Death Sentence Commuted
From Reuters
TUNIS, Tunisia — President Zine Abidine ben Ali on Wednesday commuted the death sentence passed on a Muslim fundamentalist leader to hard labor for life. Ali Laaridh, head of the banned Islamic Tendency Movement, was convicted of trying to overthrow the government with Iranian help.
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