Wednesday 3 November 2010

Explosion at Russia's Athens embassy: Switzerland's foreign ministry said that the parcel device was left at the Embassy's entrance and burst into flames when it was being checked by staff. An employee narrowly escaped injury, AFP reported.

Iranian woman to be hanged Wednesday, rights group says: Tehran gives go-ahead for excution of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, originally sentenced to death by stoning for adultery.

US Federal prisons like 'garbage can': An innocent Iranian woman held in the US for about three years says she is kept under horrible conditions and is subject to both physical and mental torture.

India's soaring economy hurts poor: The high demand for housing is coming at a cost to the poor. Families of Dharavi slum are being evicted to make way for billion-dollar apartment developments