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French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said on Sunday she had received very affirmative support from the Egyptian government for her bid to become the next head of the International Monetary Fund.

Even working on her laptop in Amnesty International's London headquarters or talking on her mobile phone going around the city, Corinna-Barbara Francis suspects Chinese authorities are listening in.

Saudi Arabia will seek a greater role in the International Monetary Fund , its finance minister said on Saturday after meeting with France's Christine Lagarde on her campaign to head the Washington-based lender.

Three members suspected to be a part of the Anonymous hacking group were arrested in Almeira, Barcelona and Valencia in Spain on Friday morning, according to a report.

French Finance Minister and IMF candidate Christine Lagarde said on Saturday tackling sovereign debt troubles would be a priority of the International Monetary Fund if she led the Washington-based rescue lender.

Spanish police arrested three men suspected to be members of the hacker group Anonymous on Friday, charging them with organizing cyber attacks against the websites of Sony Corp, banks and governments -- but not the recent massive hacking of PlayStation gamers.

Spanish police arrested three suspected members of the so-called Anonymous group on Friday on charges of cyber attacks against targets including Sony's PlayStation store, governments, businesses and banks.

Three members suspected to be a part of the Anonymous hacking group were arrested in Almeira, Barcelona and Valencia in Spain on Friday morning, according to a report.

Friday, Spain police reportedly arrested three alleged members of the hacker and activist group Anonymous.

Spanish police arrested three suspected members of the so-called Anonymous group on Friday on charges of cyber-attacks against targets including Sony's PlayStation network, governments, businesses and banks.

Hackers group Anonymous has taken down the Turkish telecom agency official website on Friday in a protest against Internet censorship imposed in the country.

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde takes her campaign to become the IMF head to social networking sites Twitter and Facebook.

Young Egyptians took to the streets again yesterday, in Cairo and across the North African nation. This time to demanded better wages.

Osama bin Laden's longtime lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahri, warned Americans not to gloat about the killing of the al Qaeda leader and vowed he would carry on bin Laden's work, according to a YouTube recording posted on Wednesday.

Yemeni civilians are going hungry after a sharp rise in the food prices, owing to the unrest and fights in the country. Disrupted food supplies and transport have pushed up the price of gas, water, fuel and other basic commodities, the U.N.'s World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday.

Turkey, in an act of generosity has welcomed anxious Syrian refugees on Wednesday and urged Syrian government to stop violence against civilians after thousands of people abandoned a town near the Turkish frontier in fear of military assault.

A draconian order that requires all .kz domain names, such as google.kz, to operate on physical servers within the borders of Kazakhstan was issued last month by the country's Ministry of Communications and Information.

Bin Laden's second-in-command, Egyptian-born Ayman al-Zawahri. delivered a video eulogy for Osama Bin Laden, posted on YouTube today.

President Obama met with the crown prince of Bahrain on Tuesday and urged to carry out political and economic reforms, and pressed him to investigate alleged abuses after a February crackdown on dissenters earned Bahrain international condemnation.

Rains are more than welcome, but the Middle Kingdom is paying the toll for precipitation in human capital.

After his presidential compound came under heavy attack on Sunday, Yemeni leader Ali Abdulla Saleh fled to neighboring Saudi Arabia for medical treatment, according to local media reports. Along with him, four or five top government officials are also reportedly being treated in Saudi Arabia.