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Occupy London: Why Don't They Just Stand as MPs?

As the Occupy London movement looks sets to continue in the courts, critics are suggesting that the protesters simply pack up and go home. But can a protester take this argument to Parliament by becoming an MP?
Mariano Rajoy

Spain Elections: 'Lost Generation' Awaits Rescue

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.
Hong Kong skyline

A Look at China and Hong Kong

Last week,China's National Bureau of Statistics released the welcome news that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) year-on-year rate of inflation to October 2011 had fallen to 5.5 per cent, markedly down from September's 6.1 per cent. The CPI had peaked at 6.5 per cent in July 2011.
Libyan President Gaddafi is followed by his female bodyguard in Algiers.

Libya: Gaddafi’s Sex Slave Tells of Orgies and Rape

For many, the death of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, will confirm the end of an era. For Safia, 22, however, the woman who claims the dictator raped her for five years, the shadow of the colonel will haunt her forever.
Demonstrators against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad display a large 1961-63 Syrian flag during a march after Friday prayers in Kafranbel near Adlb

Who will Control a Liberated Syria?

While the Syrian National Council has released a document setting out plans for a transitional phase if the Assad regime falls, the armed opposition, the Free Syria Army, is gaining popularity.
Chevrolet Cars at a Dealership

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.
Cairo clashes

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.