Bus Drivers are on their best behaviour in Uganda. The government is using police spies to go undercover on buses to record reckless drivers which caused over 2,300 deaths last year.
 
In the battle Presidnet Sarkozy Vs a doll, the doll has won. French President Nicholas Sarkozy has lost his court battle to ban a voodoo doll bearing his likeness and some of his famous quotes. The court said the voodoo doll was “within the authorised boundaires of freedom of expression and the right to humour”.
 
Tens of thousands of Syrians protestors didn’t clash with hundred of riot police outside the US Embassy in Damascus. The protestors were demonstrating against a US air raid on the Iraqi boarder that left eight Syrians dead. The crowd dispersed peacefully after a couple of hours, and no violence was recorded.
 
More than 30 activists were arrested outside the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston. The protestors were protesting against the governments plans to spend over £6 billon on the Establishment over the next three years.
 
A Morroccan boy has been jailed for insulting the King of Morocco - by daring to suggest Barcelona football team is more important than the King. The boy altered the phrase “God, The Nation, The King” on the school blackboard to read “God, The Nation, Barcelona FC”. It is unknown whether the King is actually better at football than Barcelona FC.
 
It is best not to ask how you say “car keys in a bowl” in Egyptian. Egyptian police have arrested a senior civil servant and his wife, accusing them of swapping sex partners with other couples.
 
A boat has done the supposedly impossible by sailing from Cyprus to Gaza. The ship Dignity battled through an Israeli blockade to carry 27 pro-Palestine activists to the Gaza strip.
 
Would you eat at a Thai restaurant called The Royal Firewall? The Thai government is proposing to build an internet firewall to block out criticism of Thailand’s royal family. The Information Ministry says it has received many complaints about insulting sites, most of which are based abroad. The solution “don’t type Thai, King and Insults into Google” has not been addressed.