In a statement, the Sri Lankan foreign ministry said that President Rajapakse and the government deplored the execution "despite all efforts at the highest level of the government and the outcry of the people locally and internationally".

BBC: Sri Lankan maid Rizana Nafeek beheaded in Saudi Arabia

Though the sentence was the most serious the tribunal could have issued short of execution, a government official expressed disappointment.

NPR: Bangladesh Jails Islamic Party Leader To Life

Performance of all agencies of the Federal Government engaged in the collection, evaluation, or production of intelligence or the execution of intelligence policy.

WHITEHOUSE: About the PIAB

If one retains doubts about the benefit of trying anything other than gold, there is still an important reason to advocate private currency competition over a government gold standard, and that is the practical execution of the standard.

FORBES: Private Currency Competition Is The Monetary Answer

In 1989, Romania's National Salvation Front named a new government headed by President Ion Iliescu, a day after announcing the execution of deposed dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.

CNN: Thursday,

So what are the chances that the government will be persuaded to back down and grant Birmingham a stay of execution?

BBC: Public to choose between tax rises and benefit cuts

Even many traditional nonprofits living on grants, government contracts, and donations often strive to improve the effectiveness of their operations by adopting the execution and strategy practices of for-profit businesses.

FORBES: Success and Social Value