Libya retries 6 accused of infecting kids with HIV

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- Prosecutors demanded Tuesday the death sentence in the retrial of five Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian doctor accused of intentionally infecting Libyan children with HIV.
The six are charged with intentionally infecting more than 400 children with the virus that causes AIDS at a hospital in the Libyan city of Benghazi. At least 50 of the children have died.
"Infecting the children with the HIV virus is a savage and inhumane crime and a humanitarian catastrophe," prosecutor Omar Abdel-Khaleq told the court.
The defendants have denied the charges and human rights groups have accused Libya of concocting them to cover up unhygienic conditions at Libyan hospitals.
The six have been held in Libya since 1999.
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