A Yemeni appeal court upheld on Saturday a death sentence passed against a Yemeni man convicted of trying to work for Israeli intelligence services, according to Reuters. A Reuters witness said the court also upheld jail sentences of five and three years handed down for the same offence to two other Yemenis in March 2009. The three had been convicted of emailing the Israeli prime minister's office and offering to work for the intelligence service of the Jewish state, which Yemen and many other Arab states regard as an enemy for occupying Arab land. The three men had denied the charges, which they said were fabricated by an officer with whom they had a dispute. -- SPA
