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Parents found guilty of murdering daughter in UK
Aug 3rd, 2012
A jury found the Pakistani parents of a teenage girl guilty of murder Friday - a conviction that came after the girl's sister turned against her parents, telling a jury how her mother and father suffocated 17-year-old Shafilea with a plastic bag in a so-called honor killing. (Source: Associated Press) -
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