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Venezuelans mourn Chavez’s death
Pak SC revokes death sentence of two in Musharraf attack case
Nasheed walks free;
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Venezuelans mourn Chavez’s death
Caracas, March 6 Presidential guards with red berets then placed his remains on top of a black hearse, surrounded by flowers. Chavez's death after a two-year struggle with cancer was a blow to his adoring supporters and the alliance of left-wing Latin American powers, and plunged his oil-rich country into uncertainty as an election is organised. His body, surrounded by soldiers, was being taken to the military academy that the former paratrooper colonel once called a second home, where he will lie in state until an official ceremony with foreign dignitaries on Friday. People watched from their apartment windows, others climbed fences to get a better view of the hearse, many held or wore iconic images of Chavez. The 58-year-old leader succumbed to a respiratory infection on Tuesday. A new election is due to be called within what are sure to be 30 tense days. Vice-President Nicolas Maduro, who tearfully broke the news to the nation that his mentor had lost his battle with cancer, was poised to take over as interim president and campaign as Chavez's chosen successor. The death brought thousands of Venezuelans to public squares across the nation, weeping and celebrating the life of a divisive figure whose oil-funded socialist revolution delighted the poor and infuriated the wealthy. — AFP
World leaders salute Chavez
Caracas: Nicolas Maduro (pic), the hand-picked successor to Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, will now have to fill the void left by the larger-than-life leftist firebrand he loyally served for more than a decade. Maduro began adopting the role even before Chavez's death, calling an opposition leader the "prince of the parasitic bourgeoisie", and giving rambling speeches on state-run television capped with "Viva la revolucion!".
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Pak SC revokes death sentence of two in Musharraf attack case
Islamabad, March 6 A three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, which heard a review petition filed by the two men, declared the death sentences given by a military appellate tribunal as null and void. However, the Bench said the two men would have to serve prison terms given to them by a field general court martial. The two men, Rana Naveed and Amir Sohail, were initially convicted by the field general court martial for their role in the suicide attack on Musharraf's convoy in Rawalpindi on December 25, 2003. Naveed was given a life sentence while Sohail got a 20-year prison term. The military appellate tribunal subsequently converted the prison terms into death sentences. The apex court had earlier reserved its verdict in the matter on February 28. During the hearing, the Bench raised questions about the procedures adopted by the military court in converting the prison terms to death sentences. "It is against all
principles of justice and fair trial to convert a life term into death penalty by an army court of appeal without informing the convicts and adhering to the relevant procedure laid down in the law," the Chief Justice had remarked at the last hearing.
— PTI
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Nasheed walks free; trial deferred
Male, March 6 During the hearing, which lasted for over a one-and-a-half hour, 45-year-old Nasheed sought deferment of trial till the presidential polls in September. The prosecutor too had agreed to the proposal. However, noting that the Elections Commission is yet to announce Nasheed as a presidential candidate for the elections, the Bench postponed the trial by four weeks. "Nasheed has walked out as a free man. He was taken into custody on orders of the court because he was evading court summons and not because of any vendetta as he claims," said President Mohamed Waheed's press secretary Masood Imad. He added, "We have maintained right from the beginning that we cannot interfere in judicial matters. Even the trail against him has been postponed by four weeks only because of the wishes of the court.” Nasheed was arrested yesterday less than a fortnight after he left the Indian High Commission in Male where he was holed up for 11 days to evade arrest in a case concerning the detention of the Chief Criminal Judge during his Presidency. His arrest led to protests by Nasheed's supporters who also indulged in violence. President Waheed's brother too was allegedly roughed up by protesters. The police too cracked down on protesters and took into custody over 70 persons, including women. Nasheed claims the trial is "politically motivated" to bar him from contesting in the presidential elections. If convicted in the case, he will face a maximum sentence of one year in jail. He will also be barred from contesting elections for three years. — PTI
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hugo Chavez (1954-2013)
