5 nurses, doctor convicted in Libya - Mideast/N. Africa - MSNBC.com

5 nurses, doctor convicted in Libya - Mideast/N. Africa - MSNBC.com: "TRIPOLI, Libya - Five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor were convicted and sentenced to death by a Libyan court Tuesday on charges they deliberately infected hundreds of children with the AIDS virus. The medics will appeal against their conviction, Reuters reported their main defense lawyer as saying.

Judge Mahmoud Hawissa read out the verdict at a seven-minute hearing in a Tripoli court at the end of the defendants’ second trial.

The six defendants, detained for nearly seven years, had previously been convicted and condemned to death, but Libyan judges granted them a retrial after international protests over the fairness of the proceedings. Bulgaria contends the children were infected by unsanitary practices at their Libyan hospital." Read complete post here.