Google India has removed web pages deemed offensive to Indian political and religious leaders to comply with a court case that has raised censorship fears in the world's largest democracy, media reported Monday.

The world's foremost gathering of business and political leaders wrapped up their meetings Sunday in Davos, Switzerland amid fears that economic turmoil in Europe could spread around the world.

Syrians have cast ballots in parliamentary elections billed by the regime as key to President Bashar al-Assad's political reforms, but the opposition dismissed the vote as a sham meant to preserve his autocratic rule.