11.   Earlier this month, the government hanged nine men convicted of killing a family in a drug dispute.

12.   Earlier this month, the government hanged nine men for killing a family in a drug dispute.

13.   Earlier this month, Trinidad hanged nine men, its first executions in five years.

14.   Jordan on Thursday hanged a man who confessed to killing his father.

15.   Last September, the Taliban publicly hanged four men responsible for bombings in the city.

16.   Last year, Japan hanged two men, the first executions in over a year.

17.   Last year, Japan hanged two men, the first in over a year.

18.   Lebanon hanged two men at dawn Tuesday for murdering two people while robbing their home.

19.   On Sunday, a man was hanged in Tehran for killing his wife and daughter.

20.   Prison authorities Wednesday hanged a man convicted of a series of prostitute slayings that exposed the growing networks of drugs and illicit sex in Iran.