1.   A businessman is sentenced for selling chemical weapons material.

2.   A Chinese court has sentenced seven businessmen to prison terms for pirating audio and video compact discs, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.

3.   A Canadian businessman has been sentenced to two years in prison for illegally shipping parts for U.S. warplanes and missile systems to Iran.

4.   A millionaire businessman was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for arranging the murder of his ex-wife while she was home with her toddler quadruplets.

5.   A Singapore businessman was sentenced to three months in prison Tuesday for killing a dog, a news report said.

6.   An American businessman was sentenced to life imprisonment Wednesday on charges of murdering and mutilating his Filipino girlfriend more than two years ago.

7.   An Indian businessman was sentenced to six years in prison Monday for his part in an international network for smuggling illegal refugees.

8.   An initial court verdict in Iran says a German businessman should be sentenced to death for having sexual relations with a Muslim woman, the Foreign Ministry said Friday.

9.   An Indonesian businessman was sentenced Tuesday to death by firing squad for murdering his brother, girlfriend and business partner in Los Angeles.

10.   A German businessman was sentenced Tuesday to more than four years in prison for selling materials used in making chemical weapons to Libya.