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Urgent: Indian Supreme Court rejects Muslim terrorist's last-ditch plea to stay his execution

Xinhua, July 29, 2015 Adjust font size:

India's Supreme Court Wednesday rejected Muslim terrorist Yakub Memon's last-ditch plea to stay his execution, scheduled for Thursday. The 53-year-old was sentenced to death for his role in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts in which nearly 260 people were killed. Endi