Tunisia prepares for an historic election, this time a vote will mean a real choice. We will be asking what complexion Tunisian politics is likely to have as it enters a new democratic age. Also, we take a look at a painful anniversary for the Algerians old enough to have taken part in demonstrations in Paris 50 years ago.
The French are divided over Dominique Strauss-Kahn's sincerity after the former IMF boss said he committed a "moral failing" in his encounter with a New York hotel maid. Also, the September 10th 1977 marked the last time the guillotine was used in France. Finally, French rock legend Johnny Hallyday takes to the stage, starring in a lesser-known Tennessee Williams play.
While millions paused to commemorate the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the United States, residents in Japan on Sunday paused for a moment of silence to reflect on the six-month anniversary of the tsunami that triggered a nuclear disaster.
Russian leaders made no public comment on Friday to mark the 20th anniversary of an attempted coup by Communist hardliners that was thwarted with the help of former president Boris Yeltsin (pictured), hastening the collapse of the Soviet Union.
China's Communist Party turned 90 on July 1st, and the government is expected to spare no expense in celebrating the fact. Growing social inequality and rampant corruption have seen the Party falling out of favour with many over the last few years, and so the government has launched a red campaign in an attempt to win over the waverers.
It's 5 years since Gilad Shalit, a Franco-Israeli soldier, was kidnapped by Palestinian militants in a cross-border raid in Gaza. Shalit was 19 and doing his military service when he was captured. Almost all young men and women in Israel undertake military service after leaving school. It's therefore easy to understand why so many Israelis identify with the Shalits and have joined an organisation known as "The Gilad Shalit friends' army".
On June 10th 2010, ethnic violence broke out in Osh between Kyrgyz and Uzbek communities. 500 people, mostly Uzbeks, were killed, and hundreds of thousands more forced to flee Kyrgyzstan. Aid organisations have built thousands of homes to shelter Uzbeks whose homes were destroyed. But a year on, the situation for many of them is as bad as ever.
It's been exactly a year since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, killing 11 people and spilling 780 million litres of oil into the sea in the Gulf of Mexico. While cleaner beaches might suggest things are getting back to normal, residents say life is anything but. Although some fisherman and others are still trying to eke out a living from the sea, locals say the area is yet to recover fully.
On April 12, 1961, Russian pilot Yuri Gagarin uttered two simple words – "Let's go" – as he launched himself into history as the first man in space. Fifty years on, Russia honours one of its greatest achievements and contributions to science.
On Sunday, Poland marks the first anniversary of the plane crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski and 95 other people, including the First Lady and a number of dignitaries. While the tragedy brought the Polish people together, the unity didn't last long; Kaczynski's supporters, including his twin brother, have hit the government with a series of accusations over his death and the crash investigation.
