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In 2006, the central government seized oversight of death sentences from provincial courts, restoring it to the Supreme People's Court after a 23-year hiatus, amid what state media suggested was a rash of errors in judicial judgments and excessive use of the capital sentence.
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That contract is being challenged in the Pakistani courts by the provincial government, which could open the way to China taking over.
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Army units, meanwhile, took control of the main Suez Canal administration building, provincial government buildings, banks and courts in Port Said, Gen.
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