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...Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay so that a lower court could examine attorneys’ claims that he is mentally retarded. Juvenile offenders are another well-represented demographic on death row, and they remain eligible for execution only in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and the United States. The U.S. accounts for over half of the executions of juvenile offenders worldwide. On April 3, Scott A. Hain, who murdered at 17, was put to death in Oklahoma...
...leader Morgan Tsvangirai criticized the planned visit, saying the only solution to the current emergency was for Mugabe to negotiate with his Movement for Democratic Change. In recent weeks the government has waged a campaign of violent intimidation against MDC supporters following two opposition-led nationwide strikes. Standoff Ends nigeria Striking Nigerian oil workers began releasing some 300 hostages held for two weeks aboard four offshore oil rigs. The crisis ended after an agreement between the oil workers' union and the rigs' owners, U.S.-based Transocean company. Hostage taking is not uncommon in the Southern Niger Delta, where much...
...They should not do anything that will send Nigeria into another problem of darkness." JERRY GANA, Nigerian information minister, on accusations from the opposition party that the recent presidential election was rigged
...Moscow apartment block, hours after registering his Liberal Russia Party to compete in December's parliamentary elections. Yushenkov's colleagues accused the government of inaction in the face of a wave of politically motivated crime. He is the second senior party member killed in nine months. Poll Protest NIGERIA President Olusegun Obasanjo's People's Democratic Party won a majority in both houses of parliament. Opposition parties rejected the results, claiming the election was marred by widespread abuses. The legislative elections and last weekend's presidential ballot - which Obasanjo was favored to win - are seen as a key test...
...tension could worsen yet. Buhari has repeatedly warned backers that "politicians carry out [vote] rigging," raising fears of a disputed result. In Nigeria, a civilian government has never successfully transferred power to another. Obasanjo said last week that a failure this time would be "a disaster of monumental proportion." That he even suggested failure as a possibility shows how far Nigeria still...