely ceremonial role of president. New Prime Minister Peter Magyar controversially removed his predecessor.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Deutsche Welle