The parents of the more than 400 children taken from a polygamist sect’s ranch are in a US court as part of an enormous custody case.

A mother taken from a polygamist sect in Texas and being held as a minor in state custody has given birth to a baby boy who was immediately taken into protective custody.

More than half the teenage girls taken from a polygamist compound in west Texas have children or are pregnant, state authorities said today.

Police wore body armour, sported automatic weapons and were backed by an armoured personnel carrier for a raid on a West Texas polygamist retreat, photos and video show.

AGENTS searching a 1,700-acre polygamist compound in west Texas found a bed in the soaring limestone temple and prosecutors believe it was used for male members to have sex with their underage wives after sect-recognised unions.

Police searching a 1,700-acre religious compound in Texas found a bed in a limestone temple thought to be used by male members to have sex with their underage wives.

Argentina and Chile suspended imports of Brazilian meat yesterday, joining 28 other countries that have banned Brazilian meat imports after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, the government said.

RIO DE JANEIRO, disqualified after winning at the Curragh on Saturday, is napped to set the record straight in the Put Your Name Here Maiden at Fairyhouse this evening.