A BBC correspondent in Damascus says people here have been hearing the non-stopped sound of the fighter jets, military helicopters and explosions for a third day. A communications block out that blocked Syrians from knowing what's happening across the country has now eased as the internet has become accessible again.
Tunisian police have clashed with demonstrators in a fifth of protests that appears to be spreading from the city of Siliana. Police fired tear gas as stone-throwing used in the town of Bargo and in Siliana itself, where demonstrators demanded the resignation of the regional governor and the economic development of the region.
Hundreds of Brazilians have taken part in a march in Rio de Janeiro to protest against government plans to privatize the city's Maracana football stadium ahead of the 2014 World Cup. Here is Nicolas Nicolas Rocha.
Wearing traditional Indian costumes, many of the demonstrators are carrying banners reading "Maracana is ours". They say the stadium is a symbol of the city, although also with other buildings in the Maracana complex such as an Indian museum which may be demolished. They claimed the government is acting behind their backs by not consulting them on the stadium's future. The authorities say some buildings around in Maracana need to be removed to complete the stadium's renovation.
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Reports from the Democratic Republic of Congo say rebels have now withdrawn from the city of Goma which they captured less than two weeks ago. Eyewitnesses said they saw convoys of the trucks carrying members of the M23 group along the road leading out of Goma. Their withdrawal follows a meeting of regional leaders in the Ugandan capital Kampala aimed resolving the crisis.