Islamist rebels whip 32 dancers in Somalia

Fighters enforcing a strict form of sharia law have been slowly advancing on the city, raising the stakes in their two-year rebellion and undermining fragile U.N.-brokered peace talks to end 17 years of chaos in the Horn of Africa nation. Last month, they stoned to death a young woman accused of adultery in the rebel-controlled southern port of Kismayu. Islamist spokesman Sheikh Abdirahim Isse Adow said those arrested had been warned several times against dancing. More...