Pakistan: Militants behead two 'prostitutes'

Islamist militants have beheaded two women in northwestern Pakistan who they accused of being prostitutes. The women, both in their mid-40s, and identified as Maino and Malaki, were reportedly abducted from Bannu on Thursday by masked and armed men who bundled them into a car. A note was found near the bodies accusing the women of "acts of obscenity" and of doing their business in connivance with the police. More...