ATTLEBORO SECT TRIAL - "THE BODY" MASSACHUSETTS Jailed Sect Members Released Couple Refuses To Reveal Location Of Baby The Associated Press "ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- Two members of a religious sect were freed Tuesday after spending four months in jail for refusing to cooperate with investigators seeking information on the birth of their latest child." Robidoux challenges verdict The Sun Chronicle "ATTLEBORO -- Attleboro religious sect leader Jacques Robidoux, convicted in the starvation death of his son, wants a judge to set aside the jury's verdict and find him innocent or order a new trial." Corneaus return to court The Sun Chronicle "ATTLEBORO -- A judge will consider during a hearing today whether to release two members of an Attleboro religious sect jailed since Feb. 5 for refusing to give the court information about their baby." Corneaus might get more jail time today The Boston Herald "A judge has scheduled a hearing today to determine whether he should continue to incarcerate two members of a radical religious sect for refusing to give information about their child born last fall."

FLORIDA
Muslim Woman Sues Palm Beach Hotel
The Associated Press
"WEST PALM BEACH -- A Muslim woman filed a discrimination lawsuit against the Breakers after she was fired from her job as housekeeping supervisor at the luxury hotel on Sept. 12."

ILLINOIS
Court backs Jehovah's Witnesses
The Chicago Sun-Times
"In a life of knocking on doors as Jehovah's Witnesses, Addison's Rebecca and Philip Conte always believed they had God behind them. Now they have the U.S. Supreme Court, as well."

OHIO
Residents not concerned about ruling in favor of Jehovah's Witnesses
The Associated Press
"STRATTON -- In a town this small, it's easy to tell who doesn't belong. That's why residents in this 287-person Ohio River hamlet say they're not too worried about Monday's Supreme Court decision striking down a local ordinance that required anyone going door-to-door to get a permit."

AUSTRALIA
Vatican outlaws south coast religious sect
ABC Online
"The Vatican has outlawed a New South Wales south coast religious sect from the Catholic church in a decree issued by the Diocese of Wollongong. William Kamm, who is known as the Little Pebble, set up the Order of Saint Charbel at Nowra in 1984, but has not been officially recognised by the church."

CANADA
Judge OK's new testimony
The Calgary Sun
"Three "disgruntled" Jehovah's Witnesses will be allowed to testify at a hearing to determine if a Calgary teen will continue blood transfusions against her will, a judge ruled yesterday."

HONG KONG
First trial of Falun Gong members begins in Hong Kong
Reuters
"HONG KONG -- Sixteen followers of the controversial Falun Gong spiritual movement appeared in a Hong Kong court on Monday charged with public obstruction, the first time members of the group have been tried in the Chinese city."

ICELAND
More Falungong protests as Chinese president tours Iceland
AFP
"REYKJAVIK -- Police had to disperse followers of the Falungong sect as visiting Chinese President Jiang Zemin spent his second day in Iceland visiting tourist sites. Police evacuated several members and Icelandic supporters of Falungong, which China brands a dangerous cult, when Jiang arrived at the Geysir natural spring."

PHILIPPINES
'Invisible man' robs Oro subdivisions
The Sun Star
Even in the new millennium, people still believe in magic and witchcraft. Agora police arrested a suspected drug pusher and user in a buy bust operation at Capistrano Complex in Barangay Gusa last June 7 whom some people believed could turn himself "invisible."

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