Time.com – One of the world’s top crusaders against human-rights violations has been banned from the bench for 11 years. And his legal troubles aren’t over Read more

AP – The harshest winter in decades has added to the woes of more than 140,000 quake survivors who are braving record low temperatures and heavy snow fall in tents or temporary homes in eastern Turkey. Read more

AP – A British woman has been barred from leaving Egypt because she is on a list of foreigners under investigation over ties to foreign nonprofit groups accused of fomenting unrest in the country. Read more

AP – In the run-up to this city’s huge Carnival, the cash register at the souvenir shop where Vania Alves works is normally buzzing as hoards of revelers scoop up rubber thong sandals, teeny bikinis and sarongs printed with the Brazilian flag. Read more

AP – Authorities have charged a Guinean army colonel in connection with a 2009 massacre of pro-democracy demonstrators at a soccer stadium, making him the first high-ranking official to face trial for the atrocities. Read more