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A small church in Kentucky voted to ban interracial couples from joining its congregation, triggering arguments of race between its members.

Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, the Egyptian blogger who stirred a controversy last month by posting pictures of herself naked on Twitter in protest against Islamism, had dismissed rumours that she was beaten up in Tahrir Square, and said she is hiding in fear for her life.

Laurent Gbagbo, Ivory Coast, former president has been charged with murder, rape, persecution and inhuman acts by the International Criminal Court (ICC).

The restaurant chain Nando's has drawn the ire of a militant group over its latest advert.

Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, the Egyptian nude blogger, was allegedly beaten up by an angry crowd in Tahrir Square, Egyptian TV claims.

The Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) has won Friday's elections in Morocco, taking the most seats in parliament, final polls confirm.

Wikileaks has postponed the launch of its new online submissions system and has announced that the new website will unveiled on December 1.

A United Arab Emirates court, on Sunday, convicted and sentenced five political activists, after they were found guilty for "publicly insulting" the Gulf state's leaders by calling for protests. The five, arrested in April, have been on trial since June.

A U.N. human rights panel said it had received reports of massive human rights violations in Syria, including the detention and mutilation of children.

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has spoken out against the pro-democracy uprisings in the Arab world.

Militias groups that have emerged during the Libyan conflict are illegally detaining thousands of people, including women and children, who they say are "enemies of the state", according to a U.N. report.

Ales Bialiatski, who is the founder of Viasna, has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison and confiscation of property for alleged tax evasion.

The legislative elections set to take place in Morocco on Friday, have been marred by calls for a boycott of the vote.

Rafiq Tagi, a writer and journalist from Azerbaijan, critical of the ex-soviet state's repressive regime and of neighbouring Iran has died in hospital after being stabbed in a brutal attack.

Zimbabwe's President Rober Mugabe is stepping-up his anti-western rhetoric ahead of the elections, calling the Prime Minister "Satanic" for threatening to withhold aid from countries that do not respect gay rights.

How will the Protection of State Information Bill impact on the economy, media, and people of South Africa?

Protests have erupted in Bahrain to coincide with the publication of a much-anticipated report on the uprisings in the Gulf state earlier this year.

Iraqis loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr, a well-known anti-American Islamic cleric, are fighting in Syria in support of the Assad regime, according to the opposition.

An Iranian woman has posted nude pictures of herself on her blog in support of Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, the Egyptian blogger who last week stirred a controversy in the Arab world for publishing photos of herself naked on Twitter.

South African MPs have approved a controversial Protection of State Information Bill despite widespread criticism, prompting protesters to call the day "Black Tuesday", the darkest day for South African democracy since the end of apartheid in 1994.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)'s inquiry into England's home care system reveals that often old people are badly treated breaching their human rights and expressed concerns that the kind of support they want are often unheard.

Despite months of protests the Syrian regime, Assad's inner circle has remained loyal and launched a brutal crackdown against the democracy movement, that has left thousands dead.

The widow of the former French President Francois Mitterrand and outspoken human rights activist Danielle Mitterand has died overnight, aged 87.

The recent death of 15 eunuchs, or "hijras", in a fire in New Delhi has cast a spotlight on this little-known and often marginalised community.

Amnesty International has slammed Egypt's ruling military council as pro-democracy activists in Egypt call for a mass rally in Cairo's Tahrir Square to overthrow the current government.

Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, the Egyptian blogger, who shocked the Arab world with her nude pictures posted on Twitter, has broken cover to issue a defiant rebuttal on Facebook to accusations of insulting Islam, saying she does not "acknowledge any discriminatory law".

Egyptian nude blogger, Aliaa Magda Elmahdy published a series of naked pictures of herself on her blog and on her Twitter page to protest against Islamic extremism.

The capture of Muammar Gaddafi's playboy son Saif al-Islam, while he was trying to flee to Niger through Libya's southern desert, is just the latest dramatic development in a family saga that ruled the country for four decades.

Gay activists have spoken out against a Russian bill to outlaw "propaganda of homosexuality" to minors.

The King of Swaziland has thrown his 12th wife out of his royal palace following claims she had an affair with his close friend.