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Erdogan accused of being as bad as Syrian president Assad after 35 civilians die in Uludere.

Syrian opposition members are urging the Arab League for the exclusion of General Mustafa al-Dabi as head of the delegation currently in the country to ensure President Assad's pledges to end the crackdown.

Arab League observers just yards from fatal shooting outside mosque as Syria death toll rises another 13.

Kazakh opposition urges former prime minister to step down as adviser to Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Victims' identities disputed after air raid near Turkey's border with Iraq.

“When I walk to school in the morning I used to get a tummy ache because I was so scared … that they were going to stand and start yelling and spitting,” the AP has quoted Naama Margolese as saying.

Protesters against Syrian president freed as reports surface of deaths in Hama city.

Afghan police officers have rescued a teenage girl who was beaten and locked up in a toilet for more than five months.

Arab monitors anger anti-Assad protesters by saying 'not overly concerned' by Homs violence.

Cristina Kirchner, third South American head of state with cancer, to undergo throat surgery.

Virginity tests in Egyptian military prisons banned after complaints by jailed activist Samira Ibrahim.

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.