ALGIERS, Apr 2: A secret terrorism court has sentenced 33 suspected Muslim radicals to death this week, the first death sentences passed in nearly three months, judicial sources said Friday, reports AP

A terrorism court in Algiers one of three set up to expedite trials of suspected Islamic terrorists, sentenced 31 of the 33 to death in ab sent la None of the defendants was identified

The new sentences brings to 481 the number of people condemned to death since the courts started operating in February 1993