Zimbabwe's opposition claims early election lead amid tension HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe's main opposition party claimed an early lead Sunday in elections amid an ominous silence from the Electoral Commission and the deployment of security forces.
As frustrations grew more than 24 hours after polls closed, security forces were patrolling the capital's densely populated suburbs. In previous elections, partial results have been announced within hours of voting ending.
"Why are we not getting the results? It's very clear to me Mugabe wants to steal this election," said Hapisson Mate, a first-time voter. Islam surpasses Catholicism as the world's largest religion VATICAN CITY - Islam has surpassed Roman Catholicism as the world's largest religion, the Vatican newspaper said Sunday.
"For the first time in history, we are no longer at the top: Muslims have overtaken us," Monsignor Vittorio Formenti said in an
interview with the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano.
He said that Catholics accounted for 17.4 percent of the world population, while Muslims were at 19.2 percent.
When considering all Christians and not just Catholics, Christians make up 33 percent, Formenti said.
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