21.   Five convicted men have been put to death by a firing squad in the first executions in Thailand this year, officials said Thursday.

22.   Four Jordanians and an Egyptian, including two brothers, were hanged for murder in the first executions in Jordan this year, police said Thursday.

23.   Guyana hanged a convicted murderer shortly after dawn Monday, the first execution in the South American country in nearly six years.

24.   He said the public prosecutor will decide when the first executions take place.

25.   In June the country carried out its first executions in five years, hanging reputed druglord Dole Chadee and eight accomplices convicted of killing a family of four.

26.   In the past week, Trinidad hanged nine convicted murderers in its first executions in five years.

27.   It was believed to be the first execution carried out so far under Shariah law.

28.   It was the first execution reported in one year in Japan.

29.   Last month, the rebels carried out the first public execution of a soldier condemned for killing a civilian in the northern Congo River port of Kisangani.

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