Australia's Race Discrimination commissioner Helen Szoke has urged the social networking company Facebook to remove a page depicting Aboriginal people in Australia as drunks and welfare cheats. The Australian government has accused Facebook of using its US base to avoid Australian anti-discrimination laws. The page was removed briefly on Wednesday but reappeared later with the label 'controversial humor'. In a statement, Facebook acknowledged the public concern but said it believed that sharing information invited debate and greater understanding.

澳大利亚种族歧视专员Helen Szoke敦促社交网络公司Facebook移去一个将澳洲土著描述为醉汉和福利骗子的页面。澳大利亚政府指控Facebook利用在美国的基地规避澳大利亚的反歧视法。这个页面周三被短暂移去，但后来再次出现，并加上标签“有争议的幽默”。Facebook在声明中承认公众考虑的问题，但称相信信息共享会促进辩论和更深的理解。

The interim government in Mali has said that military action in the north of the country is inevitable after Islamists cut off the hand of a man they said was a thief. The statement said the public amputation was a new vile act by Islamists who have taken control of the north. Meanwhile, officials from the West African bloc Eocowas have started talks with the African Union and the United Nations in the Malian capital Bamako on a possible military intervention and taking the north back.