Red Cross restricts blood donations The American Red Cross is tightening its blood donation rules for people who have been to Europe, bouncing 400,000 donors from the blood supply as a safeguard against mad cow disease. The Red Cross rules, to take effect in September, will bar donations from anyone who has spent three months or longer in Britain or at least six months anywhere in Europe since 1980. It will also disqualify those who have received blood transfusions in Britain. S.C. Smith was being held without bail Monday at the York County Prison. It was unclear whether he had an attorney.
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The others received sentences ranging from one to seven years. The harsh ruling was immediately condemned by activists and Ibrahim, who all along has said the charges were prompted by his political activities and the decision to set up an independent committee to monitor last year's parliamentary elections. A woman was executed after a court ordered that she be stoned to death for acting in pornographic movies, a newspaper reported Monday. The woman, who was not identified, denied committing any crime, but evidence and testimony by witnesses led judiciary officials to issue the stoning sentence, the daily said. The paper gave no further details.