Saudi apologizes for chopping off maids head
Jun 22nd 2011, 5:22 pm
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Jun 22nd 2011, 5:29 pm
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Re: Saudi apologizes for chopping off maids head
And the response from Indonesia- a travel ban on domestic workers to saudi...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13878418
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13878418
Jun 22nd 2011, 5:30 pm
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Re: Saudi apologizes for chopping off maids head
un*****ing believable!
Jun 23rd 2011, 4:51 am
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Re: Saudi apologizes for chopping off maids head
Maid kills employer: off with her head
Employer kills maid; acquit them due to "lack of evidence" or the fact that there were "no witnesses"
Employer kills maid; acquit them due to "lack of evidence" or the fact that there were "no witnesses"
Jun 23rd 2011, 7:13 am
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Jun 23rd 2011, 8:19 am
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Jun 23rd 2011, 8:24 am
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Re: Saudi apologizes for chopping off maids head
Westerners are rarer though - normally a few lashes and a token conversion and they might let them go. I met a Filipino man once many years ago in Dubai who showed me the stripes on his back...got them for the henious crime of holding a private Christian prayer meeting in his own apartment.
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Jun 23rd 2011, 8:35 am
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it's cultural ....
Jun 23rd 2011, 9:02 am
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AARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jun 23rd 2011, 9:05 am
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Re: Saudi apologizes for chopping off maids head
I'd like to apply to change the subject of this thread to one about cakes.
I like chocolate cake.
I like chocolate cake.
Jun 23rd 2011, 9:06 am
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Jun 23rd 2011, 9:09 am
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Re: Saudi apologizes for chopping off maids head
mmmmmmmmmmmm carrot cake