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Two businessmen have been convicted by an Italian court of negligence that led to more than 2,000 asbestos-related deaths. The court found that they'd failed to prevent
asbestos fibres
from their factories in northern Italy from spreading across the region. Stephan Schidheiny and Jean-Louis de Cartier, who's a Belgian baron, were both sentenced in their absence to 16 years in prison. Damages amounting to tens of millions of dollars were also awarded against the pair.
The Zambian football team have been given a hero's welcome on their return home after winning the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time. Cheering crowds greeted the players as they arrived at Lusaka airport. The BBC's Mutuna Chanda was there.
They came to a
rapturous
welcome, a very thunderous welcome. If you came into the country for the first time, you'll think that maybe it was Jesus Christ who was
disembarking
from that plane. They arrived to a hero's welcome. There were(was口误) well over 1,000 people at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport.
Thousands more fans, many of them wearing the national colours of green, orange, red and black, lined the route from the airport to a sports arena in the capital where speeches and a concert have been taking place. Zambia beat Ivory Coast in a
penalty shoot-out
in the Gabonese capital Libreville. A plane crash there 20 years ago killed almost the entire Zambian squad.