The United Nation has warned that their figure of 28,000 displaced is likely to rise, as refugees in several areas along the western coast are yet to be counted.

The UN’s Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Ashok Nigam, said that around 27,300 of the displaced are Muslim.

The latest violence in Arakan state has killed at least 84 people according to government figures, but human rights groups have claimed that the toll is likely to be much higher.

The Burmese government said on Monday that it has increased security in Arakan state.

Arakanese Buddhist mobs have been attacking Rohingya Muslims for several months now, killing hundreds and displacing nearly 100,000 of the stateless Rohingya.

“There is a strong recognition that Algeria has to be a central part of the solution”.

"One of the things that we'll be talking about is... the role that Algeria could play if Ecowas provides the boots on the ground”

"Then the rest of us have to support that and create the means for it to succeed."

“It’s very clear that a political process and our counterterrorism efforts in Mali need to work in parallel and be mutually reinforcing”.

The bombing of a church in northern Nigeria on Sunday, has sparked reprisal attacks by angry Christian youths.

Eight people were killed, and over 100 people wounded, when a car packed with explosives was driven into St Rita's church in the Malali area of Kaduna.

Following the attack, Christian youths armed with sticks and knives took to the streets. Reuters reported pools of blood and two dead bodies at the scene, with one youth shouting, "We killed them, and we'll do more".

The police spokesperson, Aminu Lawai, later said the violence had settled. Speaking to the press, he said, "all the areas prone to reprisal attacks are under control and getting back to normal,"

Whilst no one has claimed responsibility for the church bombing, Boko Haram are believed to be responsible.

A plan to expand a petrochemical plant in China’s Zhejiang province has been scrapped after protesting crowds gathered in Ningbo over several days.

Crowds opposed to the expansion clashed with police and thousands of protestors were dispersed by security forces on Saturday.

Protestors again marched on the district government office on Sunday, calling for a stop to the project.

"There is very little public confidence in the government," protester Liu Li told the Associated Press.

"Who knows if they are saying this just to make us leave and then keep on doing the project,"

On Sunday evening the local government announced that the project would not go ahead, after meeting protestors to hear their demands.

"The ceasefire is practically over. Damascus has been under brutal air raids since day one and hundreds of people have been arrested”.

"These terrorist groups must be confronted, their remnants chased and an iron fist used to exterminate them and save the homeland from their evil".

"The Ashrafieh incident has to be contained because it could extend to other areas in the northeast where the PKK is well organised".

"My main task will be to continue the inquiry in the direction of determining the high-ranking political and military authorities responsible for these crimes."

"We don't know yet whether it will be an international court or a national court or what. Our task is to carry out this investigation to gather evidence and it will be up to the U.N. Human Rights Council or Security Council to decide,"

"The similarity is of course we are handling the same crimes, crimes against humanity and war crimes for sure."

Iraqi Kurds from the UK have started a campaign for recognition of the mass-killing of Kurds in the 1980s and before as genocide.

Saddam Hussein’s regime killed over 180,000 Kurds in the northern region of Kurdistan, but the killing of Kurds by Arabs has occurred in the region since the 1960s.

The campaign, called Justice4Genocide, is petitioning the British Government to declare the atrocities as genocide and is calling on the EU and UN to do the same.

The calls for genocide recognition are supported by several British MPs and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).

"Different people were responsible through different decades, so there are many, many people who have blood on their hands.” Said Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman of the KRG.

"Even though Saddam Hussein was charged with genocide he wasn't actually tried for genocide so that's another frustration for survivors."

A spokesperson for the British Foreign Office said,

"It is clear that appalling atrocities have been perpetrated against the Iraqi Kurds and other minorities.

"We have always condemned those crimes, which caused so much suffering to so many people.

"Today, we work closely with all of the people of Iraq to help support a stable, democratic and prosperous country where such atrocities can never happen again."

An European delegation cancelled a planned trip to Iran, after their request to meeting two jailed activists was refused.

Iran's ambassador told the EU that it was 'impossible to guarantee that the members of the European Parliament could meet jailed human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and filmmaker Jafar Panahi', reported Reuters. 

In a written statement, Martin Schulz, the President of the European Parliament, said:

"I deeply regret that permission to meet the Sakharov laureates was withheld. The European Parliament is nevertheless determined to continue its support for and involvement with the Iranian civil society."

On Friday, the EU had awarded the two activists the Sakharov prize for human rights and freedom of thought.

The UK government has rejected requests by the US to use British bases to support an eventual attack on Iran.

The Guardian reported on Thursday that the US also lobbied for the use of British bases in Cyprus, Diego Garcia and Ascension Island, but British authorities said that legal advice suggested that any pre-emptive strike on Iran could be illegal.

Officials said a secret document, drafted by the attorney general’s office, says that Iran does not represent “a clear and present threat”, which means, assisting forces that are attacking Iran would be a clear breach of international law.

“The UK would be in breach of international law if it facilitated what amounted to a pre-emptive strike on Iran," a senior Whitehall source told The Guardian.

"It is explicit. The government has been using this to push back against the Americans."

There has been no official request by the US, and it is thought that the informal request were to gauge Britain’s position on the issue.

“But I think the US has been surprised that ministers have been reluctant to provide assurances about this kind of upfront assistance," said another source to The Guardian.

"They'd expect resistance from senior Liberal Democrats, but it's Tories as well. That has come as a bit of a surprise."

A Foreign Office spokesman said,

"As we continue to make clear, the government does not believe military action against Iran is the right course of action at this time, although no option is off the table.

"We believe that the twin-track approach of pressure through sanctions, which are having an impact, and engagement with Iran is the best way to resolve the nuclear issue.

"We are not going to speculate about scenarios in which military action would be legal. That would depend on the circumstances at the time."

The Chinese foreign ministry has blocked The New York Times' English and Chinese language websites, whilst also banning searches for “New York Times” on search engines and micro blogs.

The New York Times was accused of smearing the country’s reputation after releasing a report that outlined appropriation of wealth by the Chinese Head of government, Wen Jiabao, who had distributed assets worth $2.7 within his extended family.

The New York Times report, that posed questions around Jiabao’s ‘modest background’ , was also referred to in a BBC news report which was then also blocked by Beijing.

A spokesman, Hong Lei, explained the decision to block the site, stating,

“China manages the internet in accordance with laws and rules.”

The Chinese censorship of reports on wealth distribution is becoming a regular occurrence, with a similar Bloomberg report being blocked earlier this year.

China’s most recent act of censorship comes as the Chinese leadership transition, which occurs once in a decade, is set to take place within the next few weeks.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) have demanded that the Burmese government take immediate action to stop sectarian violence against the Rohingya Muslim population in the Arakan state.

HRW has obtained satellite imagery which shows extensive destruction of homes and properties in a predominantly Rohingya Muslim populated coastal town.

The Burmese government needs to ensure aid and protection for Rohingyas and Arakanese in the Western state, HRW said.

Deputy Asia director at HRW, Phil Robertson said:

“Burma’s government urgently needs to provide security for the Rohingya in Arakan State, who are under vicious attack,”

“Unless the authorities also start addressing the root causes of the violence, it is only likely to get worse.”

“Deploying sufficient security forces to restore order impartially and protect basic rights in Arakan State is necessary, but not enough,”

“Burmese government officials and opposition leaders need to condemn the violence and work for lasting solutions to Arakan’s ethnic problems.”

See here for full HRW press release.

"Everyone in this area is with the revolution,"

"The people hurt are children from this area. I don't think people would try to kill their own children. So I think it was very clear who did this. It is unacceptable."

"But if they fire a single shot, we will respond with 100. So we reserve the right to respond."

The Sudanese government has said it will report Israel to the United Nations, over explosions in an arms factory, which Khartoum claims was caused by Israel.

Israel has not commented on the claims, but the Sudanese envoy to the UN, Daffa-Alla Elhag Ali Osman, said Israel had entered Sudanese air space three times in the last few years.

Sources from Sudan told the BBC that the factory is thought to have been operated by Iranians.

Leaked US documents also suggest that weapons manufactured on Sudan were being smuggled into Gaza through Egypt, which would be seen by Israel as a legitimate cause to attack the factories.

"The regime is supported by Iran and it serves as a route for the transfer, via Egyptian territory, of Iranian weapons to Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists," said Amos Gilad, a senior official at the Israeli defence ministry, to the AFP, but he did not comment on Sudan's claims that Israel was behind the attack.