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Lee Joon-seok, center, the captain of the sunken ferry Sewol in the water off the southern coast, leaves a court which issued his arrest warrant in Mokpo, south of Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, April 19, 2014.

Captain of doomed South Korean ferry faces death penalty
New York Post South Korean prosecutors on Monday sought the death penalty for the captain of a ferry that capsized in April, leaving 304 people, most of them school children, dead or missing, in a trial of 15 crew... (photo: AP / Yonhap)

Electric Chair Executions Back In Tennessee As The Only Death Penalty Option
The Inquisitr In a related report by The Inquisitr, the state of Utah is considering bringing back firing squad executions for their death penalty because it’s considerably cheaper than lethal injection and... (photo: Creative Commons)

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a news conference in Moscow, Russia, December 18, 2014.

Putin: West is trying to 'defang' the Russian bear
Tampa Bay Online MOSCOW (AP) President Vladimir Putin vowed Thursday to fix Russia's economic woes within two years by diversifying away from its heavy reliance on oil and gas and voiced confidence that the... (photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office)

A Chinese security guard watches outside from a guard tower of a prison, where Liu Xiaobo is being kept in Jinzhou, in Liaoning province, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010.

Executed Teen Found Innocent 18 Years Later
Caixin Online Inner Mongolia Higher People's Court delivers 30,000 yuan in condolence money to family on reversal of ruling for which teen received death penalty Compiled by Caixin (Beijing) – Nearly two decades... (photo: AP / David Wivell)

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File - Detainees sit in the recreation yard in Camp 4, the medium security facility within Camp Delta at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Torture report: U.S. faces harsh realities
CNN December 10, 2014 -- Updated 1209 GMT (2009 HKT) President Barack Obama signed an executive order on January 22, 2009, to close the detention facilities at Guantanamo... (photo: US Army / Sgt Sara Wood)

Juventus forward Arturo Vidal, of Chile, celebrates after scoring during a Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Lazio at the Juventus stadium, in Turin, Italy, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013.

Vidal: My knee is still bothering me
Goal The Chile international confessed he is still experiencing pain after undergoing surgery before the 2014 World Cup, but is targeting a return to full fitness for Juventus... (photo: AP / Massimo Pinca)

Ledley praise for grieving Jedinak
Belfast Telegraph Joe Ledley hailed the courage of his Crystal Palace captain Mile Jedinak following the death of Australian Test batsman Phillip Hughes. Socceroos skipper Jedinak paid his... (photo: Creative Commons / Jon Candy)

Ten-man Bayern dominated Manchester City
Goal The coach praises his players' effort despite their late defeat at the Etihad Stadium, with Medhi Benatia's early sending-off having left them in a precarious position... (photo: AP)

Mike Myers attends the Elton John AIDS Foundation’s 13th Annual "An Enduring Vision" benefit at Cipriani's Wall Street on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, in New York.

Mike Myers -- Michael Buble Is Wrong ... Best Hockey Fighter Ever Is ...
TMZ Mike Myers has a bone to pick with Michael Buble ... claiming the singer was dead wrong about the greatest NHL fighter of all time. Of course, Buble had picked Geno... (photo: AP / Charles Sykes)

File: South Korean Coast Guard police officers on a boat carry the body of a passenger believed to have been trapped in the sunken ferry Sewol in the water off the southern coast near Jindo, south of Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, April 20, 2014.

South Korea ferry captain jailed for 36 years as search for bodies ends
Sydney Morning Herald Gwangju: A South Korean court on Tuesday found Lee Joon-seok, the captain of a ferry that capsized in April killing... (photo: AP / Lee Jin-man)

File - Employees walk among new cars Nov. 29, 2006, at the first showroom in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where women sell cars to female buyers. Although women are banned from driving in Saudi Arabia, they can own cars.

Saudi Arabia could lift ban on women drivers
The Independent It’s the only country in the world where women are not allowed to drive, but that could be about to change. The advisory council to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has... (photo: AP / Donna Abu-Nasr)

On Peacekeeping
Huffington Post Remarks by Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, at the American Enterprise Institute on UN Peacekeeping Reform, November, 7,... (photo: UN / Nektarios Markogiannis)

Pakistan arrests 43 over 'blasphemy' killings
BBC News Pakistani police have arrested at least 43 suspects in connection with Tuesday's killing of a Christian couple accused of desecrating the Koran. The couple were... (photo: AP / Mohammad Sajjad)