Rahmatullah Hanefi is again a free man. Today at 4 p.m, on a sunny afternoon, Rahmatullah got out of the door of the Investigation Department 17. Exhaustion in his eyes, dressed in a white shawar kameez. "Salam Rahmat!". "How are you?" asks Gino Strada, who went to collect him at the prison. "Alive", answers in pashtu. Then, in italian, he adds: "I'm fine". A quick hug, then they hurry to the Emergency staff facilities. There, they wait anxiously, after preparing festoons with red plastic roses

In Southern Thailand, war between Muslims and Buddhists rages on

Anti-government demonstrations in the Chinese provinces are being publicised on the Web

Interview with Francesco Gosetti di Sturmeck, European Union Ambassador to Haiti

Some proposals to legalize the ivory trade polarize the Continent

Given his position on key issues, it’s no wonder Fred Thompson is popular with conservative American voters. He supports the war in Iraq and cutting taxes; he’s against gun control, abortion, and easy immigration. He’s second in the polls among Republican candidates, behind ex-New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani, which is no small feat considering that he hasn’t yet officially announced his candidacy

Prachanda's Maoists have cheated: they bypassed the peace agreements commitments, thus deceiving the UN Nepalese mission (Unmin). A fraud that is putting the whole peace process at risk. The deal that last November stopped ten years of civil war – with more than 13,000 victims – was to intern all the People Liberation Army (PLA) Maoist guerrillas in 28 camps managed by Unmin and dismantle all the parallel government structures that “the Reds” created in the areas under their control

A halt to the illegal logging in the province that was most hit by the tsunami

Quito launches a campaign for the sake of humanity, but wants something in exchange

According to the investigations of Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) and Save the Children Sweden, just in the city of Kandahar 14 cases of children sexual abuse have been reported recently, but at least the double remained undisclosed, due to the fear of the victims of being jailed or being beaten or killed by their parents

Between 460,000 and 600,000 women chose to undergo clandestine abortions, almost one for every child born. This is the Argentina of the Catholic Church, of de Verbo Incarnato, of a male chauvinist society and of narrow mindedness. In a country where abortion is illegal except for in two extreme cases, women who do not want a child resort to secrecy, and one in eight end up in hospital due to complications

The number of Bucharest's street children has decreased. Because they've grown older

The case against British government has been won. The inhabitants driven off by the Diego Garcia will finally get back home

Fighting continues in Saada, the government censors information and accuses Iran and Libya

The Lebanese civil war started a month ago doesn't pass by Ain el Helwi's doors

The Ottawa Treaty is bearing fruits, but cluster bombs jeopardize the mine cleaning