11.   A court handed down suspended two-month prison sentences to two Kuwaiti writers Saturday after convicting one of blasphemy and the other of indecency.

12.   A Chinese court has handed life sentences to two people accused of spying for Taiwan, state newspapers said Sunday.

13.   A Chinese court has handed death sentences to two people convicted of using public funds to buy stocks, an official newspaper said.

14.   A court handed down prison terms Thursday for three men after finding them guilty of a crime related to the killing of a Gypsy mother of eight.

15.   A court handed down the verdict Wednesday against Mohamed Mouada, president of the Tunisian Movement of Democratic Socialists.

16.   A military court handed down a life sentence to a Jordanian soldier Saturday for killing seven Israeli schoolgirls in March.

17.   A Moscow regional court handed down three sentences Wednesday on cases involving espionage and the divulging of state secrets, Russian news reports said.

18.   A Rio court handed Michael Jackson a temporary setback in his plans to film a video clip in a city slum.

19.   A military court handed down a three-month suspended sentence to a paratroop sergeant accused of mistreating civilians during the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Somalia.

20.   A Tehran court Wednesday handed down two death sentences, one for each murder, to Somayeh Shahbaziniya and her lover Shahrokh Vosooq.