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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

Woman in iconic tsunami photo looks to future

YoopyaFeb 28, 20120

By Yuriko Nakao ISHINOMAKI, Japan (Reuters) – The young Japanese woman clutches a beige blanket tight around her shoulders as she stares into the distance.

Osama bin Laden’s Pakistan home is no more

YoopyaFeb 27, 20120

February 27, 2012 — ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities have reduced the house where Osama bin Laden lived for years before he was killed

Nine killed in Afghan airport bomb, NATO base attacked

YoopyaFeb 27, 20120

(Reuters) – A suicide car bomber killed at least nine people in an attack on a military airport in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, officials said,

Twelve killed in protests across Afghanistan

YoopyaFeb 25, 20120

(Reuters) – Twelve people were killed on Friday in the bloodiest day yet in protests that have raged across Afghanistan over the desecration of copies

Iran has expanded sensitive nuclear work: U.N. agency

YoopyaFeb 25, 20120

(Reuters) – Iran has sharply stepped up its controversial uranium enrichment drive, the U.N. nuclear agency said on Friday in a report that will further

Evacuations in Syria as diplomatic pressure mounts

YoopyaFeb 25, 20120

(Reuters) – The first wounded and sick women trapped in the most embattled district of the Syrian city of Homs have been evacuated, and talks

‘Friends of Syria’ ready ultimatum for Assad

YoopyaFeb 24, 20120

February 24, 2012 — TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The United States, Europe and Arab countries were set Friday to back a proposal for Syria’s president