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On Nov. 23, 2007, an item titled “Stop the flogging of the woman from Al-Qatif” appeared on this site. A young woman had been sentenced to 200 lashes after having been kidnapped and gang-raped. Succumbing to international pressure, including your emails and letters, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia pardoned the woman. If the sentence had been carried out, the woman would almost certainly have died.