Physician, Faith Heal Thyself

Bashari Abdelmoneim Saleh, 38, is a well-known faith healer in Khartoum, Sudan. But police, suspicious of his methods, asked him to perform his cures on television. Apparently, his methods didn’t work out too well: after reviewing the show, a public order court sentenced Saleh to three months in jail and 25 lashes with a rattan cane. (Reuters) ...TV critics in the U.S. are salivating over the very idea.