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Timbuktu residents asked to look after camel presented to French president dine out on it instead.

Looters found human remains under garage while ransacking Central African Republic president Bozize's abandoned property.

Inspired by Arab revolutions, grassroots movement may change history in secretive Africa country.

Riyadh moves to stem flow of Yemeni smugglers and illegal immigrants.

Gulf nations fear radiation leak from Bushehr nuclear plant in quake zone.

Japan readied its ballistic missile defence systems on Wednesday (April 10), as fears mounted that North Korea could be set to launch them.

Satellite images show Pyongyang launchpads ready to fire Nodong and Scud missiles, says Seoul.

Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus pachyderm hit by stray bullet in mystery shooting.

Bernard Cazeneuve promises action on ministers and civil servants who have squirrelled away millions in hidden accounts.

Increasing number of people around world abusing codeine in ‘hip-hop’ drink that originated in Texas.

Leaked report claims Germany should repay Athens €162bn in wartime reparations.

Scientist says flights will take longer and be more turbulent because of climate change.

Five radical feminist activists staged topless protest against Russian president in Germany

University of Tehran said 6.1 magnitude was reported near the city of Bushehr, on the Persian Gulf

Ljubisa Bogdanovic killed 13 people in the village of Velika Ivanca, 50km southeast of Belgrade.

Women prefer taller men with broad shoulders, narrow hips and a large penis.

Newborn baby died because Filipina mother 'could not afford medical care.'

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces 'Iran has gone nuclear'.

Josephine Fanning shot dead at Lebanon home during barbecue with friends and relatives

Pope Tawadros II accuses Egyptian president of negligence in handling deadly sectarian clashes at St Mark's Cathedral.

In a tragic incidence, a nine-year-old girl committed suicide after she was unable to cope with the arrival of her younger brother into the family.

Ministry confirms Ali al-Khawahir's spinal cord will not be severed but do not detail punishment.

Hungry villagers can't resist animal gifted to French president for defeating Islamists

Amnesty highlights growing racket of Bedouin Rashaida tribe involved in people-smuggling from Eritrean refugee camps in Sudan.

Iran said on Tuesday (April 9) it had started production at two uranium mines and a yellow cake plant, declaring that Western opposition would not slow its nuclear programme days after talks between Tehran and world powers failed to reach an accord.

Military moves three PAC-3 batteries in defensive ring around central Tokyo - and more are likely to follow.

Kenyans packed a local stadium to witness the swearing in of Uhuru Kenyatta as president on Tuesday (April 9).

The U.S. Navy said on Monday (April 8) it will deploy for the first time a laser weapon on one of its ships that could be capable of shooting down drones and disabling vessels.

WikiLeaks announced on Monday (April 8) the release of a library of approximately 1.7 million U.S. diplomatic documents from when Henry Kissinger was U.S. secretary of state during the 1970s.