Death sentence upheld for foreigners in Libyan HIV case

Libya's Supreme Court upheld the death sentences of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of infecting children more than 400 children with HIV. "The court has accepted the appeal in principle but rejects its content. Therefore the court decided to uphold the verdict against them," Judge Fathi Dahan said.

But Wednesday's verdict, which has caused an international outcry, could still be overturned by the country's highest judicial authority, which Foreign Minister Abdel-Rahman Shalqam said would meet on the case Monday. (AP)