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To: celtic-cat

Well, congratulations Celtic-Cat.
Getting rid of an ugly commute is a life changing experience for the better.


1,412 posted on 07/14/2007 9:37:39 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1866133/posts

As Teen Girl Awaits Death, Saudi Surge in Beheadings Could Set Record High
www.foxnews.com ^ | 7/14/07 | Staff

Posted on 07/14/2007 8:53:33 PM PDT by Red Badger

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Rizana Nafeek, a 19-year old housemaid from Sri Lanka, is on death row because the baby in her care died while she was bottle-feeding him. If her appeal is turned down, she will taken to a public square to be publicly beheaded.... “The Saudi authorities are flouting an international prohibition on the execution of child offenders by even imposing a death sentence on a defendant who was reportedly 17 at the time of the alleged crime,” she said. Nafeek arrived in the kingdom on May 4, 2005 to work as a housemaid. She was given the additional duty of looking after the baby boy, a job the Sri Lankan Embassy says she was not trained to do. The embassy says the infant died on May 22 while she was bottle-feeding him. Nafeek allegedly confessed, according to the statement, but then recanted, saying her admission was obtained under duress. The Asian Human Rights Commission, an independent Hong Kong-based body of jurists and human rights activists, said it was an accident.

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1,413 posted on 07/14/2007 9:54:47 PM PDT by Cindy
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