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EU calls 'barbaric' plans to stone Iranian woman

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The European Union on Tuesday condemned the stoning to death sentence passed against an Iranian woman convicted for adultery, saying it was "barbaric beyond words."

 

In his first State of the Union address to parliament, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said he was "appalled" by the news of the sentencing, and called it "barbaric beyond words." (AP)

 

 

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