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Tue, 18 Feb 2014 14:26 PM

A car carrying former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, drives past members of the media as he leaves the special court formed to try him for treason in Islamabad February 18, 2014. Pakistan's former military ruler Musharraf arrived in court to face treason charges on Tuesday, a victory for the country's increasingly assertive judiciary after months of delays. Musharraf, 70, faces the death penalty if found guilty of charges related to his suspension of the constitution and imposition of emergency rule in 2007, when he was trying to extend his rule as president. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW MEDIA)

Tue, 18 Feb 2014 12:21 PM

Alexander Popkov, a lawyer representing two members of the protest group Pussy Riot, Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, speaks to the media outside a police station where they are believed to have been detained in Adler during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, February 18, 2014. Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova were detained by police on Tuesday while they were walking around Sochi, where Russia is staging the Winter Olympics, they said on Twitter. The police were not immediately available for comment. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard (RUSSIA - Tags: OLYMPICS SPORT CRIME LAW POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MEDIA)

Tue, 18 Feb 2014 12:20 PM

Alexander Popkov, a lawyer representing two members of the protest group Pussy Riot, Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, speaks to the media outside a police station where they are believed to have been detained in Adler during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, February 18, 2014. Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova were detained by police on Tuesday while they were walking around Sochi, where Russia is staging the Winter Olympics, they said on Twitter. The police were not immediately available for comment. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (RUSSIA - Tags: OLYMPICS SPORT CRIME LAW POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MEDIA)

Tue, 18 Feb 2014 10:31 AM

SYRIA-CRISIS/HAMA:Government retakes Alawite village in central Syria

Tue, 18 Feb 2014 08:44 AM

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra poses for a picture during an interview with the foreign media at the Government House in Bangkok in this December 7, 2013 file photo. Thailand's anti-corruption body said on February 18, 2014, it had filed charges against Thailand's PM Shinawatra relating to irregularities in the government's rice-buying scheme, and it summoned her to appear to face the charges on Feb. 27. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez/Files (THAILAND - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST BUSINESS CRIME LAW)