"Arrogant and disrespectful. We're deeply offended". The Brazilian indigenous population reacted in this way to the ideas expressed by Benedict XVI in his inaugural speech to the Episcopal Conference of Latin American Bishops, where he went over the history of relations between the Church and the population that has always lived on this land. "The Pope was very arrogant and his words don't correspond to the truth", said Gesinaldo Sateré Mawé, director of an umbrella group of Amazonian native groups. From Ratisbona to Auschwitz and San Paolo, Pope Benedict continues to cause controversy

The Church's estate assets are on sale to pay for the lawsuits against paedophile priests

In Algeria's legislative elections, the president is still the tipping point

Sentenced to death, Abu-Jamal is about to face a hearing before Philadelphia Federal Court that could save his life

The Pan-African Parliament asks the West to intervene on global warming

The regime frees an activist as the European Union decides on sanctions. For dozens of other activists, journalists, and religious leaders, the doors of Uzbekistan’s prisons remain shut. Fierce repression under Karimov pushes the European Union to an important decision

Paedophilia and violence in the virtual community that acts like real life. 'Second life', safe haven for all those who chose to disguise their personality behind an 'avatar', is becoming a receptacle for trade of illegal pictures and files

The election of the new French president inspires hopes and fears on the continent

The president of Lokomotive Plovidv is killed in Sofia. Like his two predecessors

Chiquita company explains why it paid 1,7 million dollars to Colombian paramilitary groups

Four months of electoral campaigning in the Philippines have taken a grim toll: more than 100 dead and almost 300 wounded

Piracy thrives in the no-man’s land of Somalian waters

Is the Gaza Strip a stronghold of radical Islam? Al Aqsa TV, in the last few weeks aired a program hosted by a Mickey Mouse look-alike mouse, which teaches children Islamic values

Sunia is sixteen years old and smiles. Ali Osman Taha, Sudan vice president, is few steps away but today Sunia is probably the most important person here: she is the first patient operated in the Salam heart surgery centre, built by Emergency on the Blue Nile banks