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GERMANY·DEATH PENALTY·NOVEMBER 5, 2006·1 MIN READ

GERMANY. MERKEL PRAISES SADDAM JUDGEMENT, UNDERLINES EU AGAINST DEATH PENALTY

German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed the court judgement of Saddam Hussein...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed the court judgement of Saddam Hussein, but said that the European Union had "a scepticism and a rejection on principle of the death penalty", the sentence handed to the former Iraqi president.
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  • (Sources: AFP, 05/11/2006)