Pardoned Turk returns from Saudi Arabia

ANKARA – The state-run news agency says a Turkish man sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for insulting Islam, but pardoned by the King, has returned home. The Anatolia news agency says a large crowd welcomed 30-year-old barber Sabri Bogdan back to his hometown of Hatay, in southern Turkey, on Wednesday. King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, pardoned Bogdan following requests from the Turkish president and prime minister after his repentance in jail. He had been imprisoned for the past two years after being convicted of cursing Islam during a fight with an Egyptian. – AP