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A Yemeni appeals court has upheld a death sentence, and commuted another, over the bomb attack on the USS Cole, which killed 17 US sailors in 2000.
Suspected ringleader Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, currently in US custody, will receive the death penalty.
But Jamal Mohammed al-Badawi will only serve 15 years in jail, the court said.
Three others are to serve between five and 10 years; a fourth sentence was commuted from eight to five years.
In October 2000, two attackers rammed the destroyer with a small boat laden with explosives in the port of Aden.
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Suspected ringleader Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, currently in US custody, will receive the death penalty.
But Jamal Mohammed al-Badawi will only serve 15 years in jail, the court said.
Three others are to serve between five and 10 years; a fourth sentence was commuted from eight to five years.
In October 2000, two attackers rammed the destroyer with a small boat laden with explosives in the port of Aden.
BBC Read More
