This measure has set off Tehran's citizens and not only them. The evening before this measure came into force, a group of young people from the capital assaulted and set fire to twelve gas stations in Pounak, one of the poorest neighbourhoods of the city and one of the strongholds from which populist Ahmadinejad started his climb to power, thundering against the corrupt representatives of the Islamic Republic, whom he would have driven out to star working in favour of poor people. However, he hasn't done anything, and while Iranians are experiencing one of the worst economic crisis of their history, he announces fuel rationing

In Sri Lanka the Tamil Tigers announce the release of 135 child soldiers and promise not to kidnap more children

Georgia sets up a summer camp for kids on the border with Abkhazia

Government invests millions of euros in war against poverty in order to placate discontent

Bosnian writer Elvira Mujcic tells about her Srebrenica

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

Web aids from the Zimbabwean diaspora are keeping the country afloat

Fighting escalates again in the troubled Russian Republic

In Southern Thailand, war between Muslims and Buddhists rages on

Hanefi is a free man again. At 4 p.m. afghan time, he got out of the prison door

New charges against Chiquita. The paramilitaries want money, but the corporation says it's innocent

Some proposals to legalize the ivory trade polarize the Continent

UK highest court rules that the Convention for human rights can be applied to British armed forces abroad