Two men are hanged in Tehran for murdering a judge, the first public executions in Iran's capital since 2002.
Iranian human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi says her Nobel Peace Prize medal has been confiscated by the authorities.
A summary of Chinese bloggers and internet forums reaction to events in Tibet and the protests disrupting the torch relay.
For an inside view of life in Kenya, we cherry-pick recent postings from Kenyan bloggers - those who left - and some who are dealing with the current situation.
BBC Country Profiles: instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions.
The organ of thought is the subject of a major new BBC television series.
A team of Swiss and French archaeologists unearth 'masterpiece' statues of Nubian kings, knowns as the black pharaohs, in Sudan.
A unique piece of Zimbabwe's cultural heritage has been returned after being looted almost 100 years ago.
A team of British archaeologists have found evidence that Europeans were playing chess as early as the sixth century.
Online marketing - sometimes called spamming - is trying to clean up its act - so don't mention the S word.