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Somali Woman Stoned to Death

A Somali woman has been publicly stoned to death for being married to several men at the same time. The 33-year-old woman was put to death Friday in the southern coastal town of Barawe, which is controlled by the Islamist militant group al-Shabab. The woman had confessed to being married to at least three men at the same time. She was buried in soil up to her neck and pelted with stones by masked executioners, as a crowd looked on. Al-Shabab, which is linked to al-Qaida, controls...

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