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Saudi rights groups claimed on Wednesday that a decision to sentence a woman to 10 lashes for driving her car was payback by the ruling class for this week's landmark speech by King Abdullah, which cleared the way for women to participate in elections. The sentence is believed to be the first...

Man charged over 'sharia law' lashing Updated July 19, 2011 10:20:57 (Brad Markham, file photo: ABC News) A man has been charged over an alleged sharia law punishment where a Sydney man was lashed 40 times in his bed. Police say the 31-year-old victim woke to find four bearded...