Saudi Arabia executes 63 from mosque attack

Sixty-three persons were beheaded in eight cities in Saudi Arabia Wednesday for their part in an attack last november on the Grand Mosque in Mecca. According to government figures, 160 people were killed in the heavy fighting between security forces and those who attacked the mosque, Islam's holiest place of worship.

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