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Protesters against Syrian president freed as reports surface of deaths in Hama city.

Convicted sex offender Michael Plumador posted photos of murdered Aliahna Lemmon and her sisters only weeks before he killed her with a brick and dismembered her body.

Arab monitors anger anti-Assad protesters by saying 'not overly concerned' by Homs violence.

This year, many there were many Santas who appeared in odd looks, performing various tasks.

Politicians who made unconventional moves are Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Margaret Thatcher, Robert Bennett and Barack Obama.

Funeral cortege for 'Dear Leader' Kim Jong-il passes through frozen streets of Pyongyang.

Putin loyalist shunted sideways as way to ease row over Russian elections.

Kim Jong-un, son of North Korea's deceased leader, leads procession as thousands of mourners line streets.

Virginity tests in Egyptian military prisons banned after complaints by jailed activist Samira Ibrahim.

2011 marked by series of devastating natural disasters from floods and tsunamis to earthquakes and droughts.

Prince William played football on Christmas Eve in the Queen's Estate in Sandringham.

Parliamentary elections continue in Egypt but 10 months after president Hosni Mubarak stepped down, the country is still fighting.

Egyptian blogger Aliaa Magda Elmahdy urges headscarf protest against Islamic extremism.

Former prime minister's old colleagues and friends asked to contribute to the programme.

Military Wives' choir "Wherever You Are" was named the 60th Official Christmas Number 1 on Christmas Day by the Official Charts Company.

The Duchess of Cambridge has learned to shoot of late, along with her husband prince William.

Eight month old Cooper, son of a US marine was in news when he tweaked the US President Barack Obama's face when the president was visiting US Marine base in Hawaii.

The Duchess of Cambridge joined the rest of the royal family members at the traditional Christmas morning church service at Sandringham, Norfolk.

The demonstrations were held to protest certain clauses in the power transfer deal in the country and also the move to grant immunity to President Ali Abdullah Saleh from war crimes trial.

There are live pages running on social networking sites, tracking every moment of Santa's fabulous flight.

Libyans celebrated the 60th anniversary of their country's independence from Italian colonial rule. Col. Moammar Gadhafi banned Independence Day celebrations when he began his rule, back in 1969

According to theholidayspot.com, the market in the German city of Munich is one of the best in the world, followed by the one in the Strasbourg Cathedral in France.

Hamadi Jebali along with 40-odd ministers formed the new government in Tunisia on Saturday.

Benedict, 84, will be visiting different places as part of Christmas celebrations in the next two weeks, which might strain his already fragile hea

Jean-Claude Mas, the founder of Poly Implant Prothese (PIP), the company at the root of a recent and still ongoing global health scare, apparently has a lookout notice, issued by Interpol, to his name.

The main rituals will take place at the Church of the Nativity, which is believed to be the birthplace of Jesus.

Moscow saw the biggest show of solidarity by protesters.

There were reports of even criminal elements involved in the stampede in Seattle and Indianapolis, according to the police.

Applications from China's patent office have gone up by an average of 16.7 per cent annually; from 171,000 in 2006 to nearly 314,000 in 2010.