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In this Feb. 5, 2013 photo, Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah displays the victory sign, escorted by policemen, after he was sentenced to life in prison for killings and other crimes during the nation's independence war, in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Bangladesh SC: Death penalty to top Jamaat leader
Indian Express Bangladesh Supreme Court today handed down death penalty to fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami stalwart Abdul Quader Mollah for 1971 war crimes, revising a special tribunal verdict which had sentenced him... (photo: AP / Zia Islam)

Social activist display placard at a rally to protest against the rape case at Kolkata on Saturday 15 June 2013

Delhi gang-rape case: Lawyers back death penalty
The Times of India NEW DELHI: The fast-track court's decision to give death penalty to the four convicts in the Delhi gang-rape case was welcomed by the legal community, which said due process had been followed. Lawyers... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)

A new deal for Somalia: How can it work?
Al Jazeera The European Union and the Somali government spent months preparing for a conference on Somalia, which was held in Brussels on September 16. Declared as “A New Deal for Somalia” the one... (photo: UN / Amanda Voisard)

Australian opposition leader Tony Abbott speaks at a parliamentary dinner in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011.

Know your enemy - Tony Abbott continues to confound the Left
The Australian MORE than a month on from Tony Abbott's election victory there are eerily familiar signals from Labor and the commentariat. Also in this story To continue reading, please set up lite access. It's... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak)

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Snowden leak 'most catastrophic ever'
The Australian THE theft and leak of tens of thousands of "top secret" files by former CIA employee Edward Snowden eclipses the Cambridge spy ring as the most catastrophic loss suffered... (photo: AP / Kin Cheung)

Shock for many French: Le Pen hits lead
The Australian THE right-wing National Front has taken the lead in an opinion poll before elections to the European Parliament, in a development that has shocked the French political... (photo: AP / Michel Spingler)

Unplanned obsolescence: The ICC and the African Union
Al Jazeera The opposition of many African governments to the ICC is not new. Since 2008 when Moreno Ocampo, former ICC Prosecutor, launched charges against Sudanese President... (photo: UN / Sarah Fretwell)

Mali takes baby steps toward protecting former child soldiers
IRINnews BAMAKO, 11 October 2013 (IRIN) - Just a handful of the hundreds of Malian children believed to have been drawn into the country’s recent conflict are formally... (photo: UN / Marco Dormino)

Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta and Sen. Chuck Hagel listen as President Barack Obama addresses audience members at the nomination announcement for Hagel as the next Secretary of Defense and Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John Brennan (right) as the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency, in the East Room of the White House, Jan. 7, 2013.

Waukesha alderman Kalblinger resigns from his position
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel By Calvin Woodward and Jennifer Agiesta, The Associated Press Related Coverage Opinion WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama and lawmakers must rise above their... (photo: US DoD / U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley)

President Barack Obama talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel during a phone call from his suite at the Raffles Hotel in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Nov. 19, 2012.

Obama to invite Republicans to White House
NZ Herald WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama was making plans to talk with Republican lawmakers at the White House in the coming days as pressure builds on both sides to... (photo: White House / Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama meets with members of his national security team to discuss developments in the Boston bombings investigation, in the Situation Room of the White House, April 19, 2013.

U.S. clarifies Obamacare signup deadline to avoid penalties
Detroit news Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Associated Press Comments Washington Youll have to get coverage by Valentines Day or thereabouts to avoid penalties for being uninsured, the... (photo: White House / Pete Souza)

Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon addresses the media at Pristina airport, Kosovo

Syria Inspectors 'Face Unprecedented Danger'
Orange News 8 October 2013, 4:47 Syria Inspectors 'Face Unprecedented Danger' Tweet UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned that inspectors face a year-long mission of... (photo: AP / Visar Kryeziu)

Malaga's coach Manuel Pellegrini, from Chile, attends a news conference before a soccer training session at FC Porto's Dragao stadium in Porto, Portugal, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. Malaga are due to play FC Porto in a Champions League round of 16 first leg soccer match in Porto on Tuesday. FC Porto and Malaga are at the top of their game as they head into their hotly anticipated Iberian duel.

Pellegrini: Hart decision was tough
Belfast Telegraph Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini described his decision to stick with Joe Hart in goal for their 3-1 victory over Everton as "very difficult". There were doubts... (photo: AP / Paulo Duarte)