UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: SIX FREED AFTER BANGLADESH PAYS BLOOD MONEY

six Bangladeshi workers sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates three years ago returned home after the Bangladeshi government paid blood money to secure their release. The six were sentenced to death in Dubai after they killed a Pakistani man during a quarrel in 2007, said Mainuddin Khan Badal, a member of Bangladesh parliament. "Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ordered the labour ministry to pay the entire 9.57 million taka (138,195 dollars)," Badal said.