HANIA (Greece) - SEVENTEEN British tourists were arrested on the island of Crete Sunday for insulting the Catholic church after they paraded themselves dressed 'in nun attire and naughty lingerie", police said.

The Britons were arrested in the coastal town of Malia, a popular resort for young travellers with a long tradition of drunken tourist antics.

LONDON - BRITAIN'S military says it is considering lifting rules that ban female soldiers from taking part in face-to-face combat with enemy forces.

VIENNA - ABOUT 30 people were wounded, nine of them seriously, as rival factions in the Sikh community clashed inside a Sikh temple in the Austrian capital Vienna, police and emergency services said on Sunday.