Thus, some measure of control has to be retained to prevent an abuse of right to speak freely.

FORBES: Tens of Thousands Protest in Moscow In Support of the Orthodox Church - Illiberalism is Alive and Well in Russia

We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others.

FORBES: Obama's U.N. Talk Bolsters The U.N.'s Assault On Free Speech

Two women from Pakistan who said they were victims of threat and abuse have won the right to seek asylum in Britain.

BBC: News | UK Politics | Pakistani women win asylum ruling

Mr Hague has insisted he has the right to highlight "organised abuse" of the UK's immigration system.

BBC: You are in: UK Politics

Today is about the millions of women -- the victims of domestic abuse and sexual assault -- who are out there right now looking for a lifeline, looking for support.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Signs the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization | The White House

In the first few weeks of 2004, the BBC will bring us England Expects - a harsh drama about the far right with Steven Mackintosh (of Care, the 2000 drama about child abuse) in a typically strong role.

BBC: Curtain up on 2004's TV

The leader of France's extreme-right National Front, Jean-Marie Le Pen, now hurls most of his abuse at Muslims, not Jews.

ECONOMIST: An explosive relationship | The

Police are "right" to look again at whether former Labour minister Denis MacShane broke the law in his abuse of parliamentary expenses, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper has said.

BBC: Police right to revisit MacShane case, says Yvette Cooper