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Vehicles, at left, line up in front of a gas station in Cairo, Egypt on Fruiday. An acute fuel shortage in Egypt has disrupted Cairo's already congested traffic, with long lines of vehicles snaking around gas stations, and drivers spending the night in their cars.
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Petroleum Minister Abdullah Ghorab flatly dismissed talk of a shortage, saying fuel supplies exceed demand. He said the crisis stems from “mistrust between the government and the citizens,” according to the state-run MENA news agency.
Another Petroleum ministry official, Hani Dahi, was also quoted by MENA as saying that there is “a rise in the illegal use of fuel” and calling for tighter security measures to prevent black market dealers selling subsidised fuel at higher prices
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An employee gives a medical-cosmetic massage to a client using an African snail at a beauty salon in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk March 23. The beauty salon is the only one in the region using the snails' method, which is believed to help in speeding up regeneration of the skin, eliminating wrinkles, scars and traces of burn marks, according to the owner Alyona Zlotnikova.
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A masked special unit policeman looks out of one of the ground floor windows of the apartment where gunman Mohamed Merah had been holed up, in Toulouse, France on March 23, 2012. Merah died in a hail of bullets on Thursday as he scrambled out of a ground-floor window during a gunbattle with elite police commandos.
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Mali: Looting after coup
Soldiers looted petrol stations and hijacked cars in Mali's capital Bamako on Friday, 48 hours after a military coup, and the African Union said it had assurances that President Amadou Toumani Toure was safe.
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Young men take to a central street following Wednesday's military coup, in Bamako, Mali Thursday March 22, 2012. Drunk soldiers looted Mali's presidential palace hours after they declared a coup on Thursday, suspending the constitution and dissolving the institutions of one of the few established democracies in this troubled corner of Africa. The whereabouts of the country's 63-year-old president Amadou Toumani Toure, who was just one month away from stepping down after a decade in office, could not be confirmed.
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Renegade Malian soldiers appear on television at the ORTM television studio in Bamako in this March 22, 2012 still image taken from video. Renegade Malian soldiers went on state television on Thursday to declare they had seized power in protest at the government's failure to quell a nomad-led rebellion in the north
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The first victim is moved to an ambulance at the scene of a building collapse at Columbia University's expansion site, West 131st Street and Broadway, New York City.
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A view of Columbia University's expansion site is seen after the collapse
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The second victim is moved to an ambulance at the scene of the collapse.
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Iraqi security forces patrol in the cemetery in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 22, 2012. The Iraqi government has tightened its security measures as al Qaeda's front group in Iraq claimed Wednesday it was behind a wave of attacks to how weak the nation's security is heading into next week's Arab League summit in Baghdad
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Shepherds lead their flock of sheep along on the Guozigou segment of the Lianyungang-Horgos expressway as vehicles drive past the other side in Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region, China.
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A man holds up his Tibetan mastiff as they perform on stage during a dog beauty contest at an exhibition center in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China.
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Vancouver Canucks defenseman Andrew Alberts (L) wrestles with Dallas Stars defenseman Stephane Robidas (2nd L) and left wings Steve Ott (2nd R) and Brenden Morrow during the first period of their NHL hockey game in Dallas, Texas.
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President Barack Obama makes a point about Dartmouth College president Jim Yong Kim (L) as he introduces him as his nominee to be the next president of the World Bank, during an announcement in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington.
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A titan arum or "Corpse flower" blossoms at the botanic gardens in Kiel, Germany. The biggest flower in the world from the rain forests of Sumatra is rarely seen in botanical gardens, seldom blossoms, and if it does it only lasts for three days.
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Anna Chapman, who was deported from the U.S. on charges of espionage, displays a creations by I Love Fashion during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Moscow, Russia
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Bolton Wanderers v Blackburn Rovers
The best images from an emotionally charged Reebok Stadium where Bolton are playing their first match since Fabrice Muamba's collapse against Spurs
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The Bolton players warm up wearing shirts bearing the name and number of their team-mate who remains in intensive care at the London Chest Hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest last saturday
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Referee Andre Marriner, centre, and his assistants also wear t-shirts bearing a message of support for Muamba
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Anguish for Ryo Miyaichi as Mark Davies heads wide by from his cross
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Blackburn manager Steve Kean complains to fourth official Mike Dean
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Ryo Miyaichi does a step over as he moves away from Mauro Formica
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Owen Coyle urges his players forward late in the game. Final score Bolton 2-1 Blackburn
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As the winter snow melts, Luke Sawyer of Sweden, Maine drops into the Swift River at Rocky Gorge, Saturday, March 24, in Albany, N.H.
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People gather at a "Stand Up for Trayvon Martin" rally in Washington March 24. Many participants gathered in all black attire or hoodie sweatshirts, or carried tea and Skittles, in memory of the 17-year-old high school student who was shot and killed last month by a neighborhood watch
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member of the Free Syrian Army looks through binoculars at a camp in the mountains near the village of Janudieh in the northern province of Idlib on March 18. The head of the rebel Free Syrian Army, Riad al-Asaad, announced on March 24 the formation of a military council grouping all rebel chiefs, including Syria's most senior army deserter General Mustafa al-Sheikh.
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A defected Syrian soldier, now a member of the Free Syrian Army, displays a homemade nail bomb at a mountain outpost near the village of Janudieh in the northern province of Idlib
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A defected Syrian soldier, now a member of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), holds an improvised explosive device (IED) at a camp in the northern rebel stronghold of Idlib near the Turkish border
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According to the Swiss Broadcasting corporation, fox hunting is legal in Switzerland during the winter months.
Prices for pelts were higher decades ago, but animal rights protests against fur decreased demand significantly in the 1980s, which lowered prices.
Recently, demand appears to be rebounding, let by Eastern European and Chinese markets
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John and Frances Canning meet Queen Elizabeth during a surprise meeting at Manchester Town Hall, in England, during their wedding day
A British couple booked Manchester Town Hall for their wedding and then discovered a royal visit was planned for the same place, an event for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
According to the Manchester Evening News, upon hearing the news of the double booking, the couple sent the Queen a lighthearted note inviting her to their nuptials.
The couple was surprised to receive a reply from the Palace, not to mention when the Queen took a detour from her schedule to wish the couple well on their big day.
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Tory Peter Cruddas sold access to PM, Sunday Times alleges
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Secretly filmed footage of Peter Cruddas offering access to the prime minister and chancellor. Courtesy the Sunday Times
Conservative Party co-treasurer Peter Cruddas offered access to the prime minister and chancellor for £250,000, the Sunday Times has alleged.
It has footage of him apparently making the offer to undercover reporters.
London-based Mr Cruddas was appointed Tory co-treasurer in June 2011 and is the founder of online trading company Currency Management Consultants Ltd.
The Conservative Party said it would investigate but pointed out no donation had actually been accepted.
Labour has challenged the Prime Minister to "come clean" about what he knew about the matter, and when he knew of it.
In the footage, Mr Cruddas is heard discussing what access different size donations would get.
"Two hundred grand to 250 is Premier League… what you would get is, when we talk about your donations the first thing we want to do is get you at the Cameron/Osborne dinners," he says.
"You do really pick up a lot of information and when you see the Prime Minister, you're seeing David Cameron, not the Prime Minister.
"But within that room everything is confidential - you can ask him practically any question you want.
"If you're unhappy about something, we will listen to you and put it into the policy committee at number 10 - we feed all feedback to the policy committee."
Tory Peter Cruddas resigns after allegedly selling access to PM
He said: "I deeply regret any impression of impropriety arising from my bluster in that conversation."
The Conservative Party had earlier said it would investigate but pointed out no donation had actually been accepted.
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Army training to deliver petrol in case of strike action
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Army drivers are being trained to deliver fuel to petrol stations around the country in anticipation of a possible strike by tanker drivers.
The Unite union is balloting on industrial action and the government is drawing up contingency plans to avoid major disruption to fuel supplies.
Unite has been balloting more than 2,000 of its members who work for seven major fuel distribution companies.
The vote closes on Monday. strike, if it is backed, could be held next month.
This means any industrial action could possibly be over the Easter weekend, which could severely disrupt deliveries to petrol forecourts across the UK.
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Child prostitution inquiry: Six remanded on sex charges
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Six men from Oxford have been remanded in custody after appearing in court in connection with an investigation into child exploitation in the city.
The men face charges including rape, conspiring to rape a child, arranging child prostitution and trafficking.
They appeared before High Wycombe magistrates earlier after being charged by police on Friday.
Seven others have been bailed until next month.
The men charged in connection with the inquiry are Anjum Dogar, 30, and his brother Akhtar, 31, both of Tawney Street, and Kamar Jamil, 26, of Aldrich Road.
Zeshan Ahmed, 26, of Palmer Road, Mohammed Karrar, 37, of Cowley Road and Bassan Karrar, 32, of no fixed address, also appeared in court earlier.
Thames Valley Police, investigating claims 24 girls were being exploited, arrested 13 men following raids on properties in the city on Thursday.
More than 100 police officers were involved in 14 raids.
The six men who have now appeared in court face a number of charges:
- Mr Jamil is charged with four counts of rape, two counts of arranging the prostitution of a child, one count of making a threat to kill and one count of possession of cocaine with intent to supply.
- Anjum Dogar is charged with one count of conspiring to rape a child, one of arranging the prostitution of a child and one count of trafficking.
- Akhtar Dogar faces three charges of rape, one count of conspiring to rape a child, three counts of arranging the prostitution of a child, one count of making a threat to kill and one count of trafficking.
- Mr Ahmed faces 10 charges of engaging in sexual activity with a child.
- Bassan Karrar is charged with one count of rape.
- Mohammed Karrar will face two counts of conspiracy to rape a child and one count of supplying a class A controlled drug to a child.
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Egypt football ban sparks deadly clashes in Port Said
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A 13-year-old boy has been shot dead in unrest in Port Said after the Egyptian city's football team was suspended, state media report.
After overnight violence, new clashes erupted on Saturday between fans of the al-Masry club and security forces.
Al-Masry, one of Egypt's top teams, has been banned for two years over violence at its stadium in February in which at least 74 people died.
A criminal investigation into that incident is continuing.
The suspension of al-Masry means the team will not compete in competition until the end of 2013.
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Japan tsunami 'ghost ship' drifting to Canada
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A Japanese fishing vessel swept away by the March 2011 tsunami has been spotted adrift off the west coast of Canada.
An aircraft patrolling the seas off British Columbia saw the 15m (50ft) vessel seen floating 275km (170 miles) from the Haida Gwaii islands on Friday.
It is believed to be the first large item from the millions of tonnes of tsunami debris to cross the Pacific.
No-one is believed to be on board the ship, registered in Hokkaido, Japan.
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Guatemala ex-police chief Marlene Blanco arrested
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Ms Blanco denies the charges
Former Guatemalan police chief Marlene Blanco Lapola has been arrested for alleged involvement in extra-judicial killings in 2009.
Ms Blanco and several others are accused of belonging to a group that killed at least three people suspected of extorting money from businessmen.
Her arrest followed an investigation by the UN-backed International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG).
She has denied the accusations, saying she is the victim of "persecution".
Ms Blanco was head of the police and deputy interior minister under former President Alvaro Colom, who left office at the beginning of this year.
It is alleged she and others in the interior ministry ran a campaign of "social cleansing" against criminal suspects.
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Ms Blanco denies the charges
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A man who Thai police suspect of having militant links has pleaded not guilty in court to possessing illegal explosives.
Atris Hussein, a Swedish citizen of Lebanese origin, was arrested in January following a US alert over a possible terrorist threat.
Thai police said he led them to a building with more than 300 boxes of bomb-making materials such as fertiliser and ammonium nitrate.
Mr Hussein denies any militant links.
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Athens, Greece: A man throws leaflets against the government in front of the parliament during a military parade to mark Independence Day
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Managua, Nicaragua: A boy takes part in the annual Alegria por la Vida carnival
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St. Petersburg, Russia: An opposition activist peers out from inside a mask during an opposition protest demanding fair elections
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Manila, Philippines: A fireman extinguishes a fire during the 25th Fire Fighting Olympics
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Havana, Cuba: Vintage American cars through the streets at dusk
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Novosyolovo, Russia: Trotters compete in a harness race on the frozen Yenisei river in Siberia
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Jammu, India: Hindu devotees pray outside the Kali Temple on the third day of the Navratri festival which honours the Hindu goddess of valour
