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But that has now been eclipsed by Pakistan, which has around 8,000 people on its death row and lifted a moratorium on executions last December.

Citing these cases, Gov. George Ryan declared a moratorium on executions last January and created a special panel to study the state's capital punishment system.

Governor Glendening, whose term ends next week, ordered a moratorium on executions last May, saying it would be "logically inconsistent" for the state to continue to execute people while it studied the fairness of the process.

Australia's aid to Indonesia will be reduced by 40%, the budget has revealed, but the government says it is not because of the executions last month of two Australian drug smugglers.

The international news media rushed to cover the wave of repression -- and the executions last April of three Cubans who tried to flee the country by hijacking a ferry.

The spate of killings was surprising not only because it was so sudden the kingdom carried out a total of 79 executions last year but also because many of those killed were convicted of relatively minor offences, such as smuggling hashish or, strangely, "sorcery".

"In the Americas, only one state — the United States — consistently executes," the group said, noting that the number of its executions last year, 37, was the lowest since 1994.

AMERICA carried out 39 executions last year.

There were no executions last year.

Amnesty said there were at least 90 executions last year.

Texas carried out a record 40 executions last year.