Annan 'concerned' on Libya AIDS sentence
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061224/ap_on_he_me/un_libya_aids_trial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061219/capt.abc11612191337.libya_bulgaria_aids_trial_abc116.jpg?x=130&y=73&sig=KJ5i2NluJJbeSzlYeysUJA--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="Left to right, Bulgarian nurses Snezhana Dimitrova, Cristiana Valcheva, Valya Chervenyashka, Valentina Siropulo, Palestinian doctor Ashraf Hajouj, and Bulgarian nurse Nasya Nenova await the verdict of their trial in the courtroom in Tripoli, Libya Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006. A Libyan court on Tuesday convicted the five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor of deliberately infecting 400 children with the HIV virus and condemned them to death, provoking shouts of approval from the children's relatives - but Bulgaria swiftly condemned the decision and reiterated its belief that the children were infected by unhygienic conditions in their Benghazi hospital. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)" border="0" /></a>AP - Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Friday he was "deeply concerned" about a Libyan court's decision to reimpose death sentences on five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of infecting children with HIV.</p><br clear="all"/>