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Human rights group dismisses Syrian troop withdrawal as scam to confuse Arab League.

Reporters Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson caught with Ogaden rebel group sentenced to 11 years.

Artillery barrage against Syria's third city winds down as Arab League observers enter country.

Egyptian blogger Aliaa Magda Elmahdy urges headscarf protest against Islamic extremism.

Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth office has said Iranian authorities have blocked access to an official website "UK in Iran" .

A transsexual who pushed a distinguished lawyer in front of a train on the London Underground was today cleared of murder.

With scuffles over the Muslim call to prayer, controversy over women's rights and accusations about freedom of expression being stifled, what is happening to diversity and tolerance in the state of Israel?

Despite signing an agreement earlier this week to allow Arab observers into the country, the death toll in Syria has continued to rise, with fresh attacks on villages and protesters resulting in 100 deaths on Tuesday.

Sudanese stranded in their tens of thousands in makeshift refugee camps need help to get home, says Amnesty.

The body of Vaclav Havel, a former dissident playwright and Czechoslovakia's first post-communist president, has been transported to Prague Castle, where it will lie in state for a period of official mourning until his funeral service on Friday.

President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday signed a law imposing death penalty on anyone found guilty of arming "terrorists", SANA, the official SANA news agency reported.

Mark Zuckerberg, Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber are among people under the age of 30 to watch, according to Forbes magazine.

Shafilea Ahmed's parents deny any involvement of their daughter's murder.

Immigration Minister Damien Green has been summoned to appear in the Commons after a leaked document said that 4,238 criminals from overseas are not being detained, even though they had been earmarked for deportation.

The Egyptian military is jeopardising its credibility and legitimacy by using brutal force to crack down on pro-reform protesters ten months after President Hosni Mubarak stepped down.

The League hopes that observers will soon be allowed in Syria, according to deputy secretary-general Ahmed Ben Helli.

A High Court judge has dismissed a legal challenge to a new immigration rule requiring people to be able to speak English before coming to the UK to live with their spouse.

A group of Palestinian bloggers and activists has issued a statement in support of Syrian-American blogger Razan Ghazzawi, who was arrested on Dec. 4 by Syrian authorities and now faces up to 15 years in jail.

Google announced that millions of dollars have channeled to fund education and eliminate human trafficking this year.

People who do not “look Spanish” can be stopped by police as often as four times a day, according to report by Amnesty International.

A French woman faces the prospect of two years in prison and a fine of up to £27,000 after rejecting a court ruling ordering her to undertake a 15-day "citizenship service".

Indonesian sharia police are "morally rehabilitating" more than 60 young punk rock fans, who were holding a charity concert in Aceh province on Sumatra Island.

Malaysia has welcomed Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah as its new king in a pompous nationally televised ceremony attended by hundreds of dignitaries.

Razan Ghazzawi, an outspoken critic of the Assad regime, was detained by Syrian authorities on her way to a conference on media freedom in Amman.

A long-serving human rights activist has become President of Tunisia in the first democratic election since the country's revolution in January.

Syria is holding local elections despite continuing clashes between protesters and the regime of President Bashar al Assad.

The protests are viewed internationally as a test of Putin's patience to bear with peaceful demonstrations and people's right to register dissent about government policies.

The problem is not with the religions themselves but with some of their followers who make intolerant interpretations of their faiths, Tawakul Karman has said.

Joseph Kabila Kabange has been re-elected President of the Democratic Republic of Congo with 48 per cent of votes, according to the electoral commission. The main opposition candidate, Etienne Tshisekedi, achieved 32 per cent of votes.

For the second time this week, Congo's authorities have postponed announcing the results of the country's presidential election amid rising tension in the central African state.