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Mogadishu, Nov 7 (DPA) Somali insurgent group al-Shabaab has stoned a man to death in the port town of Marka for committing adultery, officials said.

Well-known Cuban blogger and government critic Yoani Sanchez said she and two fellow bloggers were detained briefly on Friday by security agents and accused of being "counter-revolutionaries" as they walked to a demonstration against violence.

REUTERS - A U.N. Panel of Experts on Friday released a new report on compliance with Security Council sanctions and an arms embargo covering Sudan's western Darfur region.

Sydney, Nov 7 (DPA) A Qantas Airways passenger jet flying from Sydney to Los Angeles was forced to return to Australia because of a faulty fuel pump, news reports said Saturday.

An agreement to end a four-month political crisis in Honduras collapsed on Friday after two rival leaders failed to form a unity cabinet to heal the damage from a June coup.

REUTERS - Colombia and Venezuela are caught up in a diplomatic dispute that some are calling the "Cold War" of the Andes.

London, Nov 6 (IANS) Former minister Jagdish Tytler was dropped from the Indian delegation for the launch of the Commonwealth Games baton relay in London last week, Sikh groups said after a British MP asked Scotland Yard to arrest him for his role in the 1984 Sikh massacre.

Melbourne, Nov 6 (ANI): In the Higgins by-election in Australia, a party backed by porn stars, called the Australian Sex Party, is sure that it will land a place in the Parliament.

Melbourne, November 06 (ANI): A woman's wedding night in Australia turned into a nightmare when she realized that she was allergic to her husband's sperm.

Melbourne, Nov 6 (IANS) Indians were among the over 2,000 foreign students who were left in the lurch - some with barely two weeks to go before they get their degrees - following the overnight collapse of four private colleges in the Australian cities of Sydney and Melbourne.

Brisbane (Australia), Nov. 6 (ANI): Research conducted in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States has revealed that female politicians work harder than men, but are still judged on their appearance.

Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said early on Friday that an accord to end a four-month political crisis had failed after de facto leader Roberto Micheletti moved to form a new government without him.

Melbourne, Nov 6 (IANS) Over 2,000 international students, including those from India, were left in the lurch - some with barely two weeks to go before they get their degrees - following the sudden overnight collapse of four private colleges in the Australian cities of Sydney and Melbourne.

Rival Honduran leaders struggled to form a compromise government in time to meet a Thursday deadline they agreed on last week to end the crisis over the ouster of deposed President Manuel Zelaya.

Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said on Thursday that a deal to end a four-month political crisis was at risk of collapse but behind the scenes negotiators worked to form a temporary cabinet to run the country.

The U.S. Senate on Thursday rejected a measure that would have required prisoners charged with involvement in the Sept. 11 attacks to stand trial in a military court rather than a criminal court.

Laws designed to limit deforestation in Brazil will increase the need for more intensive farming and ranching to keep up with rising world demand for food, the governor of Brazil's largest agricultural state said on Thursday.

Nine more people have been arrested in the Galleon Group insider-trading scandal, bringing to 15 the number charged in the biggest hedge fund-related case in history.

Melbourne, November 5 (ANI): Thousands of people will drop their layers next year to pose for a mass shoot for the Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival.