1.   Both the Canadian government and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright have urged that the convict not be executed.

2.   George W. Bush should take the truly compassionate step of using his clemency powers to ensure that no more mentally retarded convicts are executed in Texas.

3.   At least eight other convicts could be executed this year, he said.

4.   China has executed convicts for murder, rape, robbery and other offenses during an intensive nationwide anti-crime crackdown.

5.   Chinese authorities have executed five convicts recaptured by police firing tear gas and anti-riot shells during a failed jailbreak early this year, according to an official report.

6.   Decades later, that reputation has lingered for Texas, which executes more convicts and has more prisoners behind bars than any other state.

7.   Since then seven convicts have been executed, mostly for rape.

8.   Some activists in the Philippines say the death penalty has not been a deterrent because too few convicts have been executed.

9.   Thailand executes convicts by shooting them.

10.   The government on Wednesday denied opposition claims that eight Zambian convicts were executed earlier this month.