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Khartoum, Sudan

Five Sudanese journalists have gone on trial in Khartoum for publishing articles on the alleged rape of a female opposition activist by security force personnel. "We had a very short hearing ... and then the trial was postponed until June 28 ... Up to now, we know that there are five of us being tried", Faisal Mohammed Saleh said Friday. On March 1, he wrote a column in the Sudanese daily Al-Akbar about Safiya Ishaq, a youth activist who says she was raped repeatedly by three security officers after her arrest in Khartoum. Mr. Saleh and four other journalists were investigated for allegedly defaming Sudan's security services in writing about the case. Agence France-Presse

Warsaw, Poland

A lack of funds has forced a museum housing the former Nazi death camp of Sobibor to close, drawing protests from Jewish groups over the fate of a site where up to 350,000 Jews perished. Poland's culture ministry said Friday it would take charge of the museum from next year, but it was not clear who would care for the 10-hectare site in the interim. "We have ceased all activity at the site. We cannot afford to keep the place orderly and tidy, it's been completely abandoned. It's hard to accept this", said Marek Bem, spokesman for the museum he co-founded in 1994. The museum needs up to $1.10-million annually to function and to conduct research. Reuters

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

A group of Malaysian Muslim women is forming The Obedient Wife Club with the aim of curbing social ills such as divorce, domestic violence and prostitution. Members will be given instruction in how to "obey, serve and entertain" their husbands to promote marital harmony and cut the risk of their spouses straying or misbehaving. Maznah Taufik, one of the club's founders, said much marital discord was the result of disobedient wives failing to bring joy to their husbands. "Domestic abuse happens because wives don't obey their husband's orders", she said. The group would stress they had to provide husbands with a fulfilling sex life to prevent them from straying. The Daily Telegraph