a U.N. rights expert urged Iraqi authorities not to carry out Saddam Hussein's death sentence and called for an international tribunal to either retry or handle the appeals process for Iraq's former dictator.

according to Rooz daily, “In May 2006, a man and a woman identified as Abbass H. and Mahboubeh M. were stoned to death in the northern city of Mashhad”.

following the death sentence handed down to Saddam Hussein, Sergio D’Elia, Secretary Gen. of Hands Off Cain, and Elisabetta Zamparutti, Treasurer, declared: “A court formed by Shiites and Kurds condemned to death the Sunni Saddam.

Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death by hanging for crimes against humanity.

Barakat bin Sadun bin Raja' al-Outaibi, a Saudi man, was put to death in the capital Riyadh.

Saudi Arabia executed a Nigerian woman for drugs smuggling.

Morocco has the political will to abolish the death penalty, which has not been applied since 1993, the country’s justice minister told a newspaper.

Saudi Arabia beheaded two foreign nationals on charges they smuggled heroin and cocaine into the country, the Interior Ministry said.

the foreign Commission of the Chamber of Deputies held an informal meeting between its Presidency and Foreign Minister Massimo D’Alema.

there should be “European consensus” for a UN resolution for a universal moratorium on executions, said Italy’s Foreign Minister Massimo D’Alema.

four men were executed for destroying oil pipelines in Central China's Henan Province.

the man said to be Shanghai's "top gangster" has been sentenced to death for drug trafficking and other crimes, a state-run newspaper reported on Wednesday.