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Femen protesters demand gay marriage rights and tell Benedict XVI to shut up.

Tuareg separatists pledge to help French military offensive against al-Qaida-linked rebels

Prime minister Tayyip Recep Erdogan's adviser says talks still ongoing with PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan.

Firebomb attacks on party HQs and journalists blamed on anarchists after squat cleared in Athens.

Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, is due to give birth to her first child in July

Chandrashekar Srinivasan looks at the sad decline of the lion population in west and central Africa, and the worrying trends which suggest extinction is not far away.

French actor says jailed feminist punk band would have been treated worse in Arab country.

Alligator-like sentry was kept in plexiglass tank to guard illicit drug hoard.

Indian Army Chief General Bikram Singh warns Pakistan ahead of flag meet.

Victim had been traveling on train to Delhi with 10-year-old son when she was abducted.

Gao and Timbuktu come under heavy aerial bombardment from French aircraft as Islamist rebels run into desert.

State-of-the-art service delights diners in Harbin - if the canned Muzak doesn't put them off their supper.

The prince has helped create a landscape for the Chelsea flower show in honour of his mother.

29-year-old mother-of-two 'subjected to night-long ordeal after being seized from moving bus'.

Stark warning says human health is suffering, while our planet is facing irreparable damage to oceans and landscapes.

'Largest demonstration in a decade' unites Catholics, Muslims, Jews and the far right against gay rights.

International revulsion grows following beheading of Sri Lankan domestic worker Rizana Nafeek, who was denied legal representation and forbidden from presenting vital evidence.

Mubarak serving life sentence over involvement in Arab Spring protesters' murders.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders eviction despite Supreme Court order.

France fears strong retaliation from al-Qaida-linked Islamic extremists over Mali and Somalia situations.

Boy took off from north Italy in father's Mercedes, crossing Austria before being intercepted by police in Germany.

The man accused of leading the Delhi gang rape once appeared on a reality TV show to settle a dispute with his bus owner.

Kurdish protesters gathered in Paris to demonstrate against the murder of women activists Sakine Cansiz, Fidan Dogan and Leyla Soylemez.

A year after an Israeli soldier killed Mustafa Tamimi, there are no signs of justice, let alone lessons being learnt, argues Steve Hynd.

The mother of a juvenile accused of raping and killing a 23-year-old student in Delhi has claimed he was the victim of black magic.

French secret agent Denis Allex was being held hostage by Islamist militant group al-Shabaab in Bulo Marer, Somalia.

Quetta citizens seek army rule to prevent terrorist strikes by Sunni militants.

Capture of strategic Taftanaz airbase in Idlib province by rebels leads to fierce battle.

French forces drive out al-Qaida-linked Islamist rebels from Konna in a move that has backing of US and UK.