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France's Najat shows her European passport, as dressed in a niqab, she addresses reporters during a press conference in Montreuil, east of Paris, Tuesday May 18, 2010.

photo: AP / Remy de la Mauviniere

French cabinet unites to pass burka bill that has split country
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Rising tension over the burka has led to violent attacks, as theFrench cabinet yesterday approved a draft law to ban garments "designed to hide the face" in the country. The bill will now go before parliament in July. President Nicolas Sarkozy told assembledministers: "In this matter the government is taking a path it knows to be difficult, but a...

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20,000 people in Greek protest march to parliament read more

Riot police officers try to move people away from a sit-down protest on a main street after the end of a demonstration in central Athens, Thursday, May 20, 2010.

The State

ATHENS, Greece -- More than 20,000 protesters marched through Athens to parliament Thursday as unions challenged Greece's harsh austerity measures with their fourth general strike this year - and the first since three people died when a bank was...

photo: AP / Evi Zoupanou

Kyrgyzstan elections postponed read more

Kyrgyz soldiers stand guard outside a university after an attempt to storm it in Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan, Wednesday, May 19, 2010.

Al Jazeera

Kyrgyzstan's interim government has announced it is delaying presidential elections until October 2011. The decision comes amid a surge in ethnic violence that left two people dead and at least 74 others injured in the southern city of Jalalabad. The...

photo: AP / Zarip Toroyev

Pakistanis divided over internet restrictions read more

South Korean conservative activists shout slogans during an anti-North Korea rally in front of the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, May 20, 2010. South Korea accused North Korea on Thursday of firing a torpedo that sank a naval warship in March, killing 46 sailors in the country's worst military disaster since the Korean War.

BBC News

"This site is restricted" is the plain message on a white background that most Pakistanis have been getting when they try to access the Facebook website. It follows a High Court ruling ordering all internetservice providers in the country to block...

photo: AP / Ahn young-joon

AP INVESTIGATION: Self-regulation of safety features is norm in oil industry worldwide read more

GULF of MEXICO - Gas from the damaged Deepwater Horizon wellhead is burned by the drillship Discoverer Enterprise May 16, 2010, in a process known as flaring. Gas and oil from the wellhead are being brought to the surface via a tube that was placed inside the damaged pipe.

Star Tribune

STOCKHOLM - The U.S. government is not alone in ceding responsibility to the oil industry for the design of key safety features on offshore rigs, a trend coming under scrutiny worldwide following the deadly blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. Across the...

photo: U.S. Coast Guard / Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Kelley

French police arrest 'Eta leader' read more

French police officers are seen near the house where anti-terrorist agents four suspected members of Basque separatist group ETA were arrested in Bayonne, southwestern France, Thursday May 20, 2010.

Al Jazeera

The suspected military leader of Eta, the armed Basque separatist movement, has been arrested, French police say. Two other suspected Eta members - also Spanish nationals - were arrested along with Mikel Kabikoitz Karrera Sarobe, the man...

photo: AP / Bob Edme

Thai protesters abandon refuge, curfew extended read more

Anti-government demonstrators shout slogans as they gather for a protest outside the main entrance to the 14th ASEAN Summit in Pattaya, Thailand, Friday, April 10, 2009.

Khaleej Times

Thai authorities restored order in Bangkok after a night of rioting and fires that veered towards anarchy as troops took control of a camp with thousands of protesters. The mostly rural and urban poor protesters had deserted their once-barricaded 3...

photo: AP / David Longstreath

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