TEHRAN — Iran has hanged a man convicted of raping and murdering a five-year old girl in a village near the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, the ISNA news agency reported on Sunday.
ATHENS (AFP) - Jumpy activists on the ill-fated mission to Gaza insist the evidence is mounting that Israeli secret services are behind the slew of mishaps that have dogged the flotilla.
MISRATA, Libya (AFP) – The besieged Libyan rebel city of Misrata braced for a new bombardment by Moamer Kadhafi's forces on Tuesday as an ultimatum for its surrender expired a day after shelling killed 14 people.
LONDON (AFP) – "Frost/Nixon" actor Michael Sheen was giving a 72-hour live performance of The Passion over the Easter weekend, bringing the final hours of Jesus Christ's life to his home town.
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Libyan rebels said they repelled a government attack on Misrata on Saturday and praised a "positive change" from NATO after it carried out several air strikes on Gaddafi's forces there.
AJDABIYAH, Libya (Reuters) - A NATO air strike killed at least five rebels near the Libyan port of Brega on Thursday, medics said, and insurgents reported Muammar Gaddafi's forces killed five more in a bombardment of besieged Misrata.
