It was, as Wellington said of Waterloo, a close-run thing: a world religion founded on the brief public ministry, trial and execution of a single Jew in a remote corner of the Roman Empire.
Barbara Crossette MIDDLE EAST IRAN: CARTOON ENRAGES CLERICS -- Thousands of clerics in the holy city of Qum called for the execution of Culture Minister Ataollah Mohajerani, saying his ministry's relaxed stance toward the news media allowed Ayatollah Mohammad Taqi Mesbah Yazdi, a senior hard-line cleric, to be portrayed as a crocodile in a newspaper cartoon.
A justice ministry official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of ministry rules, said Asahara's defence team could still forestall his execution by applying for a retrial or an emergency appeal.
Security forces began firing tear gas followed by live ammunition hours after the protesters began converging on Ramses Square and calling for the execution of Gen. Abdel Fattah Sisi, who leads the military, and Mohamad Ibrahim, head of the interior ministry, who a day earlier had authorized police to use deadly force.
It is also essential to remember that the Taliban regime was one whose principal entertainment, sponsored by the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, was the execution of adulterers at the local soccer stadium.
Mr. Dean said his statements were taken out of context, and notes that a disclaimer on his ministry's Web site says, "We have never and will never call for the execution of homosexuals".
The applications were assessed on parameters such as the techno economic feasibility of the end use project, status of preparedness to set up the end use project, past track record in execution of projects, financial and technical capabilities of the applicant companies, recommendations of the state governments and the administrative ministry concerned.
Another failure has been the persistent unwillingness to include Haitians in the planning and execution of projects, leaving them feeling like bystanders in their own country and squandering opportunities to build government ministries and institutions capable of sustaining themselves once the world's attention and donations are gone.
His comments follow a warning last year from Iran that the execution of al-Nimr would "cost Saudi Arabia dearly", while the sentiment was echoed by a spokesman for Iran's foreign ministry, Hossein Jaber Ansari, following al-Nimr's death.
Execution of political prisoners?
