Lyrical terrorist convicted
Samina Malik, a 23 year-old Briton, has become the first woman to be convicted under the country's Terrorist Act. She was found guilty of "owning terrorist manuals", and is known to have posted incendiary poems on websites - including one called "How to Behead", about decapitating hostages - under the alias "Lyrical Terrorist". She is due for sentencing next month.
Manfo Asiedu, the fifth bomber in the failed 21 July, 2005 attacks, pleaded guilty to the charge of conspiring to cause explosions. An earlier charge of conspiracy to murder had been dropped.
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Eric Foner, in The Nation, bristles at Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's quoting of Abraham Lincoln in the former's 4 November address that declared emergency rule in the country. As Foner points out, "Lincoln believed in government of the people, by the people, for the people. Musharraf believes in government of Musharraf, by Musharraf, for Musharraf. That's an important difference".
The Frontier Post, published in the border town of Quetta and still resisting clamp-downs on the media, argues that if martial law was meant to combat the rise in Islamist militancy, it has already failed to curb the rise in militant violence in the rugged western border regions of the country.
In a huge show of force, Pakistani police blockaded a demonstration led by Benazir Bhutto, eventually barricading the ex-prime minister in her Islamabad home.
Taliban strongholds in Afghanistan
Al-Jazeera gets inside a Taliban bastion in Helmand, where people have begun moving because of the security brought to the area by the Taliban.
China budging on US Iran demands
Beijing issued a firmly worded statement to Tehran today, urging Iran to "respond positively" to international pressure on its nuclear program. Washington has been leaning on Beijing to press Iran on nuclear issues.
Nine Iranians held hostage by US forces in Iraq have been released to Iranian authorities in Baghdad. One of the men released had been in American custody for almost three years without any charge. The release comes as another blow to Washington's flimsy attempts to pin the blame on Iran for violence in Iraq.
Gang violence in the delta
Where they used to prey on foreign oil companies and foreigners, the Niger Delta's gangs and insurgents are increasingly fighting amongst themselves.
Bloody day in Mogadishu
In one of the goriest days seen in Mogadishu, over fifty people were killed in fierce fighting between insurgents and government and Ethiopian troops. Residents claim that the Ethiopians, incensed by the public display of one of their killed soldiers, fanned out through the streets and began shooting civilians indiscriminately.
