A Ugandan lawyer who has sued Facebook Ireland over allegedly defamatory posts by an anonymous blogger has lost his appeal seeking the identity and location of the blogger.

A Ugandan court has invalidated a controversial anti-gay bill signed into law earlier this year, saying the measure is illegal because it was passed during a parliamentary session that lacked a quorum.

Emergency workers in Nairobi pulled four survivors from a collapsed building today as rescue teams from Israel, Britain and the US arrived in the Kenyan capital, but the death toll rose to 14 despite their efforts.