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China’s Wen bets final year on reform push

YoopyaMar 14, 20120

(Reuters) – China must embrace slower growth and bolder political reform to keep its economy from faltering and to spread wealth more evenly, Premier Wen

Obama aims to dispel Afghan anger over massacre

YoopyaMar 14, 20120

By David Alexander and Rob Taylor WASHINGTON/KABUL (Reuters) – President Barack Obama sought on Tuesday to dispel Afghan anger over a U.S. soldier’s massacre of

Syria forces attack town; Annan receives Assad response

YoopyaMar 14, 2012April 8, 20230

By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) – Heavily armed forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad battled rebels in the southern city of Deraa on Wednesday,

Syrian soldiers reported killed in ambush

YoopyaMar 13, 20120

(Reuters) – Syrian army defectors killed at least 10 soldiers in an ambush in the northern town of Idlib on Tuesday, a rights activist said,

Afghan Taliban threaten to behead U.S. soldiers

YoopyaMar 13, 20120

(Reuters) – Suspected insurgents fired on an Afghan government delegation on Tuesday investigating the massacre of 16 civilians by a U.S. soldier, officials said, hours

Afghan deaths could delay strategic pact with U.S.

YoopyaMar 12, 20120

By Ahmad Nadem and Ahmad Haroon KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – The killing of 16 villagers by an American soldier in Afghanistan’s south could hurt Washington’s

Annan ends Syria visit with no clear progress

YoopyaMar 12, 2012June 19, 20230

By Dominic Evans BEIRUT (Reuters) – U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan has ended talks with President Bashar al-Assad and left Syria with little sign of

Annan to meet Assad, seeking end to Syria violence

YoopyaMar 10, 20120

(Reuters) – U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan meets President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday to press for a political solution to Syria’s year-long uprising and bloody

Powers urge Iran to open army site to IAEA inspectors

YoopyaMar 9, 20120

By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA (Reuters) – Six world powers demanded Iran keep its promise to let international inspectors visit a military installation where the U.N.

Syrian rebels reject Annan’s call for dialogue

YoopyaMar 9, 2012June 19, 20230

By Edmund Blair and Oliver Holmes CAIRO/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Kofi Annan, the U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria, said he would urge President Bashar al-Assad and