Tuesday, November 23, 1999
Pak has over 50 kids on Death Row -- Report
There are over 50 children on Death Row in Pakistan and though death sentences imposed on juveniles are usually commuted on appeal, Pakistan is one of the six countries in the world known to have executed juvenile offenders in the 1990s, a report of a US-based organisation, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.
Russia blames Islamic groups for conflict
Kuwait's Social Reform Society and the Live Heritage of Islam, Saudi Arabia's Islamic Salvation International and the Islamic Congress, Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood branch, Yemen's International Charity Organisation and the Islamic Organisation and UAE's Islamic World League are some of the Arab religious organisations funding the separatists in chechnya in their war against Russia, intelligence sources in the Kremlin have disclosed.
Portuguese Macau expects quiet return to China
Portugal will hand back this tiny gambling haven to Communist China next month, ending almost 450 years of rule and leaving only Taiwan still outside of Beijing's plans to reunite the country.
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