Canada: "The Conservative government has ended a long-standing federal policy of automatically seeking clemency for any Canadian facing the death penalty in a foreign country, CanWest News Service has learned. The decision is likely to seal the fate of Alberta-born Ronald Allen Smith, the only Canadian on death row in the United States, who faces a lethal injection in Montana for killing two men in 1982."

Australia: Prime Minister John Howard rejected criticism that his stance on the death penalty was hypocritical, reports ABC News. Earlier, Howard said it would be "a major injustice" if the Bali bombers were not executed in Indonesia, even though he opposes capital punishment within Australia.