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Iranian crowd stops execution and frees convicts

The crowd overpowered security services and helped two men convicted of robbery to escape hanging in the province of Kerman, the Fars news agency reported. The men were recaptured hours later, and justice department officials say they will be put to death on Wednesday. Iran executes more people than anywhere else in the world except China, human rights groups say

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Iranian crowd stops execution and frees convicts

Ethical eating – plants want to live, too

“Before we cede the entire moral penthouse to “committed vegetarians” and “strong ethical vegans,” we might consider that plants no more aspire to being stir-fried in a wok than a hog aspires to being peppercorn-studded in my Christmas clay pot.

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Ethical eating – plants want to live, too