5 June 2013 Last updated at 09:13 GMT
June 5, 2013 - 10:17AM
Syrian army retakes key town of Qusair from rebels
Syrian pro-government forces have taken full control of the strategic town of Qusair, state TV and the rebels say.
The town, near the Lebanese border, has been the centre of fighting for more than two weeks between rebels and Syrian troops backed by fighters from the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
Syrian state TV said a large number of rebels had died and many had surrendered.
The rebels said they withdrew overnight in the face of a massive assault.
Earlier, the military leader of the main rebel umbrella group, the Free Syrian Army, said his fighters were prepared to take the conflict inside Lebanon in pursuit of Hezbollah fighters.
Turkish government says it ‘respects right to non-violent protest’
Deputy prime minister tells US Turkey must protect its citizens against violence
One of Turkey’s deputy prime ministers has said his government respects the right to non-violent protest and free speech, but must also protect its citizens against violence.
At an event in Washington with US vice president Joe Biden, Ali Babacan was mostly conciliatory about the protesters in Turkey who have been expressing discontent with prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 10-year rule.
But he also implied that some were provoking violence for political ends.
Hong Kong marks Tiananmen massacre in rain
June 5, 2013 - 10:17AM
HONG KONG: Tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents have braved thunder and torrential rain to attend a candlelight vigil marking the 24th anniversary of China's bloody Tiananmen crackdown.
A crowd packed the former British colony's Victoria Park in an annual act of remembrance for the people killed in the June 3-4 onslaught in Beijing in 1989.
In the Chinese capital, police blocked the gate of a cemetery housing victims of the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators as part of a sweeping annual attempt to bar commemorations.
Burundi's Pierre Nkurunziza approves media law
Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza has approved a new media law which critics have condemned as an attack on press freedom.
The law forbids reporting on matters which could undermine national security, public order or the economy.
It marked a "black day for freedom of information" in Burundi, campaign group Reporters Without Borders said.
Mr Nkurunziza is a former rebel leader who was elected president at the end of a brutal civil war in 2005.
He was re-elected in 2010 in polls which were boycotted by the opposition.
Internet access to expand in Cuba – at a price
Cuba said that as of today, users can get on the Internet – including e-mail and international websites – at 118 providers across the island. But the per-hour cost may be too high a hurdle for many.
Frustrated with your Internet access? Try logging on in Cuba.
Since it started offering limited access in 1996, the communist country has tightly restricted access to everything but the bare Web essentials. Unless you were looking for government news or something directly related to your job, you were out of luck.
But now news comes that the government is inching toward wider access. In the Official Gazette, the government said it would provide access to the Internet – including e-mail and international websites – at 118 providers across the Caribbean island starting today.
Will a handful of Internet cafes in each major city across the island of 11 million make much of a difference in a country where connecting to the Internet is notoriously slow and difficult?
Nepalese farmers go organic with human waste
June 5, 2013 -- Updated 0027 GMT (0827 HKT)
Kathmandu (CNN) -- Jeevan Maharjan has a different approach to human waste -- he considers it as wealth.
Rather than flush it down the toilet, the 47-year-old Nepalese farmer collects it to spray on his crops.
"It's three times better than chemical fertilizers," he said, referring to yield of his fruit and vegetable crops after using human fertilizer compared to more conventional methods.
As he walked across his 27,000 square feet of land in Siddhipur Village Development Committee on the outskirts of the capital Kathmandu, Maharjan said his method of fertilizing is nothing new.
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