Thousands gather in protest as parliament votes to pass new austerity measures in 2013 budget
Islamic countries brace for anti-west protests
• Pakistan blocks mobile phone signals in 15 cities
• French embassies and schools closed in around 20 countries
• Tunisia bans protests against Charlie Hebdo cartoons
France opens murder inquiry into Yasser Arafat’s death
Public prosecutor will try to establish if Arafat was poisoned with polonium-210
Pussy Riot verdict greeted with defiance
‘What Putin wants, he gets,’ say angry supporters of punk band jailed for ‘violating social order’