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Arabia
Pakistani among 3 beheaded in Saudi Arabia
2015-03-18
[DAWN] Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
beheaded a Pak and two Saudis on Tuesday, bringing to 48 the number of death sentences carried out this year.

That is more than half of the 87 people executed during all of 2014, according to an AFP tally.

Reasons for the surge are unclear but human rights
...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty...
group Amnesia Amnesty International says Saudi Arabia is "well on track" to far exceed previous annual execution records. The London-based watchdog says Saudi Arabia has regularly been among the world's top five executioners.
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