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More demonstrations are expected in Moscow on Saturday as part of ongoing protest against fraud in December's parliamentary elections in Russia.

The Libyan authorities are being urged to investigate the death of a former ambassador who, it is believed, was tortured in custody.

A cardboard cut-out version of the founder of Iran's Islamic revolution is mocked online after touring Tehran.

Severe flooding is threatening parts of New South Wales and Queensland in eastern Australia, with towns cut off and thousands of residents evacuated.

Protesters have gathered on the streets of Egypt's capital Cairo amid calls for more rallies over the deaths of 74 fans at a football match on Wednesday.

The oldest woman in Cuba and possibly the world celebrates her 127th birthday this week.

More than 100 people have died as a result of freezing weather in Ukraine since last Friday, the government has announced in Kiev.

Eastern Europe's recent freezing weather has hit the poorest hard, particularly in Greece.

This weekend, voters are expected to take to the streets in Russia, to demand free and fair elections.

Appeal judges at a UN-backed tribunal in Cambodia have rejected a claim by the man who ran a notorious Khmer Rouge detention centre, that he was not responsible for the crimes.

Two protesters have been shot dead in clashes with Egyptian police in Suez. They are the first to die in demonstrations following a football match riot that left 74 dead.

The Chinese government keeps a tight control on the publishing and importation of books, especially those on what it deems sensitive subjects. But in Taiwan, the trade in Chinese language books is thriving.

General Electric, the world's biggest jet-engine maker, says it is open to investing more on plants overseas.

Rolls-Royce will open a new half a billion dollar plant in Singapore later this month.

A German pensioner who received a tin of American lard 64 years ago in an aid package has only just tasted it, after discovering that it is still edible.

At the age of 14, Gun Chaikittiwatana is already playing some of the hardest pieces ever written for classical piano.

As the cold spell continues in Europe, more than 20 people have died of hypothermia in Ukraine in the last two days.

American business magnate Donald Trump has endorsed the US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney

Pakistan's Supreme Court is to charge Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani with contempt for failing to reopen corruption cases against the president.

Chilean police arrest person they say stole several tonnes of ice from glacier.