SEOUL, April 11, 2008 (AFP) - A South Korean man accused of murdering two schoolgirls who disappeared on Christmas Day and cutting up their bodies had watched 'snuff' movies downloaded from the Internet, prosecutors said Friday.

SEOUL, April 11, 2008 (AFP) - A South Korean man accused of murdering two schoolgirls who disappeared on Christmas Day and cutting up their bodies had watched 'snuff' movies downloaded from the Internet, prosecutors said Friday.

SEOUL, April 2, 2008 (AFP) - South Korea's justice ministry Wednesday began drafting a bill that could punish child sex killers with the death penalty, amid rising concern over a series of recent crimes, officials said.

SEOUL, April 2, 2008 (AFP) - South Korea's justice ministry Wednesday began drafting a bill that could punish sex offences against children with the death penalty, amid rising concern over a series of recent crimes, officials said.

BAGHDAD, Feb 29, 2008 (AFP) - Ali Hassan al-Majid, whose execution for genocide was approved on Friday by the Iraqi presidency after months of delay, is the most notorious of executed dictator Saddam Hussein's former henchmen.