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Saudi beheaded Published Date: November 21, 2010 RIYADH: A Saudi man was beheaded by the sword on Saturday after being convicted of shooting dead a policeman over a traffic violation, the interior ministry said. Mohsen Al-Dussari had shot the officer when a police patrol tried to stop him as he drove against the flow of traffic, the ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency. His beheading in Kharj near the Saudi capital Riyadh brings to 23 the number of executions reported this year in the Gulf kingdom. In 2009, 67 executions were reported in Saudi Arabia, compared with 102 in 2008. Rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery and drug trafficking are all punishable by death under the kingdom's strict interpretation of Islamic sharia law. Meanwhile, Saudi King Abdullah has been admitted to hospital after suffering from back pain due to a blood clot. The Saudi official news agency quoted the palace statement Friday as saying a blood clot had created pressure on the nerves surrounding a ruptured disc and doctors asked him to rest. Egyptian government newspapers had reported yesterday that President Hosni Mubarak would meet the king yesterday. Earlier this week, the 86-year-old king stepped down as head of the country's National Guard and transferred the influential position to his son. He also handed over his traditional supervisory duties for the annual hajj pilgrimage to his deputy prime minister because doctors advised him to rest after rupturing a disc in his back.- Agencies [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
