Opposition Muslim Brotherhood says several of its rallies have been disrupted and more than 1,000 of its members have been detained.

Brussels, the city which headquarters the EU bodies, has presented its bid to host Parliament of the World Religions in 2014, the largest interreligious gathering in the world held once every five years in a different city.

Israel seeking recognition to prevent Lebanese factions from raising further territorial demands, such as the future of the Shaba Farms area, following planned Ghajar withdrawal.

srael suspended its cooperation with the Paris-based United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Wednesday to protest at the organization's description of the tomb of the biblical matriarch Rachel, near Bethlehem in the West Bank, as a mosque.