CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's Islamist-led parliament on Wednesday pushed ahead with a law that could force into retirement many of the nation's most senior judges, despite an uproar by the judiciary over fears the president's allies want to co... [Full Article]
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's decision to launch a pair of "Palestinian-only" bus lines in the West Bank on Monday - presented by the government as a goodwill gesture, assailed by critics as racism and welcomed by Palestinian riders - is s... [Full Article]
Chinese authorities have launched an inquiry after a photograph of a government official grinning widely at the site of a fatal bus crash went viral and triggered a public outcry. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Recent crashes involving the U.S. military's latest transport aircraft are fueling an uproar in Japan that could threaten plans to deploy them to the southern island of Okinawa by the end of the year. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
China said Thursday it was investigating the case of a woman who was allegedly forced to abort seven months into her pregnancy, after images posted online of the baby's corpse caused an uproar. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Graphic images posted online showing the bloody corpse of a baby whose mother was allegedly forced to terminate her pregnancy at seven months have caused an uproar in China. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
ROME (Reuters) - A proposal to levy a tax on cats and dogs that stunned Italy on Friday turned out to be all bark and no bite after a wave of popular anger saw it withdrawn on the same day it was made public. Italy was abuzz for hours after local med... [Full Article]
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has urged social network companies including Facebook, Twitter and Google to remove offensive material, unleashing a storm of criticism from Internet users in the world's largest democracy complaining of censorship. T... [Full Article]
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese government has banned a traditional carnival in the east of the country in which dogs are eaten after being chopped up alive in the street following a public uproar that the festival was cruel, state media reported on ... [Full Article]
(AFP/Pool) - India's parliament adjourned in uproar Friday over a massive corruption scandal that has ensnared Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, seen here, whose popularity partly resides in his "Mr Clean" image.(AFP/Pool/Christophe Archam... [Full Article]
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