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Sri Lanka defends rights record at Commonwealth

YoopyaNov 14, 2013January 31, 20240

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The president of Sri Lanka hit out Thursday at reporters and critics who question his nation’s human rights record, saying

U.S., Britain send warships to help Philippine relief efforts

YoopyaNov 12, 2013June 24, 20230

(Reuters) – A U.S. aircraft carrier set sail for the Philippines on Tuesday to accelerate relief efforts after a typhoon killed an estimated 10,000 people

Philippine typhoon survivors beg for help as rescuers struggle

YoopyaNov 11, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – Dazed survivors begged for help and scavenged for food, water and medicine on Monday, as relief workers struggled to reach victims of a

For many Fukushima evacuees, the truth is they won’t be going home

YoopyaNov 11, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – For many of Japan’s oldest nuclear refugees, all they want is to be allowed back to the homes they were forced to abandon.

Syrian opposition agrees to participate in Geneva peace talks

YoopyaNov 11, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – – The Western-backed Syrian opposition agreed to participate in international peace talks in Geneva, the Syrian National Coalition said in a statement early

Super typhoon Haiyan slams into central Philippines, millions flee

YoopyaNov 8, 2013March 3, 20240

(Reuters) – The strongest typhoon in the world this year and possibly the most powerful ever to hit land battered the central Philippines on Friday,

Possible evidence of Arafat poisoning is reported

YoopyaNov 7, 2013February 14, 20240

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Swiss scientists have found evidence suggesting Yasser Arafat may have been poisoned with a radioactive substance, a TV station reported

1 killed, 8 injured in northern China explosions

YoopyaNov 6, 2013February 14, 20240

BEIJING (AP) — A series of small explosions killed one person and injured eight others Wednesday outside the provincial headquarters of the ruling Communist Party

Bangladesh sentences 152 to death for 2009 mutiny

YoopyaNov 5, 2013March 6, 20240

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A court in Bangladesh on Tuesday sentenced 152 people to death for their actions in a 2009 border guard mutiny in

Syrian government says aid, vaccinations will reach all

YoopyaNov 5, 2013March 10, 20240

(Reuters) – The Syrian government promised on Monday to ensure delivery of vaccinations and humanitarian aid across the country, after an outbreak of polio in