This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Iran: Pregnant woman, Maryam Ghorbanzadeh, to be stoned to death - 'Tehran Court rules 25-year-old woman convicted of adultery must be executed despite pregnancy. Her lawyer hopes to have sentence 'commuted' to lashing..' [Not to worry, she'll be permitted to deliver first.]