Sudan 'must Pay USS Cole Victims'

'Emotional losses' In a written ruling, the judge said: "It is depressing to realise that a country organised on a religious basis with religious rule of law could and would execute its power for purposes which most countries would find intolerable and loathsome." Judge Doumar awarded the families compensation under the Death on the High Seas Act, which permits payouts for economic losses but not for mental suffering. He calculated the amount they should receive by multiplying the salary of the sailors by the number of years they would have continued to work. "It is a further tragedy that the laws of the United States, in this instance, provide no remedy for the psychological and emotional losses suffered by the survivors," the judge added. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/americas/6916598.stm Published: 2007/07/25 20:56:48 GMT

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