News: Middle East

Around 58 people died when troops stormed a Christian church in Baghdad, where gunmen were holding dozens of hostages. They were demanding the release of Muslim women in Egypt, in particular two of whom they believed were being imprisoned for converting to Islam.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11668634
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11664861
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/01/baghdad-church-siege-survivors-speak