6 August 2013 Last updated at 09:43 GMT
US warns citizens to leave Yemen amid terror alert
The US State Department has told citizens and non-emergency government staff to leave Yemen "immediately" due to security threats.
It comes after the sudden closure of 20 US embassies and consulates on Sunday.
This was prompted by intercepted conversations between two senior al-Qaeda figures, including top leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, US media said.
The US earlier said the closures in North Africa and the Middle East were "out of an abundance of caution".
'Extremely high'
A global travel alert issued on Tuesday said: "The US Department of State warns US citizens of the high security threat level in Yemen due to terrorist activities and civil unrest.
Turkish court jails former military chief for life
Ilker Basbug one of 254 defendants found guilty in Ergenekon plot to overthrown government
Daniel Dombey
A Turkish court has jailed a former military chief for life and imposed tough sentences on scores of other defendants accused of plotting to overthrow the government, ending a trial that has exacerbated deep rifts between the Islamist-rooted government and its secularist opponents.
The case is seen by some as a step towards democratisation because it has held the once all-powerful military to account, but others say it is little more than a witch hunt.
Countrywide demonstrations in June denounced prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for mounting authoritarianism.
CRIME
Hungarian court jails men for killing Roma families
A Hungarian court has found four men guilty of killing six Roma, including a child, during a racist spree in 2008 and 2009. Three accused were given life terms without parole. Rights groups said the verdict was crucial.
A court in Budapest imposed long jail terms Tuesday on four men found guilty of perpetrating racist murders among Hungary's largest ethnic minority, Roma.
The verdicts ended a two-year trial closely watched by partner nations of the European Union.
Life-long jail terms were handed down to Arpad Kiss, Istvan Kiss and Zsolt Peto. They had denied carrying out the attacks and are expected to lodge appeals.
Punks break Myanmar's silence on religious attacks
August 6, 2013 - 11:27AM
Robin Mcdowell
Yangon, Myanmar: Punk rockers draw double-takes as they dart through traffic, but it's not just the pink hair, leather jackets or skull tattoos that make these 20-somethings rebels: It's their willingness to speak out against Buddhist monks instigating violence against Muslims while others in Myanmar are silent.
"If they were real monks, I'd be quiet, but they aren't," says Kyaw Kyaw, lead singer of Rebel Riot, as his drummer knocks out the beat for a new song slamming religious hypocrisy and an anti-Muslim movement known as "969." "They are nationalists, fascists. No one wants to hear it, but it's true."
Radical monks are at the forefront of a bloody campaign against Muslims, and few in this predominantly Buddhist nation of 60 million people are willing to speak against them. For many, being Buddhist is an important part of being Burmese, and monks, the most venerable members of society, are beyond reproach. Others are simply in denial, or buy into claims the Muslim "outsiders" pose a threat to their culture and traditions.
Egypt's Brotherhood refuses to 'swallow reality' of Morsi's demise
The Muslim Brotherhood has rejected pleas from international envoys to "swallow the reality" that Mohamed Morsi will not return as Egypt's president.
The envoys, trying to resolve a political crisis brought on by the army's overthrow of the Islamist Morsi a month ago, had visited jailed Brotherhood deputy leader Khairat El-Shater in the early hours of Monday. But he cut the meeting short, saying they should be talking to Morsi, spokesperson Gehad El-Haddad said on Monday.
Meanwhile several thousand Islamist supporters marched through downtown Cairo calling for Morsi's reinstatement and denouncing the army general who led his overthrow. Marchers chanted "Morsi, Morsi" and "We are not terrorists", and waved picture of the ousted leader.
The protest showed tension is still running dangerously high in Egypt despite the mediation effort by the United States, the European Union, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
Is Peru's history of terrorism coming back to haunt it?
A political organization tracing its beliefs to the Shining Path has some worried that Peru still needs to resolve the conditions that gave rise to the guerrilla movement in the first place.
Is Peru's history of terrorism coming back to haunt it?
Although this month marks the tenth anniversary of the release of Peru's truth commission report on the atrocities of its internal conflict, many say Peru is still wrestling with the ghosts of its past.
On the surface Peru is doing great by most measures. The economy is booming, poverty has declined, and more than a decade of peace has lured back tourists. The country's stability is leaps and bounds beyond the days when urban residents worried about blasts on street corners and rural communities feared retribution if they didn't align with the ideology that drove the guerrilla movement. But there is a sense that despite the developments Peru has seen since Shining Path terrorist leader Abimael Guzmán was captured in 1992, the country shouldn't let down its guard against those who would defend the ends, and the means, of the Shining Path's fight.
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