solidarity
with the popular uprising in Egypt. An unnamed Iranian official told the Fars news agency the report of the jailing wasn't true. He said the men remained at their homes but
incommunicado
.
World News from the BBC
Pirates in the Indian Ocean have captured a sailing boat carrying seven Danish citizens, including a couple and their three children. Danish officials say that the boat is now heading towards Somalia. Julian Isherwood reports from Copenhagen.
Information is
sparse
on exactly what happened. The foreign ministry says that the national sea rescue service in Denmark received an SOS from the boat on 24 February and immediately began investigating what had happened to the vessel. Since then the ministry says it's been confirmed that the boat was hijacked by pirates and was being sailed to the Somali coast.
It's not immediately clear exactly where the vessel was when it was taken, nor its exact position at the moment.
Officials at Bangladeshi central bank and financial regulator have taken steps to remove Muhammad Yunus from the microfinance lender Grameen Bank that he founded. They say his position was unlawful because his
tenure
hadn't been formally approved. Last month, the Bangladeshi government ordered an investigation into the Grameen Bank's operations. Mr Yunus's supporters accuse the government of targeting him as part of a personal vendetta because he launched his own political party in 2007.