7 Men Convicted of Theft and Looting Executed in Saudi Arabia
he convicts were arrested in 2006 and sentenced to death in 2009. The family of the convicts had pleaded for their clemency to the king more than a week ago.
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Suspect 26-year-old Michael Boysen was released last Friday from the Monroe Correctional Facility in Washington state, where he served a year in jail for a burglary. Between 2006 and 2011, he also spent considerable time in jail. After his release last week, his grandparents picked him up, drove him, and even held a gathering for family members at their home to welcome him back, said King County Sheriff John Urquhart. The next day, the grandparents were found dead
The CIA is stepping in and "ramping up" its role with the unit in Iraq, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. Citing unnamed sources the increased CIA role is in an effort to prevent spillover from the war in Syria by helping counterterrorism units fight al-Qaeda in Iraq.
Black smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Tuesday, signaling that cardinals have yet to cast their first of the papal conclave to choose a new leader for the world's 1.2 billion Catholics.
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