POLITICS

Spain Elections: 'Lost Generation' Awaits Rescue

Mariano Rajoy
Having fought an election campaign for six months on a bitter message of austerity, the new Spanish Prime Minister and leader of the Popular Party, Mariano Rajoy, now faces the difficult part.
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Emission Fears Rise as Report Forecasts Four Million New Cars

According to a report compiled by Arup Consulting and the RAC Foundation, as many as four million cars will be added to British roads over the next 25 years. The forecast has raised concerns over environmental impacts, as well as the need to improve existing road networks.
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Deadly Clashes Rock Cairo, Two Killed

The protesters were mostly Islamists who are campaigning against a draft constitution which, they say, would invest too much of power with the armed forces.
Aliaa Magda Elmahdy kissing her boyfriend Kareem Amer

New Pictures of Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, the Nude Blogger

The 20-year-old activist and student at the American University in Cairo made the headlines this week for a series of naked pictures that she published on Twitter under her real name in a protest against Islamic extremism. Her move sparked a heated debate on twitter. Some praised her move, while others left outraged comments.
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Ex-MI5 Boss: Legalise Cannabis Now

The former head of MI5 Baroness Mannigham-Buller has joined a group of MPs to call on the government to consider decriminalising cannabis.
Aliaa Magda Elmahdy

Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, the Egyptian Nude Blogger, Sued for 'Insulting Islam'

EXCLUSIVE: An Egyptian group of Islamic law graduates filed Thursday a suit against activist Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, the blogger who published nude pictures of herself on Twitter, and her boyfriend, the well-known blogger Kareem Amer, under charges of "violating morals, inciting indecency and insulting Islam."