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Apr 2020
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Episode 26: Saudi Arabia Stops Executing...

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Saudi Arabia recently decided that children convicted of crimes will no longer be elegible for the death penalty. Around the world, piracy proliferates as Earth experience a rise in crime on the high seas. And, in Belgium and the US, farmers are struggling to figure out what to do with mountains of unsold potatoes. Join Ben Bowlin for more Strange News Daily, and share your stories on Twitter: #strangedaily

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