News stories by AJ Correspondents

DOHA, Jan 16 (IPS) - Egyptians have overwhelmingly voted in favour of a new constitution drafted by the army-backed interim government, according to early results.

DOHA, Dic 05 (IPS) - Women's rights activists in Morocco have criticised the Islamist-led government for excluding them from drafting proposed legislation to combat violence against women and for seeking to dilute the bill through changes.

QATAR, Sep 16 (IPS) - A top policewoman in southern Afghanistan has died after being shot by unknown attackers, months after her predecessor was also slain in similar circumstances.

QATAR, Jul 22 (IPS) - A manhunt is under way for hundreds of inmates, including several high-ranking al-Qaeda members, who escaped two Iraqi prisons following deadly attacks.

DOHA, Apr 04 (IPS) - French senators have begun examining a controversial bill to legalise same-sex marriage and adoption, prompting protests by opponents keen to see the reform thrown out.

DOHA, Mar 28 (IPS) - Thai authorities and Muslim rebels leaders have started peace talks aimed at ending almost a decade of unrest in the country's far south, as fresh violence killed at least five people.

DOHA, Mar 07 (IPS) - North Korea has vowed to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States, hours ahead of a U.N. vote on whether to level new sanctions against Pyongyang for its recent nuclear test.

DOHA, Mar 05 (IPS) - Afghanistan's Kabul Bank is back in the news, with the sentencing of two of its top executives to five years in prison for fraud. But being in the limelight - for good or bad - has been part of the bank's saga since its inception in 2004.

DOHA, Dic 06 (IPS) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been holding tense talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel as plans to build thousands of new settler homes on occupied Palestinian land strain ties with key allies.

DOHA, Nov 15 (IPS) - State media report that Xi Jinping is to take the reins of China's all-powerful Communist Party in a leadership transition that will put him in charge of the world's number-two economy for the next decade.