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Turkey is still brutally repressing the Kurdish language - but the bravery of the oppressed speaks louder than words, says Uzay Bulut

US authorities in Orlando reportedly investigating Todashev's links with Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

German newspaper Bild publishes 1972 snap of young Merkel in East German military drill.

Violence continues in Sweden after police shoot dead 69-year-old man in area heavily populated by immigrants.

Kanhaiya Kumari able to pay mother Vijaya’s bail - 19 years after she gave birth to him behind bars in Lucknow.

Tunis confirms first cases of Sars-like NCoV after brother and sister contract disease.

Indian volleyball player scales mountain two years after near death at hands of robbers on train.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's Guardian Council excludes president's protégé alongside former reformist leader Rafsanjani from poll.

Tasmanian man set up camera to film ghosts - only to capture long-running affair.

Photos of the man whose face was chewed by naked, crazed Rudy Eugene emerge from the hospital where he is recovering.

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe signed a new constitution into law on Wednesday (May 22), replacing a 33-year-old document forged in the dying days of British colonial rule and paving the way for elections later this year.

Israel on Tuesday (May 21) expanded the distance it permits Gaza fishermen to head out to sea, restoring a limit it cut in half two months ago in response to rocket fire from the Palestinian enclave.

North Korean envoy arrives in Beijing as Pyongyang attempts to cement relations.

Officials near certain there are no more survivors or bodies of victims under the rubble.

Apple Chief Executive Officer Timothy Cook defends the company's tax record at a Senate hearing where lawmakers say the maker of iPads, iPods and Mac computers avoid paying U.S. taxes by keeping billions of dollars in profits in Irish subsidiaries.

Academic who shoots himself in public praised by National Front leader Marine Le Pen over gay rights criticism.

Pigeon is world’s most valuable racing bird after Chinese businessman pays up at Pina auction.

IDF and Syrian troops exchange fire in Golan Heights over incursion claims by Damascus.

Economic good news helps American president beat scandals to see ratings grow or remain steady.

Brother of Bladerunner Oscar Pistorius relieved after culpable homicide trial fails.

Vitamin found in citrus fruits could be added to existing TB drugs to combat disease.

Presidential probe to follow Eurovision 2013 'stolen points' drama.

In the superb 1927 silent film "Napoleon", by French director Abel Gance, there is a curious moment when the Corsican hero of the film, portrayed by Albert Dieudonné, muses prophetically that one day Europe will be united by neither cannon nor cavalry charge but by treaties and pieces of paper.

Hopes rise of higher number of survivors from super-typhoon in Oklahoma suburb of Moore.

At least 91 killed and 120 injured in Oklahoma City by tornado ranked as second deadliest type on Fujita scale.

Bodies displayed near university in Jizan as warning to public.

Sandor Horvath dragged off scooter and injured so badly experts thought he was eaten by wolves.

Italian bishops’ station TV 2000 showed pontiff apparently performing exorcism.

Workers in Saudi Arabia now entitled to paid holiday, a bank account and legal rights.