21.   A Yemeni appeal court has upheld a sentence of public crucifixion against two convicted murderers, court officials said Sunday.

22.   An appeals court Thursday also upheld sentences against four Kurdish politicians convicted of aiding autonomy seeking Kurdish rebels.

23.   An appeals court on Thursday upheld a sentence of life at hard labor for an Israeli man convicted of drug smuggling, a police official said.

24.   An appeals court upheld her sentence last year.

25.   An appeals court upheld the sentence last year, and Huang was put before a firing squad last week, Ha said.

26.   An opposition member of Parliament was led to prison in handcuffs Tuesday after a federal court upheld his sentence on charges of sedition for having criticized the Malaysian judiciary.

27.   At least five others whose sentences have been upheld by the Supreme Court may be executed next year, officials said.

28.   At least five others whose sentences have been upheld by the Supreme Court may be executed next year.

29.   But if an appeals court upholds a prison sentence against Erdogan for inciting hatred based on religious separatism, he, too, will be barred from politics.

30.   But the head of the court where the trial took place said that the death sentence had been upheld.