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| Vatican treasurer may front Australian abuse inquiry remotely - judge |
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| By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Vatican's Australian finance controller was cleared on Monday to testify at a child abuse inquiry in his homeland via videolink because of a heart condition, a ruling bound to frustrate victim groups who wanted him to appear in person. Cardinal George Pell, once seen as a contender to become pope, was scheduled to testify at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse on Dec. 16 but asked to give evidence by videolink instead. The judge chairing the inquiry said he accepted a Jan. 29 medical report saying the former archbishop of Sydney and Melbourne had hypertension and ishcemic heart disease complicated by a previous heart attack, and said he could testify remotely. |
| German police raid homes of suspected militants near western city of Mainz |
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| German police on Sunday raided the apartments of two men suspected of having links to a militant organisation, a spokesman for the Federal Prosecutor Office said. The raid took place near the city of Mainz in western Germany. The two men are suspected of having taken part in the Syrian civil war as members of a foreign terrorist organisation, the spokesman said. |
| Director hopes Oscar-nominated film will help end Pakistan honour killings |
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 By Syed Raza Hassan and Krista Mahr KARACHI/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - An Oscar-winning filmmaker hopes her latest Academy Award-nominated documentary will help bring tougher laws against honour killings in Pakistan, which account for the deaths of hundreds of women and men each year. The film, which follows the story of a young woman who survived attempted murder by her father and uncle after marrying a man without their approval, was nominated for an Oscar in January, prompting Pakistan's prime minister to pledge to take a firm stand against the "evil" practice. More than 500 men and women died in honour killings in 2015, according to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.
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