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Associated Press - November 28, 2005
Abdul Rahman Shalgam spoke to Bulgarian reporters in Barcelona where he met his Bulgarian counterpart Ivailo Kalfin on the sidelines of the Euro-Mediterranean summit.
The five nurses and a Palestinian doctor were convicted in May 2004 of intentionally infecting more than 400 children with HIV. They were sentenced to death by firing squad. They have pleaded innocent, and human rights groups and others have alleged that Libya concocted the charges to cover up unhygienic practices in its hospitals.
The six have appealed their death sentences before the Libyan Supreme Court. A hearing was scheduled for Jan. 31.
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