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52 School Children Killed By Suicide Bomber In Afghanistan

November 15th, 2007 · Comments Off

From the AP:

Dozens of schoolchildren and five teachers were among those killed in a suicide attack in northern Afghanistan earlier this week — the country’s deadliest since the fall of the Taliban — the government said Friday.
The 59 schoolchildren had lined up to greet a group of lawmakers visiting a sugar factory in the northern [...]

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Tags: Afghanistan · Muslim/Islam · Terrorism

Gays Should Be Hanged, Says Iranian Minister

November 15th, 2007 · Comments Off

From the Times Online:

Homosexuals deserve to be executed or tortured and possibly both, an Iranian leader told British MPs during a private meeting at a peace conference, The Times has learnt.
Mohsen Yahyavi is the highest-ranked politician to admit that Iran believes in the death penalty for homosexuality after a spate of reports that gay youths [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Crime/Law · Iran · Islamofascism · Muslim/Islam