Female protesters hold placards calling for the release of political prisoners in Saudi Arabia’s city of Buraidah.
Protesters opposing Quebec student tuition fee increases demonstrate in Montreal on Tuesday. Thousands of students turned out for a nighttime protest against the Quebec government's decision to raise the fees by 3 per cent per year after last month's summit on education. (March 5, 2013)
The former Ecuadorean presidential candidate and preacher Nelson Zavala is stripped of his political rights for a year for homophobic comments.
The new five pound note, which will be unveiled at Blenheim Palace on Thursday, will be printed on the thin and flexible plastic polymer and will be almost impossible to destroy.
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