51.   In that North Carolina case, the justices stopped the execution of Ernest McCarver hours before he was scheduled to die last month.

52.   In the Philippines, a communist assassination squad has threatened to kill Singaporeans and Filipino officials and diplomats if they fail to stop the execution.

53.   In the Philippines, a Manila-based Communist assassination squad has threatened to kill Singaporeans and Filipino officials and diplomats if they fail to stop the execution.

54.   It urged that the executions be stopped because their trials had violated Chinese legal procedure.

55.   It was the third time in eight months that a foreign government has tried to stop an execution in the United States because of a treaty violation.

56.   Jackson said he hoped Keating would stop the execution, but if not, he wanted to give her personal support.

57.   Late Thursday, human rights attorneys were preparing a petition to try to stop the execution.

58.   Mandela, who had hoped that quiet diplomacy would have stopped the executions, expressed deep shock.

59.   Mandela, who earlier had hoped that quiet diplomacy would have stopped the executions, expressed deep shock.

60.   Mandela, who earlier had hoped that quiet diplomacy would stop the executions, expressed deep shock.