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Gay groups and activists have reportedly reacted angrily after Pope Benedict XVI said that mankind needed to be saved from a destructive blurring of gender.

The Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at United St.ates President George W Bush will is to go on trial on December 31.

The United States says the power-sharing deal in Zimbabwe will not work with Robert Mugabe as president.

Venezuela has given preliminary approval for a vote on constitutional changes that would allow President Hugo Chavez to seek indefinite re-election.

The president and prime minister of Kenya have signed a deal that will pave the way for an election violence tribunal.

A study has revealed that strong evidence has emerged of children and adults being used as slaves in Sudan\'s Darfur region.

Five sticks of explosives were this morning found in department store in Paris after a letter was delivered to local media warning of possible bomb threats.

Some of the world\'s biggest banks have revealed that they are victims of a US$50 billion fraud.

European Union leaders meeting in Brussels have approved a 200 billion pound or US$267 billion stimulus plan for the 27-nation bloc.

Cuba\'s Foreign Minister, Felipe Perez Roque, is defending the human rights record of the communist island.

The World Bank said Latin America should not prioritise tackling climate change, amid the global financial crisis that\'s restricting government resources.

The United Nations General Assembly will today consider a declaration urging the decriminalisation of homosexuality worldwide.