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a Saudi Arabian man convicted of rape and robbery was beheaded in Riyadh. An Interior Ministry statement said Majed Bin Abdallah Hazzazi committed the crimes after drinking alcohol.

(Sources: Ap, Afp 12/04/2009; http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/contents.html)

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