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Most of the countries have withdrawn their travel restriction recommendations against Egypt, which went through a phase of political turmoil and social unrest early this year that ousted Hosni Mubarak.

The European Commission has adopted a roadmap of 40 concrete initiatives for the next decade to build a competitive transport sector that increases mobility and cuts emissions. Under EU's ambitious plan, the Commission wants cities cities across Europe to be free of conventionally fuelled cars by 2050.

In a weird twist in the tale, the Egyptian government has approved a law criminalizing strikes and protest marches in the country, raising questions from various quarters whether this was the outcome expected by millions of Egyptians who passionately fought for the ouster of Hosni Mubarak's oppressive regime.

Stung soundly by the turn of events in Egypt, where it lost one of a few friendly governments in the region, Israel has swung back into action by calling for the banning of Muslim Brotherhood.

Sen. Harry Reid D-NV called on state legislators to ban prostitution in Nevada on Wednesday.

President Barack Obama and his administration have called unconstitutional a part of the 1996 federal law that calls the government to define marriage to be a legal union between one man and one woman. The administration will not defend Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act in two pending legal cases, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, said on Wednesday.

They thought the act was too risky.

Ivory Coast presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara will extend until March 10 the period of the ban he has called on cocoa exports to try to unseat his rival, a spokesman for his government said on Tuesday.

Starting Wednesday, drivers in New York face one of the stiffest bans imposed by the nation on usage of handheld cell phones while driving.

Ivory Coast's presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara said he will extend indefinitely a one-month ban on cocoa exports if his rival does not leave power by the end of that period next week.

LG, Sony are indulging in patent wars over PS3

EU member states failed to relax a travel ban on Iran's foreign minister in time for him to attend this weekend's Munich security conference, but plan further discussion on whether to let him visit the bloc in future, an EU official said Friday.

While airlines are cancelling flights and countries are flying travelers back home, Russian Federal Air Transportation Agency might ban charter flights to Egypt.

Thousands of Egyptians defied a ban on protests by returning to Egypt's streets on Wednesday and calling for President Hosni Mubarak to leave office, and some scuffled with police.

Egypt said on Wednesday it would ban demonstrations and detain protesters, seeking to draw a line under unprecedented protests against President Hosni Mubarak's rule.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned preposterous comments by a U.N.-appointed expert on Palestinian rights that there was a cover-up over the Sept. 11 attacks, Ban's chief of staff said on Monday.

Cocoa surged to near its highest price in 30 years as U.S. trader Cargill complied with demands for an export ban from top producer Ivory Coast by Alassane Ouattara, who aims to stop cash reaching his presidential rival.

The Supreme Court of India has adjourned until the second week of February a hearing on a petition seeking to lift a ban on iron ore exports from Karnataka, a court order showed on Thursday.

Women who are qualified to serve in combat should be allowed to do so, according to a nonpartisan commission tasked with promoting equal opportunity in the U.S. military services.

U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-NY, who lost her husband and saw her son injured in the 1993 Long Island train massacre, will introduce legislation today to ban the sale of enhanced gun clips, like the one used by the shooter in the Tucson massacre of Jan. 8.

U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar is seeking to renew the Federal Assault Weapon Ban (AWB) which expired on September 13, 2004.