Oh, man. Not a good week.


From Brazil:

Killer left victim's body in bathroom, showered, then went out to party


From Canada:

Man stabbed and decapitated on Canadian Greyhound bus


From Greece:

Gruesome crime shocks Greek isle


And from the UK: Justice for a similar crime last year:

Woman jailed for beheading rival


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India temple stampede 'kills 140'

A rain shelter on the mountain path to the temple collapsed, triggering rumours of a landslide.

Many of the victims were children, trampled to death during the panic. Fifty more people were hurt and are being treated in hospital.

Somali Christian martyred

A Somali Christian has paid the ultimate price for his faith.

Hussein, the 28-year-old victim, had converted from the Muslim faith to Christianity. Jonathan Racho of International Christian Concern says he was confronted by Islamic extremists who demanded to know if he faces Mecca when he prays, which is required of Muslims.

"Hussein says he doesn't face Mecca when he prays because his God is omnipresent and he can face anywhere to pray," Racho recounts the incident. "[T]he extremists were very much enraged by his comments, and they killed him."

Upon learning that her husband had been shot to death, Hussein's wife went into premature labor and delivered a stillborn baby.

Hussein had been working as a teacher and was described as extremely successful in evangelizing the community.

Oregon Tells Patients State Will Pay for Assisted Suicide, Not Health Care

Salem, OR (LifeNews.com) -- It's happened again -- another Oregon resident has heard form state officials that it will happily pay for an assisted suicide but will not pay for the medical treatment he needs. For the second time in just over the last month, a patient has said the state health insurance plan has promoted death over medical care.

Randy Stroup is a 53-year-old Dexter, Oregon resident who faces a troubling bout of prostate cancer.

As an uninsured resident with a need for expensive chemotherapy he applied to the Oregon health insurance plan for help.

Lane Individual Practice Association administers the Oregon Health Plan in Stroup's county and they responded to his request with a letter saying the state would not cover the treatment but would pay for an assisted suicide."It dropped my chin to the floor," Stroup told FOX News.

"[How could they] not pay for medication that would help my life, and yet offer to pay to end my life?"