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

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

13.   A Turkish court on Friday handed death sentences to two left-wing militants charged with involvement in a series of armed attacks, the Anatolia news agency reported.

14.   Although death sentences are routinely handed down by Kenyan courts, no one has been executed for at least a decade.

15.   Before the sentence was handed down, Avery told reporters Bryant had expected he would remain behind bars until the day he died.

16.   Death sentences are still handed down by its courts, but no one has been reported executed in the past year.

17.   Eight life sentences were also handed down.

18.   Guenter Gabriel, the former chief of border security, was handed a sentence of three and one-half years.

19.   Hijacking carries a maximum penalty of death in Taiwan, although no such sentence has been handed down in recent years.

20.   In Cambodia, sentences are handed down along with convictions.