Earlier this week a pack of barbarians in Pakistan stoned to death two lovers. To make it easier for the thugs--relatives of the female half of the couple--to do the job, the pair were tied to a tree.
"Honor killings" are a big problem in Pakistan. News.com Australia reports that there were 4000 such murders in recent years. Last year, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf put a law in place that made these killings a capital offense.
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