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Libya court confirms death penalty for foreign medics

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TRIPOLI (AFP) - A Libyan court on Wednesday confirmed a death sentence against six foreign medics convicted of infecting children with AIDS, an AFP correspdondent said.

The five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor were not in court for the verdict, which was announced the day after a compensation deal was reportedly sealed with the children's families.

Bulgarian nurses Snezhana Dimitrova, Nasya Nenova, Valya Cherveniashka, Valentina Siropulo and Kristiana Valcheva and Palestinian doctor Ashraf Juma Hajuj, have been behind bars since February 1999 and were first sentenced to death in 2004.

A LIBYAN

AFP

ASHRAF JUMA HAJUJ

BULGARIAN

CHILDREN

COURT

DEATH

NASYA NENOVA

SNEZHANA DIMITROVA

VALENTINA SIROPULO AND KRISTIANA VALCHEVA AND PALESTINIAN

VALYA CHERVENIASHKA

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