Libya commutes AIDS sentence to life in prison

TRIPOLI (AFP) - Libya's highest judicial body commuted to life in prison yesterday the sentences of six foreign medics who have been on death row for infecting children with the AIDS virus, an official said.

"The Judicial Council decided to commute the death sentence to life in prison," said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor, who has been granted Bulgarian citizenship, could serve out their sentences in Bulgaria, as the two countries have an extradition treaty.