Belgrade  - More than a 1,000 visitors flocked to the opening of an exhibition in Belgrade dedicated to former Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito at the weekend in a sign that fascination with the former communist is still alive nearly 30 years after his death.

The Belgrade Museum of the History of Yugoslavia unveiled the show, called the "Tito Effect" on Saturday, and attracted more than 1,000 visitors in the first two days.

Helsinki - Archbishop Jukka Parma of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland Monday called for "calm discussion" between supporters and opponents of same-sex unions and its consequences for the church.

Parma's remarks were made after he accepted a 200-page report on the charged subject that has been drafted by a working group appointed by the bishops' conference.

Finland in 2002 made same-sex unions legal. However, the church has yet to decide on guidelines concerning requests for blessings of same-sex unions.

Sana'a, Yemen - A Yemeni state security court on Monday postponed for the second time the pronouncement of its verdict in the case of three Yemenis charged with spying for Iran.

The court was due to deliver its ruling during a session Monday, but court officials told reporters the verdict session was rescheduled one more week.

The verdict was initially scheduled for March 9, but the court's presiding judge Muhssien Alwan adjourned the pronouncement for one week, without giving any reason for the delay.

Winnenden, Germany - Police said Monday they had launched a criminal investigation into the father of a teenager who went on a killing spree at school in south-west Germany last week.

Investigators were trying to determine whether the man should answer charges of causing death through negligence, a police spokeswoman told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.

The father of gunman Thomas Kretschmer, 17, has been described as a passionate marksman who kept 15 weapons and 4,600 rounds of ammunition at his home.

Nairobi/Khartoum - Three western hostages who work for international aid organization Doctors Without Borders are free after being kidnapped earlier this week in western Sudan, according to government and organization sources.

Quoting a government official, the Sudan Tribune reported the release Saturday without citing any further details. The news was confirmed by the Italian foreign ministry and Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), as Doctors Without Borders is formally known.

Cairo/Berlin  - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has accused some Arab leaders of complicity in Israel's offensive on the Gaza Strip in December and January, according to an audio tape aired by broadcaster al-Jazeera Saturday.

In the recording - which could not be authenticated - bin Laden called Arab leaders "hypocrites" and said that "liberating Jerusalem needed honest Arab leadership."