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| China separatism trial of Muslim scholar ends, verdict next week - lawyer | | Friday, September 19, 2014 3:26 AM | |
|  BEIJING (Reuters) - China's trial of a Uighur scholar on separatism charges completed its two days of evidence on Thursday, and his lawyer said a verdict in a case that has drawn international criticism might come next week. Prosecutors in China's western Xinjiang region said economics professor Ilham Tohti, an advocate for the rights of the Muslim Uighur ethnic group, had promoted independence for the region on a website he managed called Uighurbiz.net. The charge carries a maximum penalty of death in extreme cases, though Tohti's lawyers say he faces the prospect of a lengthy prison ...
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| Man kills daughter, six grandchildren in Florida murder-suicide | | Friday, September 19, 2014 2:49 AM | |
| | TAMPA (Reuters) - A 51-year-old Florida man shot dead his daughter and six grandchildren in his home before killing himself on Thursday, authorities said. Don Spirit, identified by authorities as the suspect, called the 911 emergency line and killed himself after a sheriff's deputy arrived at the scene, Gilchrist County Sheriff Robert Schultz said. Everyone in the house was killed, Schultz said. The youngest child was less than three months old and the oldest was 10 years old, he added. "We're all family here. What can you say?" Schultz said. ... |
| Australian PM cites "chatter" of attacks on government, parliament | | Friday, September 19, 2014 2:43 AM | |
|  By Matt Siegel SYDNEY (Reuters) - Intelligence "chatter" has revealed that militants plan to attack Australian politicians and government buildings, the prime minister said on Friday, a day after hundreds of police carried out a sweeping counter-terrorism operation. Prime Minister Tony Abbott said he had ordered security boosted at Parliament House in Canberra, amid mounting concerns over the possibility of attacks by Australians radicalised in Iraq or Syria. ...
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| Women's groups slam 'discriminatory' UK advice on sharia wills | | Friday, September 19, 2014 1:47 AM | |
|  By Katie Nguyen LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Women's rights activists have accused the professional body representing lawyers in England and Wales of endorsing discrimination against women by refusing to withdraw its guidance on sharia wills. The Law Society issued its guidance on ensuring that wills drawn up for Muslims comply with sharia in March, drawing criticism in the local press that it was effectively enshrining Islamic law in the British legal system for the first time. ...
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| Two adults, six children dead in Florida shooting - report | | | TAMPA (Reuters) - Two adults and six children were killed on Thursday in a north Florida town in a shooting that may have been a murder-suicide, the Gainesville Sun newspaper reported, citing local authorities. The incident occurred near Bell, a town of about 500 located roughly 35 miles west of Gainesville. The Gilchrist County Sheriff's Office declined to comment but said a press conference was scheduled for later on Thursday. (Reporting by David Adams and Jonathan Kaminsky; Editing by Sandra Maler) |
| U.S. Senate approves bill to arm moderate Syrian rebels | |  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday easily approved controversial legislation requested by President Barack Obama to allow the training and arming of moderate Syrian rebels in their fight against Islamic State militants. Senate passage, by a vote of 78-22, came a day after approval by the House of Representatives. The Senate legislation also temporarily keeps the government running in the fiscal year that starts on Oct. 1 and reauthorizes the Export-Import Bank through June 2015. The bill now goes to Obama for signing into law. ...
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