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Entries for Nicholl fellowships for screenwriting invited.

Rebels accused by UN of breaking international convention by recruiting boys for fight against Bashar al-Assad.

Researchers from the University of California have discovered that chocolate can reduce fat.

The strike is expected to hit passengers in other airports including Munich airport, Duesseldorf, Cologne and Stuttgart.

Major flight disruptions at Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich and Cologne major airports in strike over pay and conditions.

Up to 1923 prisoners were executed in 63 countries around the world in 2011.

World leaders concerned over possibility of nuclear weapons falling into hands of terrorists.

The main goal of the conference is to generate awareness about hurricanes.

The Pope sent a strong message to the Cubans asking them to build a renewed and better society.

The man has been at the helm for the last six years and was a key player in the operation that killed Osama Bin Laden.

Modern architecture master and Bauhaus pioneer Ludwig Mies van der Rohe honoured.

Israel angry with decision to investigate Jewish settlements in West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Turkish shampoo commercial featuring Adolf Hitler leaves Jewish community in a lather.

Ruling party will keep religion out of politics with secular constitution that does not adapt Sharia law.

Muslim Brotherhood unveils vision of post-Assad Syria with equal rights, a constitution and a parliamentary system.

Global human trafficking ring works with embassy staff in Kenya to recruit and manipulate applicants into non-existent jobs.

A Tibetan man in exile set himself on fire in New Delhi in protest against China's president Hu Jintao's visit in India.

It is a wearable device that pokes you physically whenever you are poked on Facebook, no matter where you are.

Nepal's only openly gay MP writes to Mark Zuckerberg for changes in gender registration.

Nepalese MP wants social media site to have third gender category for people who do not consider themselves male or female.

Tunisian Anonymous collective hacks into website in protest at lack of progress on reforms.

The reactor has been shut for maintenance.

Gunman in Afghan army uniform kills two Nato soldiers at predominantly British base before being shot dead.

Alleged Syrian army defectors suspected of spying for President Bashar al-Assad picked up in Mafraq.

Gang of Romanian pimps tattoed women with barcodes if they tried to escape.

The international peace envoy is reported to have received Moscow's support for ending the bloodshed.

On the last night of Pope Benedict' the XVI, three day visit to Leon in Mexico, he was serenaded by a group of Mariachi musicians.

Nissan the sniffer dog, credited with 500 arrests and big drug busts, killed in Iraq.

One dead and two injured after quake sparks coastal evacuation.