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United Press International - December 31, 2006
Gadhafi said the medics, who were sentenced to death for infecting 426 children with the AIDS-causing virus, must accept the consequences for their crimes, the BBC reported.
The Libyan leader described the calls for the release of the nurses and doctor as "Western intervention and pressure in this affair" and he emphasized "the independence of the Libyan judicial system."
Kuwaiti news agency KUNA said Bulgaria has asked Egypt for help in freeing the nurses.
Heba Al-Marasi, the Egyptian ambassador to Bulgaria, said her country has agreed to help and would inform Libya of the Bulgarian request.
Experts have said the conviction disregards scientific evidence of the medics' innocence, the BBC said. Defense laywers said they plan to file a fresh appeal.
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