Sanaa's criminal court condemned four Yemenis to death,...

Sanaa's criminal court condemned four Yemenis to death, three of them in absentia, for murder.
The four men, who are all from the same tribe, were convicted of killing a shopkeeper by stabbing and shooting him as they tried to rob him in December 1998.
Faisal al-Shayif, the one defendant who was present to hear the verdict, said he would appeal against the ruling.