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Saudi man, woman face flogging for research work
boston.com — A Saudi appeals court is due this week to review the case of a biochemist and his female student sentenced to jail and flogging after a lower court ruled their research contact was a front for a telephone affair. The man was sentenced to 8 months in prison and 600 lashes and his student to 4 months in prison and 350 lashes...
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- Masternajee, on 07/06/2008, -1/+7They certainly arent lax on crime over there are they?
- vault, on 07/07/2008, -0/+6Yeah, they can catch you in an affair, but they can't seem to stop Saudi-funded terrorism. Imagine that.
- gbudavid, on 07/06/2008, -0/+7when i was in Kuwait i saw a fellow lose a hand over picking a pocket. It only takes two strikes and you are out of business. Not to mention the fact that they eat with one hand and take care of body functions with the other.
They are SOL - vault, on 07/07/2008, -0/+7Jail and flogging for flirting over the phone...unbelievable this can happen in 2008.
- novaculus, on 07/07/2008, -0/+3In Saudi Arabia it is still the 7th century.
- yellowcakewalk, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1Remember, the Saudi Royal Family is one of Bush's very bestest friends for life. Whenever secular democracy rears its ugly head, in rushes uncle sam to crush it out ( viz. Iran, Egypt, Algeria, Palestine ).
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