Catholic church is transformed into mosque
Still a house of God
Where is Sombath Somphone?
FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2005 file photo, Sombath Somphone of Laos is seen in Manila. Five hundred days after Laos most prominent civil rights advocate went missing at a traffic police checkpoint in the capital Vientiane, his wife said Tuesday she remains completely in the dark about what happened to him. Sombath Somphones disappearance was recorded on closed circuit television, which should have helped investigators. The footage shows the activist being escorted by two men to a pickup truck and driven away. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)
Five years ago, Laotian civil society leader was stopped by police. He hasn’t been seen since.
Pakistan may outlaw seeing the moon
The supermoon is seen through a crescent of a minaret of grand Faisal mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016. The supermoon phenomenon occurs when the moon, which follows an elliptical orbit around the Earth, reaches a point closer than usual. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
Proposed law protects authority of government body that declares when religious observances begin and end