BBC News - Belarus breaks Ivory Coast arms embargo - UN chief

BBC News - Belarus breaks Ivory Coast arms embargo - UN chief: "Belarus has seriously violated the international arms embargo on Ivory Coast, UN chief Ban Ki-moon says.

The former Soviet republic was delivering three attack helicopters and related material to forces led by Laurent Gbagbo, his spokesman said."

BBC News - Ivory Coast: Rebels take western town Zouan-Hounien

BBC News - Ivory Coast: Rebels take western town Zouan-Hounien: "Ivory Coast rebels fighting to oust President Laurent Gbagbo have taken control of a town in the west of the country, Mr Gbagbo's forces confirm.

The rebels, who control the north of the country, seized the town of Zouan-Hounien in an overnight attack."

BBC News - Libya protests: Gaddafi embattled by opposition gains

BBC News - Libya protests: Gaddafi embattled by opposition gains:

"The area controlled by Libya's embattled leader Col Muammar Gaddafi is shrinking, reports say, as the opposition consolidates its gains."

BBC News - Death sentence for US migration activist Shawna Forde

BBC News - Death sentence for US migration activist Shawna Forde: "An immigration activist has been sentenced to death for the 2009 murder of a nine year-old-girl and her father.

Shawna Forde, 43, organised a break-in at the Arizona home of Raul Flores apparently to fund her group, which campaigns against illegal immigration.

But the burglary went wrong and 29-year-old Mr Flores was shot dead along with his daughter Brisenia."

BBC News - Iran unrest: MPs call for death of Mousavi and Karroubi

BBC News - Iran unrest: MPs call for death of Mousavi and Karroubi: "Members of Iran's parliament have called for opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi to be tried and executed.

State TV showed some 50 conservative MPs marching through parliament's main hall on Tuesday, chanting 'Death to Mousavi, death to Karroubi'."

BBC News - How revolutions happen: Patterns from Iran to Egypt

BBC News - How revolutions happen: Patterns from Iran to Egypt: "Revolutions can be short and bloody, or slow and peaceful. Each is different, though there are recurring patterns - including some that were on show in Egypt.

Trotsky once remarked that if poverty was the cause of revolutions, there would be revolutions all the time because most people in the world were poor. What is needed to turn a million people's grumbling discontent into a crowd on the streets is a spark to electrify them."

BBC News - Rwanda in vasectomy drive to stem population growth

BBC News - Rwanda in vasectomy drive to stem population growth: "Rwanda's government has said it wants to encourage men to have vasectomies in a bid to stem the small landlocked country's growing population.

It would be done along with its HIV prevention campaign to encourage all men to be circumcised."

BBC News - Nepal to vote again to elect new PM

BBC News - Nepal to vote again to elect new PM: "Nepal has been without a functioning government since June after politicians consistently failed to choose a new prime minister.

But the election process has now changed and it is hoped that a winner will emerge in the next few days."

BBC News - Egypt unrest: PM apologises for Tahrir Square violence

BBC News - Egypt unrest: PM apologises for Tahrir Square violence:

"Egypt's Health Minister Ahmed Samih Farid said earlier that five people had died in the fighting, which began on Wednesday, and 836 were injured - mostly as the result of stone throwing and attacks with metal rods and sticks.

'This is a fatal error,' Mr Shafiq told the privately-owned al-Hayat television. 'When investigations reveal who is behind this crime and who allowed it to happen, I promise they will be held accountable and will be punished for what they did.'"

BBC News - Mid-East: Will there be a domino effect?

BBC News - Mid-East: Will there be a domino effect?

BBC News - Gun dealers sell pistols 'without background check'

BBC News - Gun dealers sell pistols 'without background check': "Undercover New York City investigators bought high-powered pistols from an Arizona gun fair without undergoing a background check, officials said.

One made the purchase despite telling the seller he was 'probably' barred by law from gun ownership, a report said."

BBC News - Egypt protesters to hold massive Cairo demonstration

BBC News - Egypt protesters to hold massive Cairo demonstration: "On Monday, the Egyptian army said it respected the 'legitimate rights of the people'.

In its statement, carried on Egyptian media, the military said: 'To the great people of Egypt, your armed forces, acknowledging the legitimate rights of the people... have not and will not use force against the Egyptian people.'"