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Iran opens uranium mines, yellow cake plant

YoopyaApr 9, 20130

(Reuters) – Iran said on Tuesday it had started production at two uranium mines and a yellow cake plant, declaring that Western opposition would not slow its

Suicide car bomber kills 15 in central Damascus

YoopyaApr 9, 20130

(Reuters) – A suicide car bomb killed at least 15 people and wounded 53 in the main business district of Damascus on Monday in what the Syrian

Embassies staying put in North Korea despite tension

YoopyaApr 6, 20130

(Reuters) – Staff at embassies in North Koreaappeared to be remaining in place on Saturday despite an appeal by authorities in Pyongyang for diplomats to consider

Iran nuclear: Final day for talks to break deadlock

YoopyaApr 6, 20130

International negotiations on the Iranian nuclear programme have gone into their second and final day in Almaty with little sign of progress. Iran is being

UN agency ‘broke’ as Syria refugee funds run out

YoopyaApr 6, 20130

A UN agency has said it will soon be unable to provide “life-saving” aid to Syrian refugees in Jordan and other countries due to funds

Mumbai building collapse toll rises

YoopyaApr 6, 20130

The death toll from the collapse of a building near the Indian city of Mumbai has risen to more than 70, police say. The seven-storey

South Korea ‘deploys warships to track North missiles’

YoopyaApr 5, 20130

South Korea has deployed two warships with missile-defence systems, reports say, a day after the North apparently moved a missile to its east coast. Military

Shanghai closes poultry markets over bird flu

YoopyaApr 5, 20130

Chinese officials in the city of Shanghai have ordered the temporary closure of its poultry markets due to the H7N9 bird flu outbreak. A spokesman

Palestinian funerals draw thousands in tense West Bank

YoopyaApr 4, 20130

(Reuters) – Thousands of mourners turned out on Thursday for the funerals of three Palestinians, including two teenagers killed by Israeli army gunfire in some

U.S. to send missile defenses to Guam over North Korea threat

YoopyaApr 4, 20130

(Reuters) – The United States said it would soon send a missile defense system to Guam to defend it from North Korea, as the U.S. military