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Hundreds of poor women who engage in sexual relationships with fishermen to ensure supplies of fish are at risk of HIV.

Testimonies in the report recount tales of torture, rape, cold-blooded exterminations at the labour camps.

Human rights activists warn against violence on homosexuals in Abuja.

Ex-editor of Tehelka could face up to seven years in prison if found guilty.

Physicist says that the world must work together to stop conflict in Syria.

Prince is on tour in the Middle East - and he has the perfect chance to tackle horrific rights abuse.

LGBT activist briefly detained by Russian police after waving 'Gay is OK' flag at Winter Olympics.

Best photos of the day: 17 February 2014.

Obama says if Uganda enacts anti-gay bill this will 'complicate' its relations with the US.

Ethiopian man took control of cockpit with pilot in toilet and diverted Rome-bound flight to Geneva.

"If the Bible told me to jump out of an airplane, I would," he said on a US TV show.

Dane among killed as plane belonging to Nepal Airlines crashes in bad weather.

Rome-bound Ethiopian Airlines flight forced to land in Geneva in apparent hijack attempt.

People in Christian villages bordering Cameroon rounded up and killed.

Officers of Christian militia arrested for targeting Muslims.

Venezuela accuses officials of conspiring with opposition to overthrow Maduro's government as Latin American country prepares for mass rallies.

At least 11 miners rescued but over 200 more remain trapped underground, many fearing arrest.

Lawyers leave trial in protest over Morsi being confined in a soundproof glass cage.

Police inspectors who investigated death of rock star Hutchence tell of infected cigarette burns and drug addiction.

Investigators probe whether helmet camera played role in racing driver's injuries, after helmet 'exploded'.

BREAKING NEWS: Explosion on coach in Egypt kills foreign tourists.

Emergency services establish contact with 30 miners as rescue operation gets underway.

Two skiers missing and three injured after avalanche near Aspen, Colorado.

Bizarre sniper attack on San Jose substation initially dismissed as vandalism, but now appears to have been well planned.

19-year-old mother and self-confessed killer of Troy LaFerrara, claims she has been murdering men since age of 13.

A violent row at the Turkish parliament left one MP with a broken nose and another with fractured fingers.

At least 12 people killed in weather-related incidents amid widespread travel disruption as heaviest snowfall in four decades hits Japan.

Supreme leader Kim Jong-un pays respects to his late father Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang marking his birthday observed as 'The Day of the Shining Star'.

Former First Lady's controversial spending habits emerge at trial of former bodyguard.