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| Three Italian nuns killed in Burundi |
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| BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - Three Italian nuns were found killed over the weekend in a parish in the north of Burundi's capital, officials and a priest in the African state said on Monday. Police said two suspects had been detained for questioning. Father Mario Pulicini, responsible for the parish in a northern suburb of Bujumbura, named two of the nuns as Lucia Pulici, who was 75 and due to celebrate her birthday on Monday, and Olga Raschietti, 82. He said they were found dead in their dormitory on Sunday. ... |
| Israeli cult leader convicted of sexual crimes |
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 JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli cult leader alleged by prosecutors to have kept 21 wives under his spell for years was convicted on Monday of sexual crimes but acquitted of charges of enslavement. The suspect, Goel Ratzon, 64, had denied the allegations, which prosecutors described as a "mind-boggling" saga of dominance and delusions of deity. Ratzon, whose first name means "redeemer", kept 21 wives and 38 children in various homes around Tel Aviv, according to the indictment. ...
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| Saudi jails six for going abroad to fight |
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| Saudi Arabia's Specialised Criminal Court jailed six people for up to six years for security offences including travelling abroad to fight, adopting militant ideology and "breaking obedience to the ruler", state media reported late on Sunday. The kingdom imprisoned dozens of people last month in security trials amid fears that the conflicts in Iraq and Syria will radicalise a new generation of young Saudis. Saudi Arabia has detained over 11,000 people since a wave of attacks from 2003-06 against government and foreign targets in the conservative Islamic kingdom staged by al Qaeda militants who had fought in Afghanistan and Iraq. |
| Gunmen kill senior Pakistani military official from Shi'ite minority |
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| Gunmen have killed three people, including a senior military official, at a mosque frequented by minority Shi'ite worshippers in the Pakistani city of Sargodha, police said on Monday. Sectarian strife has been worsening in Pakistan, where Shi'ite Muslims make up about 20 percent of the 180 million population. "Brigadier Fazal Zahoor was shot by masked gunmen while taking part in a religious ritual at the mosque," said police official Farooq Hasnaat, adding the attack took place late on Sunday. Hasnaat said the brigadier had received threats from the banned organisation Sipah-e-Sahaba, which says it want to expel Shi'ites from Pakistan. |
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