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THE macabre punishment announced this week for two convicted serial killers in Abu Dhabi has once again highlighted the controversial question of Arabian executions. The two men, found guilty of luring people into the desert before robbing and killing them, were sentenced to crucifixion, then death by firing squad. Few question their guilt, but westerners in this high-rise, high-tech emirate were discomfited at the thought of condemned men being suspended for hours on a cross, in blazing sun before a jeering crowd.

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