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December 29, 2009

China Executes British Man Convicted of Drug Smuggling
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China has executed a British man after he was convicted of drug
smuggling. Akmal Shaikh is believed to be the first European executed in
China in fifty-eight years. The British government condemned the
execution, saying that Shaikh had mental problems.



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