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Iraq VP Tariq al-Hashemi sentenced to death
Source: BBC
9 September 2012 Last updated at 17:45 GMT
Iraq VP Tariq al-Hashemi sentenced to death
Iraq's fugitive vice-president Tariq al-Hashemi has been sentenced to death in absentia after a court found him guilty of running death squads.
The court ruling came as at least 64 people were killed in a wave of about 27 attacks across Iraq.
Hashemi was the most senior Sunni Muslim in the predominantly Shia Iraqi government until he was charged last December and went on the run.
The charges against him sparked a political crisis in Iraq.
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Iraq VP Tariq al-Hashemi sentenced to death
Iraq's fugitive vice-president Tariq al-Hashemi has been sentenced to death in absentia after a court found him guilty of running death squads.
The court ruling came as at least 64 people were killed in a wave of about 27 attacks across Iraq.
Hashemi was the most senior Sunni Muslim in the predominantly Shia Iraqi government until he was charged last December and went on the run.
The charges against him sparked a political crisis in Iraq.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19537301
