Militant sentenced to hang for Pearl killing

Tuesday, July 16, 2002

HYDERABAD, Pakistan -- Sentenced to hang for the kidnap-murder of a Wall Street Journal reporter, an Islamic militant threatened Pakistan's rulers Monday, saying "We shall see who will die first -- me or the authorities who have arranged the death sentence for me."

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