Turkey's authoritarian prime minister left little doubt at his ruling party congress as to which way his country was facing.

Company under heavy criticism for airbrushing women out of Saudi Arabian catalogue, raising questions about its policies on gender equality.

Billionaire businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili said that Saakashvili's ideology "was all based on lies."

Russia's communications minister tweeted that Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev urged the social media giant's founder to abandon plans to lure away Russian programmers and instead open a research center in Moscow.

Four legal challenges will be heard Tuesday; U.S. has asked for the suspects to be handed over, but process had been delayed by human rights objections.

Justice Ministry spokeswoman said the film was deemed extremist because it could incite ethnic and religious hatred.

Greece's brutal recession is set to extend into 2013, when the economy will contract by another 3.8 percent, according to forecasts.

Fear a repeat of violent scenes two years ago when ultranationalists tried to disrupt a similar event.

"We should have reacted and realized that excluding women from the Saudi Arabian version of the catalogue is in conflict with the IKEA Group values," the company said.

Appeals court is due to rule on band's conviction for hooliganism Monday; group's lawyers say they will not admit guilt.