An Islamist militia firing squad shot a man convicted of murder on Friday in the first public execution the movement has carried out in Mogadishu since taking the Somali capital earlier this year. Hundreds of Somalis flocked to watch the young man Abduqadir Diriye -- who killed his victim during ...
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A visitor walks beside a mannequin displaying lingerie at the booth during the secondary of the Asia Adult Expo at the Venetian Convention and Exhibition Centre in Macau, China, 05 December 2008. Asia Adult Expo is the region's first sex fair and some 65 exhibitors from Japan, the United States, ...
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An exhibitor sits in front of sex dolls at a booth during the Asia Adult Expo at the Venetian Convention and Exhibition Centre in Macau, China, 05 December 2008. Asia Adult Expo is the region's first sex fair and some 65 exhibitors from Japan, the United States, the mainland China and Hong Kong w...
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Top Story: China postpones summit with EU due to French leader\'s planned meeting with Dalai Lama China\'s top political advisor starts visit to Turkey Psychological domestic abuse \'on rise\' in China China toy factory board agree to renew labor contracts after violent protests Official: China s...
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The President has accused his own officials of "plotting against him" with the help of Western countries. His latest views, which he says are responsible for sabotaging the economy of Zimbabwe, come just days after he said Western critics should "go hang".
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Israeli officials install webcams to show controversial excavations at a site sacred to both Muslims and Jews. The move is an attempt to quell Muslim anger over the archaeological dig near the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem. Views of the controversial site are being shown on the Israeli An...
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President-elect Barack Obama announced a national security team that is led by his onetime chief Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton. In choosing Clinton as his Secretary of State, Obama has signaled a willingness to work with a former rival -- who has often expressed foreign policy views at odds...
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They bombarded Budapest's Mayor Gabor Demszky with eggs during a speech on March 15 Square. He was later joined by the Prime Minister. Hungary's politically active young people are at the fore-front of many anti-government protests. They're ring wing views clash with their socialist leader.
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Japanese bondage master demonstrates BDSM during the secondary of the Asia Adult Expo at the Venetian Convention and Exhibition Centre in Macau, China, 05 December 2008. Asia Adult Expo is the region's first sex fair and some 65 exhibitors from Japan, the United States, the mainland China and Hon...
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A model poses beside sex toys 'JapasexDeluxe Full' at a booth during the secondary of the Asia Adult Expo at the Venetian Convention and Exhibition Centre in Macau, China, 05 December 2008. Asia Adult Expo is the region's first sex fair and some 65 exhibitors from Japan, the United States, the ma...
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Mexican drug wars find new battleground on YouTube. Several slideshows are backed by the pumping bass and blaring horns of a famous 'narco corrido' ballad called "To My Enemies," widely seen as a musical attack on the Gulf Cartel's private army, The Zetas. The singer Valentin Elizalde was shot de...
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British based Minority Rights Group International says if the UN and the international community had been organised and set in place early warning and operational mechanisms large scale conflict could have been avoided. The international community had failed to learn from earlier crises like mist...
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