Closing arguments were to begin Friday in the trial of American student Amanda Knox for the 2007 murder of her British housemate in the Italian university town of Perugia.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A masked gunman entered a church and shot dead a Russian Orthodox priest well-known for his missionary work among the young, investigators said Friday.

Gunman opens fire on Pacific island of Saipan; 5 dead, including 2 young children. A gunman went on a rampage on the Pacific resort island of Saipan on Friday, killing four people and wounding six others before fatally shooting himself, officials said.

Closing arguments were to begin Friday in the trial of American student Amanda Knox for the 2007 murder of her British housemate in the Italian university town of Perugia.

A gunman went on the rampage in the Northern Mariana Islands in the western Pacific on Friday, killing at least four people and wounding eight mostly Korean tourists, officials and reports said.

Gunman opens fire on Pacific island of Saipan; 5 dead, including 2 young children. A gunman went on a rampage on the Pacific resort island of Saipan on Friday, killing four people and wounding six others before fatally shooting himself, officials said.

Russian Orthodox priest shot dead in Moscow church, assistant wounded. A gunman killed a Russian Orthodox priest in his Moscow church and seriously wounded the reverend's assistant, officials said Friday.

Closing arguments were to begin on Friday in the trial of American student Amanda Knox for the 2007 murder of her British housemate in the Italian university town of Perugia.

Serbian police arrest another suspect in fatal beating of French soccer fan in Belgrade. Serbian police say they have arrested another suspect in the fatal attack on a French soccer fan in Belgrade two months ago.

Pentagon launches quick hunt for more Hasans, longer look at possible lapses in Fort Hood case. The Pentagon said Thursday it will scour its procedures for identifying volatile soldiers hidden in the ranks following the Fort Hood shooting rampage and lapses that might allow others to slip through bureaucratic cracks.

An Russian Orthodox priest who was an outspoken critic of both Islam and ultra-nationalist groups was shot dead in his Moscow church by a masked assassin, investigators said Friday.

Prosecutors on Friday began closing arguments in the trial of American student Amanda Knox for the gory murder of her British housemate in the Italian university town of Perugia two years ago.

Palin's book tour to include stop at Fort Hood; royalties will go to victims' families. Sarah Palin's tour to promote her new memoir will include a stop at Fort Hood to benefit the victims of the shooting rampage and their families.

LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang that allegedly killed dozens of people and sold their fat to buyers who used it to make cosmetics.

Prosecutors on Friday began closing arguments in the trial of American student Amanda Knox for the gory murder of her British housemate in the Italian university town of Perugia two years ago.

A man who strangled his wife in his sleep because he dreamt she was an intruder was freed on Friday, after prosecutors withdrew the case against him.

A man who fatally strangled his wife during a nightmare about an intruder has walked free from court on Friday after he was acquitted of her murder.

Indianapolis man convicted in slayings of 7 gets life sentence, compares self to Christ. An Indianapolis man convicted of killing three children and four adults during a home invasion robbery three years ago has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Italian prosecutor: US student 'harbored hatred' for Briton; killed her in sex game. An American student accused of fatally stabbing her British roommate in Italy had a growing hatred for the victim and killed her in retaliation during a drug-fueled sex game, a prosecutor contended Friday in closing arguments at her murder trial.

Prison official: Man released after 17 years in prison on now-overturned NYC murder conviction. A prison system official says a New York City man is free after spending nearly two decades behind bars for murder before a judge declared him innocent.