IRAQ'S 2012 EXECUTIONS TOP 2011'S NUMBER

Iraq executed four people, bringing the number of people put to death so far this year to at least 69, or one more than in all of 2011, a justice ministry official said.
"Four people, two of them convicted of terrorism-related charges and the others convicted of murder and kidnapping, were executed in the morning," the official told AFP.
All four were Iraqis, the official said.