Female newreaders protest against beheding threat

A group of female TV news readers marched through Gaza City today to protest against a fundamentalist group's threat to behead them if they did not don modest Islamic dress.

Around 50 anchors and employees from government-run Palestine TV, mostly women wearing Muslim headscarves, marched from the station's offices in Gaza City toward the office of President Mahmoud Abbas to protest against the threat from a group calling itself the Swords of Truth, known for firebombing Internet cafes and record stores.