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A South African human rights organization has announced its intention to file a law suit against Qatar and its broadcaster Al-Jazeera after a journalist was deported from the Gulf state because he was HIV positive.

Ohio State University College of Medicine have concluded that early sexual experiences during the development of the brain.

Five men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after illegal immigrants travelling from Libya to Italy were thrown overboard in a voodoo ritual.

Muammar Gaddafi's daughter Aisha has this week reiterated calls for the overthrow of the Libyan transitional government. Is she positioning herself to be the leader of a Libyan counter revolution?

Italian public broadcasting service RAI banned use of the word profilattico, or condom, on World AIDS Day, Italian newspapers reported.

Chicken fast-food chain Nando's has pulled the controversial television ad that teased Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's president, following an angry backlash in his home country.

Private conversations between Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife have been secretly recorded, according the Turkish EU Minister.

While on a training break in California on Apache helicopters, the third-in-line to the throne won a 6ft giant toy at the Universal Studios theme park.

Adrian Rowland was in India on a business trip while the incident occurred.

Aung San Suu Kyi, has insisted that Burma's advances towards democracy are real and that trusting the government's promises is a risk worthwhile taking, ahead of Chatham House Prize win on Thursday.

The European Union agreed Thursday it would impose fresh sanctions on Iran as a response to the country's alleged nuclear programme.

Aisha Gaddafi's Call for the overthrow of the National Transitional Council (NTC) in Libya has angered Algeria, it emerged Thursday.

The governors of Rhode Island and Washington state have filed a petition with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration asking to reclassify marijuana as a drug with medical uses.

Whistleblowing website Wikileaks today released 287 files that it claims detail phone bugging and surveillance of whole populations by governments in what has been described as an "uncontrolled cancerous growth".

Moscow has launched a team of Space Defence Troops, a combat arm of air, space and missile defence commands.

Italy is the most corrupt country in the eurozone, along with Greece, and has scored less than Cuba, Saudi Arabia and Ghana in the 2011 Corruption Perception Index, compiled by German-based NGO Transparency International.

Iran planned to attack U.S. military bases on German soil in the event of a strike by the Esdt against the Islamic Republic's suspected nuclear bomb installations , Bild newspaper reported.

The London-based human rights watchdog Thursday published a report accusing the Gulf state of conducting a campaign of repression against Arab Spring-inspired protesters and reformers.

Israel, despite being the 100th smallest country in the world has, outside of the U.S., the highest number of high-tech start-ups, estimated to be 4,000.

As people across the globe celebrate World Aids Day, the IBTimes takes a look at the different campaigns around the world.

A new book giving Dominique Strauss-Kahn's version of the Diallo scandal says the maid who accused him of sexual assault actually propositioned him.

A small church in Kentucky voted to ban interracial couples from joining its congregation, triggering arguments of race between its members.

What would happen if Mark Zuckerberg suddenly decides to delete Facebook and kill himself? Would our society plunge into chaos? A new parody explores this sci-fi possibility.

Apple's voice activated personal assistant Siri has caused outrage in America, after it was found that the application offers "anti-choice crisis pregnancy centres" instead of abortion clinics.

The west should not fear Islamists parties emerging from the Arab Spring but embrace them, Qatar's Prime Minister said Thursday.

Students at a Tunisian university demanded the right to wear the burka, a full body cloak, and establish a prayer room on campus.

A third racist attack on public transport in London has emerged on YouTube this week following the well-documented arrest of a woman who hurled abuse to minorities on a tram.

A 20-year-old Tunisian man attempted suicide by hanging Wednesday afternoon to protest about being passed up for a job offer.

Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, the Egyptian blogger who stirred a controversy last month by posting pictures of herself naked on Twitter in protest against Islamism, had dismissed rumours that she was beaten up in Tahrir Square, and said she is hiding in fear for her life.