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Running from Putin: Russia's new political refugees In August, a group of Russian environmentalists were walking along a beach on the Black Sea, just outside the walls surrounding a majestic palace that has been linked to President Vladimir Putin.

29 December 2012

Instagram sued over contract changes A lawsuit is seeking to stop Instagram from changing its terms of service, saying the Facebook-owned smartphone photo-sharing service is breaching its contract with users.

25 December 2012

User revolt causes Instagram to keep old rules Instagram on Thursday tried to calm a user rebellion by nixing a change that would have given the Facebook-owned mobile photo sharing service unfettered rights to people's pictures.

21 December 2012

PHOTO: Body-art photos exhibited in Petropavlovsk 27 body-art photos were exhibited at Petropavlovsk Arts Museum.

09 October 2012

British royals condemn Kate topless photos Prince William and his wife Catherine reacted with fury after a French magazine published topless photos of her, saying it raised the spectre of press harassment of William's mother Diana.

14 September 2012

Facebook buys Instagram photo app for $1 bn Facebook announced Monday that it made a billion-dollar-deal to buy the startup behind wildly popular smartphone photo sharing application Instagram.

10 April 2012