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Indonesia on Wednesday staunchly defended its execution of seven foreigners including two Australians as a vital front of its "war" on drugs as testimony emerged of how they went singing to their deaths. Australia withdrew its ambassador in protest at the midnight executions, but Indonesian.... |
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Christie Buckingham spoke out as Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan - part of the Bali Nine - entered their final hours. The pair were arrested in 2005 on the Indonesian island over a plot to smuggle around 8kgs of heroin to Australia. They were executed last night after Indonesia's president rejected a last-minute plea for clemency. |
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Mary Jane Veloso's family said their prayers had been answered after it emerged the single mother, 30, was not among a group of foreign drug convicts who faced the firing squad shortly after midnight. "Miracles do come true," Veloso's mother, Celia, told Manila radio by phone from Indonesia. |
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Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were among eight people from several countries executed by firing squad shortly after midnight on Wednesday on the prison island of Nusakambangan. Brazil’s government also expressed its “deep dismay” at the execution of one of its citizens, Rodrigo Gularte. |
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Indonesia on Wednesday staunchly defended its execution of seven foreigners including two Australians as a vital front of its "war" on drugs as testimony emerged of how they went singing to their deaths. Australia withdrew its ambassador in protest at the midnight executions, but Indonesian.... |
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The convicts -- two from Australia, one from Brazil, four from Africa and one Indonesian -- made the long journey from their prison to clearings on a prison island to meet their fate early Wednesday. But rather than bow their heads in defeat and resignation, the convicts all reportedly refused.... |
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(1 hr 1 min ago) As they walked to face the firing squad on an Indonesian prison island, eight condemned drug traffickers sang praise to God, witnesses said, while in a town across the water a group of tearful supporters was also uniting in song. The convicts – two from Australia, one from Brazil,.... |
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Cilacap: As they walked to face the firing squad on an Indonesian prison island, eight condemned drug traffickers defiantly sang praise to God, witnesses said, while in a town across the water a group of tearful supporters was also uniting in song. The convicts - two from Australia, one from Brazil,.... |
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The last-minute reprieve for a Filipina drug convict facing execution in Indonesia sparked an outpouring of euphoria and disbelief on Wednesday, with crowds of supporters weeping with joy and her children crying "Mama will live!" Mary Jane Veloso's family said their prayers had been answered after.... |
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Good morning! Here are 10 things you need to know this morning: 1. Nigerian troops on Tuesday confirmed its major success in the Sambisa forest, Boko Haram’s stronghold, announcing that it has rescued about 293 women from the forest. At least, three major terrorists’ camps were also destroyed in the raid. |
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CILACAP, Indonesia. Indonesia on Wednesday staunchly defended its execution of seven foreigners including two Australians as a vital front of its “war” on drugs as testimony emerged of how they went singing to their deaths. Australia withdrew its ambassador in protest at the midnight executions, but.... |
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