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Anti-regime forces give ultimatum to the regime to abide by peace deadline in 48 hours, else face the consequences.

Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi addresses cheering crowd of Burmese migrants in Thailand at start of tour.

Coptic Christian teenager had posted drawing on Facebook page that was regarded as mocking Islam and prophet Muhammad.

Damage assessed in northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, which experienced more than 60 aftershocks overnight.

Liberian warlord jailed by Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague for role in atrocities in neighbouring country.

Turkey expels Syrian top diplomats as UN's human rights council is due to hold a special session on Houla massacre

University of Bristol and the China University of Geosciences find life was nearly wiped out at the end-Permian era.

Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe and Zambian counterpart Michael Sata honoured by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation.

An international team of scientists finds why and how the deadly swine flu was able to resist anti-flu medicines such as Relanza and Tamiflu.

Police name the man who had his face chewed off by Rudy Eugene in Miami.

Nuclear radiation from the leaks at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant has been detected in bluefin tuna caught near San Diego, off the California coast.

Head of women's league of opposition Forum for Democratic Change has breast groped by police.

Assange can still appeal to the European Court of Human Rights if he loses fight against extradition to Sweden.

Google displays six Faberge Eggs created by the famous Russian jeweller on its home page.

Japan expels Syrian diplomats as Australia voices support for French proposal of military intervention and outrage over Houla massacre spreads.

Two-year-old New Zealand children among 13 young victims of fire in Doha shopping centre.

Peru's government has issued a 30 day state of emergency in an attempt to curb the anti-mining protest that is currently raging against Xstrata's

Opposition delegates subjected to intimidation as international rights groups criticise Bahrain's human rights record

Italy's PM Mario Monti suggests suspension of domestic football for two to three years in the aftermath of the new match-fixing scandal

Facebook founder Zuckerberg left no tip at kosher restaurant in Rome while on honeymoon with Priscilla Chan.

Tribal representative from across the world have joined Kenya’s Samburu tribe in urging the UK to sign an international law that not only ensures their secured existence but also protect forests and natural resources.

UN envoy Kofi Annan told Syrian president Assad that "bold steps" are needed to implement six-point peace plan.

Jacqueline Woodhouse who was exposed in a viral YouTube video which showed her racially abusing Asian commuters on London Underground has been jailed for 21 weeks.

Iranian blogger and hunger striker Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, has written a letter to Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei fallowing the authorities' refusal to grant him medical leave despite his rapidly failing health.

New 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits northern Italy, near the city of Modena, leaving 10 people dead.

Brian Parkin writing for Bloomberg on 24 May 2012, highlighted how Germany's sharp fall in jobless figures over the past few years is not only saving the nation a fortune but enhancing Chancellor Angela Merkel's reputation as a very safe pair of hands. He could have added "and defender of Germany's interests in an increasingly hostile European Union."

Protesters storm campaign headquarters of presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq and try to burn it down amid rising tensions on back of official results.

An international team of archeologists find that hereditary inequality or social inequality began over 7,000 years ago in the early Neolithic era.

Most victims of Villaggio mall daycare centre blaze expatriates, trapped by lack of obvious escape routes and safety procedures.