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Sufferer of locked-in syndrome loses battle for right to end his own life.

Expiry of Tal Law makes Israeli Ultra-Orthodox seminary students eligible for national service.

Singer and management accused of deliberately delaying Gaga doll release to coincide with new album

Controversial execution of convicted murderer who has an IQ of only 70 delayed in dispute about lethal injection.

PM tries to win back support by offering government roles to opposition MPs in national service row for Orthodox Jews.

Man with IQ of 70 to be put to death of murder of fellow inmate Joseph Handspike in 1990.

Google could be forced to censor terms like ‘Torrent’, ‘RapidShare’ and ‘Megaupload’ from its Instant and Autocomplete services.

Kadima walk-out sparked by dispute over law which exempts ultra-orthodox students from conscription.

During the Piers Morgan tonight show on 6 July, the host and his team made an embarrassing blunder - while interviewing rapper LL Cool J about the late Whitney Houston's life, the production crew showed a photograph not of the music legend but of a German drag queen impersonating her

Egypt political crisis deepens over parliament row between Muslim Brotherhood and Supreme Court.

Muslim Brotherhood decision to reconvene dissolved parliament in contravention of fresh court ruling likely to infuriate military.

Controversial settlements 'do not breach international law and should be subject to ordinary planning and zoning laws'.

Assange argues that asylum law both internationally and domestically in the UK takes precedence over extradition law.

Landmark 'Obamacare' reform keeps the US on a course towards guaranteeing health care for all its citizens.

A tourist resort run by Barefoot India in the Andaman Islands has been dealt a fatal blow, after India's government banned tourism businesses from operating in a buffer zone around the Jarawa tribal reserve.

Haredi rally in Jerusalem against proposed scrapping of Tal Law, which exempts students from military service.

Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Mursi secured about 52 percent of votes defeating Mubarak's man Ahmed Shafiq.

Supporters of both Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Mursi and Mubarak's man Ahmed Shafiq are holding demonstrations as the election results are about to be announced.

The political turmoil is set to roll further after the nomination of controversial new PM candidate Raja Pervez Ashraf.

Celebrity supporters who stood bail for WikiLeaks founder may lose their money after he sought asylum in Ecuadorian embassy.

Police say that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces arrest for breaching bail conditions while seeking political asylum.

Although Makhdoom Shahabuddin is the front-runner, another contender is Ahmed Mukthar, who is close to President Asif Ali Zardari.

Ecuadorian government analysing Julian Assange's plea for political asylum in London embassy.

Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani disqualified by Supreme Court for refusing to re-open corruption case against president Zardari.

Two surviving defendants have seven days to appeal against sentence for crime that sparked wave of sectarian violence in Rakhine state.

The supreme constitutional court has allowed Mubarak's man Ahmed Shafiq to contest the presidential run-off.

Judges dismiss bid by Julian Assange to reopen extradition case, ending his last legal recourse in Britain.

Appeal adds another chapter to 18-month battle by Wikileaks founder Julian Assange against alleged sex offences committed Sweden.

Days after Benjamin Netanyahu quashes illegal settlers' building in Ulpana, massive new build programme unveiled.

Israeli MPs vote against bill that would have retroactively legalized settlers' homes built on Palestinian private land.