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ing them to the gallows for a brutal attack on a bus that left the young woman with such severe internal injuries that she died two weeks later.
• "In these times, when crime against women is on the rise, the courts cannot turn a blind eye toward such gruesome crimes," Judge Yogesh Khanna said in announcing the sentence. He said the attack "shocked the collective conscience" of India.
• Hearing the death sentence, the wail of one of the four men, 20-year-old Vinay Sharma, filled the tiny courtroom. Sharma, an assistant at a gym, then broke down in sobs.
• "This is not the victory of truth. But it is the defeat of justice," defense lawyer A.P. Singh, who at times has worked with all four of the defendants, shouted at the judge.
• Like all death sentences, Khanna's order must be confirmed by India's High

Court. The men can appeal their case to the High Court, as well as to the Supreme Court, and ask the president for clemency.
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• KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Taliban militants unleashed car bombs at the U.S. Consulate in western Afghanistan on Friday morning, triggering a firefight with security forces in an attack that killed at least two

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