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Syrian rebels fight for strategic town in Hama province

YoopyaDec 21, 20120

(Reuters) – Rebels began to push into a strategic town in Syria’s central Hama province on Thursday and laid siege to at least one town

Fifth arrest in Delhi bus gang rape

YoopyaDec 21, 20120

Police in the Indian capital say they have arrested a fifth person in connection with the gang rape on a bus of a young woman

Al Qaeda grows powerful in Syria as endgame nears

YoopyaDec 20, 20120

(Reuters) – Having seen its star wane in Iraq, al Qaeda has staged a comeback in neighbouring Syria, posing a dilemma for the opposition fighting to remove President Bashar

Business as usual for South Korea’s chaebol under Park

YoopyaDec 20, 20120

(Reuters) – A Park will be back in South Korea’s presidential mansion come February, and the big businesses, or chaebol, that dominate the country’s economy will be

India’s Modi looks set to win state poll, may boost PM ambitions

YoopyaDec 20, 20120

(Reuters) – Narendra Modi looked set to win a fourth successive term as the chief minister of India’s Gujarat state on Thursday, a victory that

U.S. soldier could face death penalty for Afghan killings

YoopyaDec 20, 20120

(Reuters) – A decorated U.S. soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers in two forays from his remote military camp was ordered to face a

Rebels seize towns in central Syria

YoopyaDec 20, 20120

(Reuters) – Syrian rebels have captured at least six towns in the central province of Hama, activists say, in an operation aimed at putting pressure

Pakistan clerics calls for protests against polio worker killings

YoopyaDec 20, 20120

(Reuters) – An alliance of Pakistani clerics will hold demonstrations across the country against the killings of polio eradication campaign workers, leaders said on Thursday,

Final member of NBC team free after Syria kidnap

YoopyaDec 19, 20120

LONDON (AP) — The last missing member of an NBC team that was kidnapped in Syria has been freed and is safely in Turkey, NBC

Pakistan polio attacks: Three killed in Peshawar

YoopyaDec 19, 20120

Three health workers have died in gun attacks in Peshawar, the latest in a spate of strikes against a polio vaccination drive in Pakistan. A