Five women murdered in Mexico beach resort

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MEXICO CITY, Apr 24: Five women, all apparently connected to a beauty parlor, were found brutally murdered in the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco on Saturday morning, state police said. The semi-naked and bound bodies of two women and a 14-year-old girl were discovered in the salon in the early hours of Saturday morning. All three had their throats slashed.-Reuters. China arrests Protestant Shouwang devotees BEIJING, Apr 24: At least 20 Chinese Protestants have been arrested as they tried to gather for an Easter service in Beijing. The worshippers, from the Shouwang church, were trying to hold an outdoor service because they own no premises. In recent weeks, the police have arrested dozens of people from the church, which has about 1,000 members. The authorities have also been carrying out a wider suppression of dissent - harassing foreign reporters and detaining lawyers and activists.--BBC