SAUDI AUTHORITIES BEHEAD SAUDI MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER

Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a Saudi man convicted of fatally stabbing another compatriot over a dispute, the Interior Ministry said. In a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency, the ministry said Hamid bin Ali stabbed Saad bin Hamdan to death. It did not explain the nature of the dispute. The beheading took place at the eastern Saudi city of Al-Dammam.