Brussels, 01/10/2002 (Agence Europe) - The "General Affairs and External Relations" Council adopted a declaration on the death penalty and particularly cruel forms of execution on Monday. In that declaration, which does not contain any reference to a particular State, the European Union again expresses concern at the continued application of capital punishment and calls for an immediate end to the use of stoning to death and other cruel and inhuman forms of punishment. The EU urges all...