Libyan Court Upholds Death for Nurses

Libya's Supreme Court today upheld the death sentences handed down to six Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor accused of deliberately infecting hundreds of children with HIV. But the medics, whose trial has provoked international outrage, may get a reprieve via a financial settlement with the kids' families.

The EU and the Libyan government have been involved in brokering a financial settlement, one of the parents reports, and the deal should be made public in days. A body called the High Judiciary Council, which has the power to overrule the Supreme Court, is expected to rule on the 6-year-old case Monday.  Experts have long said that the infections were caused by poor hygiene before the medics arrived. (More Libya stories.)