Sri Lanka: Beheading Stirs Protest

Sri Lanka recalled its envoy to Saudi Arabia after the execution of a Sri Lankan housemaid over the death of an infant in her care, the government said Thursday. The woman, Rizana Nafeek, was beheaded on Wednesday morning, inciting protests by hundreds of women in Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan government had appealed the death sentence, but the Saudi Supreme Court upheld it in 2010. Saudi households are highly dependent on housemaids from Africa and South Asia. By REUTERS