One of the main opposition leaders in Rwanda says she's refusing to participate in her terrorism trial. Victoire Ingabire said she would no longer go to court. She complained that the judiciary was biased and the charges were politically motivated.
A female model, Imane Fadil, has told a court in Milan that she was paid personally by Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi when she attended a raunchy party. Alan Johnston has more.
Imane Fadil said that she was invited to several of what became known as the then prime minister's "bunga bunga" parties. In the state news agency's account of her court testimony, Ms Fadil said that the first time she went, she was paid 2,000 just for attending. She said that on that first evening, she saw two women dance for Mr Berlusconi dressed as nuns. She named one of the dancers who is now a regional counselor representing Mr Berlusconi's party.
King Juan Carlos of Spain has been widely criticised for going hunting in Africa at the height of his country's economic crisis. The trip to Botswana by the 74-year-old monarch came to light because he fractured his hip while away. The palace refused to comment on reports that the king was hunting elephants. Many newspaper editorials have been critical of the monarch, and an online petition signed by nearly 50,000 people has called for him to step down from his position at an international conservation charity.
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