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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9331
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/libya

EU condemns Libyan death sentence on Bulgarian nurses and Palestinian doctor

Brussels, 19/12/2006 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission and the Finnish Presidency have condemned the verdict of a Libyan court on Tuesday, sentencing five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor to death, for having deliberately injected children with the AIDS virus. “The Commission cannot accept this verdict,” said the spokesman for José Manuel Barroso, who expressed his shock. The Commission and Council of the EU reiterated their “serious concerns” with regard to the...

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