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At Least 7 Teens Drown Off South African Coast
JOHANNESBURG -- Seven teenage girls drowned Sunday in a riptide off South Africa's east coast and a boy was missing, police said.
Lifeguards later rescued 20 swimmers, said police Capt. Tienkie van Vuuren. The search for the missing boy was called off Sunday night and was to resume Monday morning. The victims were ages 16 or 17, van Vuuren said.
The swimmers went to the beach at the town of Richards Bay on South Africa's east coast about 7 a.m. and went into the water before lifeguards were on duty.
ASIA
· NEW DELHI -- Bomb blasts rocked two theaters Sunday night, killing at least one person and injuring more than 30 others, some of them seriously, authorities said. The theaters had been showing a film that had drawn protests from members of the Sikh religious minority who said it was offensive to their faith.
The title of the film, "Jo Bole So Nihal," is part of a Sikh religious cry and translates as "blessed is the one who says God is eternal." Some Sikhs had been offended by both the title and scenes they deemed sacrilegious.
-- John Lancaster
· KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan authorities said they are in ongoing contact with the kidnappers of an Italian aid worker and that she is fine. Clementina Cantoni was kidnapped last Monday by four gunmen who stopped her vehicle on a Kabul street and bundled her into a car.
· KATMANDU, Nepal -- Thousands of people marched through the streets of Nepal's capital, Katmandu, demanding restoration of democracy and civil liberties in the impoverished Himalayan kingdom.
