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Saudi Arabia launched controversial clampdown on Ethiopian illegal workers.

Daughter of the Paraoh Akhenaten destined for black market, it is feared.

One-child policy loosened, labour camp system abolished and death penalty use reduced as part of major Communist reforms.

Dealey Plaza access blocked to all but ticket-holders but Occupy the Grassy Knoll threatens civil disobedience.

Roy Harper charged with historic sex offences against under-age girl in 1970s.

New US ambassador takes up role in Japanese capital a week before 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's death.

Sunni Islamist fighter Mohammed Fares decapitated by Islamic State of Syria and Levante in Aleppo.

Woman gives birth in Israeli makeshift hospital in Philippines and names her child 'Israel'.

Switzerland is the happiest country in the world.

Pavlensky faces five years in jail if convicted for art statement against 'police state'.

NSA director general Keith Alexander said Snowden's actions 'seriously increase the chances of a terrorist attack'.

Vice-defence minister tells South Korean lawmakers Pyongyang ready for another nuclear test.

UN says official death toll for Typhoon Yolanda has hit 4,460 with more than 900,000 people displaced.

Scholastic apologises after book Thea Stilton and the Blue Scarab Hunt didn't erased Israel from the map.

Medics at three hospitals in northern Israel patching up Syrians hurt in fighting.

Counter-terrorism chief says al-Qaida offshoots exploiting security lapses during Ashoura festival.

MPs Nadhim Zahawi and Anas Sarwar discuss the need to protect women and girls against sexual assault amid the Haiyan chaos.

Instead of the traditional tourist pleasures of Cape Town, Stellenbosch and the Cape Winelands, Cath Everett takes a different route.

Beijing criticised for small contribution to Typhoon Haiyan relief efforts compared to US, Britain and even Ikea.

French priest who helped Christians evade Islamist group Boko Haram kidnapped in northern Cameroon.

Members of group that circulated degrading emails and videos about sex performances fired from army.

Zhejiang fiancé hires porters to deliver stacks of 100 yuan notes to beloved's house.

Lianna Brinded delivers on-the-ground special report from the cradle of the Arab Spring and ponders its future.

Turkey's parliament has relaxed a ban on female lawmakers wearing trousers in a further liberalisation of dress rules in the secular nation.

Ohio governor orders delay in execution to study if inmate's organs can be passed onto sick family

A man being re-tried for attacking the US Embassy in Sarajevo in 2011 has apologised for his 'stupid act'.

Rapist's lawyer condemned as 'disgusting' after guilty verdict in Wellington court.

Elephant carcasses cleared from tracks after speeding train hit herd in Jalpaiguri district.

Five Palestinian children suffered from smoke inhalation in price tag attack.