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            SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
                          June 20, 2006: a Saudi man condemned to death for murder was beheaded with a sword in the north of the country. Said bin Faleh al-Shimari was executed after being found guilty of shooting Ayed bin Ghoneim al-Shimari with a pistol following differences between them, said a statement by the Saudi interior ministry.  The statement did not say if the two men were related. (Sources: Agence France Presse, 20/06/2006)
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