RICHMOND, Va. -- The first man to translate the New Testament into Lungga will also be the first South Pacific consultant for the United Bible Society. Alpheaus Zobule, who is studying for a doctorate in theology, was the first man to translate the bible into his native language, Lungga, as well as the first to create a writing system for the language, Virginia's Richmond Times reported Monday. It took Zobule five years to translate the ... [full story]

FREE TOWN, Kenya -- St. Emmanuel's Church in Free Town, Kenya, one of Kenya's oldest churches, has been shut down in a bid for leadership. Descendants of the freed slaves who built the church in 1889 padlocked the doors of the Anglican Church on Sunday, claiming to have been removed from the church's 12-member council, the Daily Nation reported Monday. Joash Mcharo, one of the founder's descendants, said that five years ago management problems began ... [full story]

OCEAN CITY, Md. -- Police searching the home of an Ocean City, Md., woman charged with killing her unborn child have found the remains of three more infants. Christy Freeman, 37, was arrested by Ocean City Police after a dead infant wrapped in a blanket was found at her home Thursday and was charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder and manslaughter, the Delmarva Daily Times reported Monday. The FBI's evidence team assisted in the search ... [full story]

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts was hospitalized Monday after a seizure caused him to fall at his Maine vacation home, a court spokeswoman said. Roberts, 52, who was confirmed chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in September 2005, remained conscious after tumbling on a dock at his seashore summer home at Port Clyde on Maine's Hupper Island, Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg told CNN. Roberts, the youngest of the court's nine justices ... [full story]

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Three police officers and at least one other person were wounded in a gun and grenade attack Monday in a market in Mogadishu, Somalia. Two gunmen armed with pistols and grenades reportedly inflicted the damage, according to witnesses, and then walked away, the Shabelle Media Network reported. One restaurant owner said the whole market was shut down around where the blast went off, adding that government troops sealed off the area and ... [full story]

MASON, W.Va. -- A small West Virginia town is finally going to buy handguns for its police officers, who have always supplied their own pistols. Mason Mayor Mindy Kearns agreed with the City Council's decision to budget $3,600 so the police department can buy six Sigarm P229 .40 caliber handguns, the Charleston Daily Mail reported Monday. "Of all the handguns I've used, it's like the Cadillac of the fleet," said new Police Chief Jess Johnson, ... [full story]

SYDNEY -- Australian Prime Minister John Howard says he will not apologize to terrorism suspect Mohamed Haneef or allow him back in the country any time soon. Haneef was arrested and held for four weeks before being sent back to Bangalore due to a lack of evidence, Australia's The Age reported Monday. Now Haneef is taking the matter to federal court in an attempt to regain his visa and legal experts are saying he could ... [full story]

SAO PAULO -- Thousands of Brazilians converged on the site of a deadly plane crash to remember the 199 people killed when a plane skidded off the runway this month. Among those at Congonhas Airport in Sao Paulo Sunday were the family members of those killed in the accident, Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper reported Monday. Some at the rally chanted ant-government slogans and made remarks critical of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Last ... [full story]

BOSTON -- Two children were stabbed to death in Boston's Hyde Park neighborhood last weekend in an apparent act of domestic violence, a police spokeswoman said. While initial reports had a 31-year-old woman and a child dead at the scene, Boston police spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll denied those allegations and said two children were the actual victims, The Boston Herald said Monday. Boston police Superintendent John Gallagher wouldn't offer specifics regarding the situation, only stating that ... [full story]

DALLAS -- A news helicopter carrying two traffic reporters crash landed near Grand Prairie, Texas, Monday after suddenly losing power. Reporter Chip Waggoner of Fox affiliate KDFW-TV in Dallas and Julie DeHarty of Dallas radio station KRLD-AM survived the crash without severe injuries, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. Waggoner said the chopper's engine shut off suddenly without warning while it was in flight. "I'm a little discombobulated right now, but we're alright," Waggoner told his ... [full story]