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            UAE: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY
                           December 16, 2010: Judge Moustapha Shinawi of the Appeals court in the United Arab Emirates upheld the death sentence of an unidentified Egyptian national, 52, for killing a compatriot.  
  He was sentenced to death in June for murdering his friend with a bar and stealing his mobile phone and credit card. (Sources: Khaleej Times, 16/12/2010)
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