The BBC's Matthew Collin in Tbilisi reports on the pervading sense of fear and confusion on the streets of Georgia's capital

Police express frustration at not being able to prosecute anyone for the practice of female circumcision.

The country's most senior Asian officer suspends an employment tribunal claim in which he had accusing the Met of racism.

A chronology of key events

The bulldozer attack in Jerusalem on 2 July provoked much comment in Israel and the wider Middle East but little in Palestinian press.

The country's most senior Asian police officer considers legal action against the Metropolitan Police for alleged discrimination.

As Britain's most senior Asian police prepares a legal case against his force for racial discrimination, we profile Metropolitan Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur.

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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe lambasts the opposition and the UK in his first big speech since disputed elections.

Vigilante groups are taking control of security in Rio de Janeiro's shanty towns, reports the BBC's Gary Duffy.

A chronology of key events

For some migrants, Australia's national day means they are finally accepted as citizens, finds the BBC's Phil Mercer.

Ukraine is starting a year of events to remember the great famine of the 1930s, writes the BBC's Laura Sheeter.

Gen Musharraf's declaration of emergency rule in Pakistan is a direct challenge to the judiciary, Ilyas Khan reports.

Four rebel groups in Chad seal a peace agreement with the government, after three weeks of talks.

Resistance to Burma's junta comes in unlikely forms in the country's second city, Mandalay, writes Eilene Kristalis.

Wales has been enjoying a revival of its native tongue for some years, driven chiefly by those in rural areas. Now a new awareness is growing among those in the industrialised south, and some - including native Welsh speakers themselves - fear it could foster division and resentment.

We live in a society saturated with sex, but disabled people can often feel they've not been invited to the party. Some feel prostitution might provide the answer. But is visiting a brothel the right thing to do?

The most recent winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

As international broadcasters begin a season of films about the strengths and weaknesses of democracy, the BBC's Paul Reynolds looks at what it means today.