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Indian police: Suspects in rape of Danish tourist are unemployed youth; attack lasted hours
• NEW DELHI (AP) -- Two suspects arrested in the gang rape of a 51-year-old Danish tourist in New Delhi are unemployed young men who allegedly attacked the woman for nearly three hours before fleeing with her belongings, police said Thursday.
• The two were picked up late Wednesday from a park near the scene of the crime, police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said. Investigators were closing in other suspects after the two provided details during questioning, he said.
• Police said the tourist was raped at knifepoint Tuesday near Connaught Place, a popular shopping area in the heart of New Delhi. The woman got lost and approached a group of men for directions back to her hotel. But instead of helping her, the men lured her to a secluded spot and raped her repeatedly, according to police.
• One of the suspects was found with the victim's glasses case and 1,000 rupees ($16) in cash, a police statement said. The other suspect had an iPod and a pair of earphones. He also had a mobile phone that police said was purchased with money stolen from the victim.
• The problem of sexual violence in India has gained widespread attention since the horrific gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman on a moving bus in December 2012. Public fury over the case has led to more stringent laws that doubled prison terms for rape to 20 years and criminalized voyeurism and stalking.
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Mass. monks brewing 'Spencer Trappist Ale,' beer blessed by their exacting European brothers
• SPENCER, Mass. (AP) -- For more than a century, Catholic Cistercian monks known as Trappists have been brewing and selling what many beer lovers consider some of the best in the world. Eight monasteries -- six in Belgium and one each in Holland and Austria -- produce the only beer recognized by the International Trappist Association as authentic Trappist beer.
• And starting Thursday, the 63 brothers of St. Joseph's Abbey -- about an hour's drive west of Boston -- will join them, selling the first Trappist beer brewed outside Europe.
• Their ambitious venture was hardly met with enthusiasm by their exacting Trap (Continued on page 22)
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