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Bangladeshi War Criminal Dies

Former head of Bangladesh's largest Islamist party Ghulam Azam, who was sentenced to 90 years in prison for masterminding atrocities during the country's 1971 war, has died. The 91-year-old Azam was the wartime head of the Jamaat-e-Islami party who later became its spiritual leader and a key player in the country's politics.  He died of a heart attack late Thursday while in custody at a hospital in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka. Last year Azam was found guilty of five...


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