The main presidential candidate in Egypt for the Muslim Brotherhood who's just been disqualified has warned the progress towards democracy is in danger. Khairat al-Shater said the Brotherhood would increase its pressure both inside and outside parliament to ensure that the transition to democracy goes ahead. The Brotherhood has already said that it's putting its support behind its second-choice candidate.

There's growing outrage in South Africa over the spread of a video that appears to show a teenage girl being raped by a group of young men.

Police found the girl on Wednesday in Soweto, and have now arrested and charged eight suspects. They say the girl is 17 but has a mental capacity of a five-year-old. Karen Allen reports from Johannesburg.

The video, which was uncovered by a South African newspaper, allegedly shows the teenager being raped by seven men. They are reported to be laughing and joking during the teenager's ordeal, which allegedly took place in the township of Soweto last week. But what's prompted a stern response by the ruling party and public health officials is that the film has been circulating on the Internet and on mobile phones. In a country where a recent study by the Medical Research Council suggested that more than a quarter of men questioned here had admitted raping a female, this case has triggered outrage on social networking sites.

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Pakistan's army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has called for the demilitarisation of the Siachen Glacier area in the Himalayas, an area known as the world's highest battlefield. He was speaking after visiting an army base near the glacier, where an avalanche killed more than 130 soldiers more than a week ago.