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Syrians bombard rebels, Obama says Assad will fall

YoopyaMar 7, 20120

(Reuters) – Syrian tanks bombarded opposition areas in Homs overnight and the Red Cross tried for a sixth day to gain access to Baba Amr,

Insight: Japan missed tsunami wake-up call for change

YoopyaMar 7, 20120

(Reuters) – Three months after Japan’s March 11 triple disaster, a long-time expert on the country arrived in Tokyo to research a book he intended

Obama says new Iran talks should calm “drums of war”

YoopyaMar 7, 2012March 19, 20230

President Barack Obama said an announcement on Tuesday of six-power talks with Iran offered a diplomatic chance to defuse a crisis over its nuclear program

China cuts growth target to 8-year low, to boost consumption

YoopyaMar 5, 20120

(Reuters) – Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao cut his nation’s 2012 growth target to an eight-year low of 7.5 percent and made boosting consumer demand the

U.N. chief speaks of “grisly reports” from Syria

YoopyaMar 3, 20120

(Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday he had received “grisly reports” that Syrian government forces were arbitrarily executing, imprisoning and torturing people

In Beijing, reform waits in the wings

YoopyaMar 2, 20120

(Reuters) – China’s leaders face a parliament meeting next week likely to bring into focus a deepening worry that they have squandered their chance for

Iran religious, political hardliners face off in vote

YoopyaMar 2, 20120

(Reuters) – Iranians voted on Friday in a parliamentary election which is expected to reinforce the power of the clerical establishment of Supreme Leader Ayatollah

Nepali villager, 72, declared world’s shortest man

YoopyaFeb 28, 20120

(Reuters) – Home to Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, the scenic country of Nepal on Sunday added another height-related superlative – of having the

Crack in China’s firewall turns Obama page into freedom forum

YoopyaFeb 28, 20120

(Reuters) – Chinese Internet users taking advantage of temporary access to Google Inc’s social networking site, Google+, have flooded U.S. President Barack Obama’s page on

Syria approves new constitution amid bloodshed

YoopyaFeb 28, 20120

(Reuters) – Syrian artillery pounded rebel-held areas of Homs as President Bashar al-Assad’s government announced that voters had overwhelmingly approved a new constitution in a