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March 24, 2009

Number of Executions 'Almost Doubled' in 2008

by Aurore Cloe Dupuis, France 24, France - Almost 2,400 people were executed last year, human rights group Amnesty International said in its annual report on the death penalty. Despite the figures, Amnesty saw positive signs of a "steady progress towards complete abolition".

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