More than 120 prisoners in eastern Nigeria have escaped after armed men tore down the gate of the jail and forces the cells open. The prison was one of the several locations targeted in the town of Ganye near the border with Cameroon. A bank and at least one bar were also hit. The militant Islamist group Boko Haram is suspected of carrying out the simultaneous attacks, which police say, killed 25 people.

Hundreds of thousands people have

demonstrated

in Paris against plans to legalize gay marriage and adoption. Police fired tear gas to stop sections of the crowd breaking through into the Champs Elysees. Hugh Schofield reports from Paris.

It was the second monster demonstration against gay marriage that French capital has seen inside two months. There are some

organizers

called for a mass rally on one of the avenues leaving off the Arc de Triomphe. Once again, as in the first demonstration in January, it was a vast crowd. And once again most people said their motivation was not gay marriage as such, but their fears for the children of gay couples once they enjoyed the right to adopt. The bill goes before the upper house the senate in the early April were given the socialist majority there is likely to pass, meaning that gay marriage and adoption should be legalized in France by the middle of the year.

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The Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has warned that he may take steps to protect the nation after clashes on Friday between the Muslim Brotherhood to which he belongs and opposition protesters. Mr Morsi said he didn't want to be dragged into having to make a harsh decision. Opposition protesters attacked the Brotherhood offices in several cities and more than 150 people were injured in the clashes, the worst this year. An opposition spokesman described Mr Morsi's comments as scary, saying they could herald repressive measures.