Somali and world news

Moscow, Dad tiradooda lagu qiyaasay Kun qof ayaa la sheegay in dhaawac ka soo gaaray dhagaxaan olalaya oo iyagoo sida kubada u duuban, xawaare sida gantaalada oo kale ahna ku socda ku habsaday jimcihii shalay dhinaca bari ee gobolka Ural ee dalka Ruushka. Sida ay ku warameen wakaaladaha wararka dunida, waxa gobolka Ural ee dalka Ruushka Jimcihii shalay, ku habsaday dhagaxyo hawada sare ka soo dhacay, kuwaas oo sida gantaalka u socday iyaga oo olalayana laga arkayay cirka ka hor intii aanay ku habsan degaankaas ee aanay sababin dhaawaca iyo khasaaraha tirada badan. Dadka ku wax yeeloobay ayaa la sheegay in badankoodu ay ku dhaawacmeen daaqadaha guryaha oo markii ay burbureen, ku soo firaray, waxaana burbur wayni soo gaaray guryaha degaankaas oo markii dhagaxaas olalayay uu ku habsaday degaankaas sida dhul gariirka oo kale ugu burburay ama ugu dumay. Dadka ku dhaawacmay shilkaan ayaa badankoodu arkayay oo daawanayay markii dhagxaantaas oo sida kubad wayn oo kale ahi cirka ka soo...

In Egypt, thousands of men and women have marched against the sexual harrassment of female protestors.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has arrived in Cairo, marking the first visit to Egypt by an Iranian president since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution. Ahmadinejad flew into the capital, Cairo, to attend a summit of the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation (OIC), which begins on Wednesday. Al Jazeera's Rawyah Rageh reports from Cairo.

The Somali President is in Europe, where he's trying to persuade leaders to invest in his country. Among the issues he hopes to address is the state of the Horn of Africa nation's judiciary. Speaking to Al Jazeera from London, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the president, said though his government "is the only government that has proven" it is dedicated to improving the lives of women in the nation, he will not directly interfere in an ongoing court case a woman allegedly gang-raped by soldiers and the journalist who conducted an interview with her about the sexual abuse.

Religious scholar "sentenced to pay blood money to mother after serving short jail term" for daughter's death. Lamia was admitted to hospital with multiple injuries, including a crushed skull, broken ribs and left arm A Saudi man who raped his five-year-old daughter and tortured her to death has been sentenced to pay "blood money" to the mother after having served a short jail term, according to activists. The man, said to be a religious scholar who is also a regular guest on Islamic television networks, confessed to having used cables and a cane to inflict the injuries, activists from the group Women to Drive said in a statement on Saturday. Lamia was admitted to hospital on December 25, 2011, with multiple injuries, including a crushed skull, broken ribs and left arm, extensive bruising and burns, the activists said. They said the father had doubted his daughter Lama's virginity and had her checked up by a medic. She died last October. ...