Sixty members of parliament in Algeria, most from a Madrid Islamist coalition, have walked out the inaugural session. They claimed the recent election was

fixed

in favor of the governing FLN and its coalition partner. From Algeria's Chloe Arnold.

49 members of the Green Algeria Alliance and 11 members of smaller parties

walked out

of parliament's first sitting since election earlier this month. The election had been built as no alternative to the unrest that’s gripped to many parts of the Arab world over the last 18 months, but the turnout was low and made lack of interest and the feeling among many Algerians that the election will do little to ease unemployment and housing shortages.

The prime minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina has officially launched their country's first online tax system. The government hopes it will encourage more people to pay income tax.

This year's Eurovision Song contest is taking place in the former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan. Among the 26 contenders, there are six Russian grandmothers and the 76-year-old British

vocalist

Engelbert Humperdinck. On Friday, police detained dozens of anti-government protesters close to the

venue

in this area's capital Baku. Activist has criticized the human rights record of President Ilham Aliyev, his wife lied Azerbaijan's Eurovision organizing committee, his daughter is the host of the contest and his son in law is due to sing in the interval.