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August 30, 2006
Bulgarian Nurses Face Death Penalty Again
August 30, 2006—A Libyan prosecutor demanded the death penalty yesterday in the case against five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor charged with deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV. Last December, the Libyan Supreme Court overturned their first conviction, and earlier this year, the Bulgarian government refused a Libyan offer to release the prisoners in exchange for several million dollars.