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Armed with rocket and maybe heir, Kim Jong-un remembers father

YoopyaDec 17, 20120

(Reuters) – North Korea may soon witness the birth of the fourth generation of its hereditary dictatorship as television pictures showed that the wife of the country’s

Kidnap gangs use leaked bank details to prey on Afghan tycoons

YoopyaDec 17, 20120

(Reuters) – Afghan construction magnate Haji Asadullah Ghaznawi was dragged from his office with a gun to his head and locked up in a slaughterhouse for almost

Big powers to recognize Syrian opposition

YoopyaDec 12, 20120

(Reuters) – Major powers are set to give Syria’s opposition full political recognition on Wednesday but not the weapons that rebel fighters need to counter

North Korea’s new leader burnishes credentials with rocket

YoopyaDec 12, 20120

(Reuters) – North Korea successfully launched a rocket on Wednesday, boosting the credentials of its new leader and stepping up the threat the isolated and impoverished state

Gazans mass for Hamas anniversary

YoopyaDec 8, 20120

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) Tens of thousands of Palestinians massed in Gaza on Saturday for a rally marking the 25th anniversary of Hamas to

Iran’s long-range missiles said to lag U.S. intelligence fears

YoopyaDec 8, 20120

(Reuters) – An internal report for the U.S. Congress has concluded that Iran probably is no longer on track, if it ever was, to having an ocean-crossing

Tsunami alert after 7.3-magnitude quake rocks Japan

YoopyaDec 7, 20120

TOKYO: A tsunami alert was issued for Japan’s northeast coast Friday after a powerful 7.3-magnitude undersea earthquake struck, setting buildings in Tokyo swaying violently. Media reports

China’s new boss Xi hits nationalist note with talk of “revival”

YoopyaDec 7, 20120

(Reuters) – In his first three weeks as China’s Communist Party boss, Xi Jinping has shown himself to be more confident, direct and relaxed than

Hitmen on hold, Israelis might talk to Meshaal

YoopyaDec 7, 20120

(Reuters) – Israel once tried to kill Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in a botched assassination attempt on the streets of the Jordanian capital, Amman. Fifteen

Philippines finds elderly survivor after typhoon kills 332

YoopyaDec 6, 20120

(Reuters) – Rescue workers found a 77-year-old man alive on Thursday who had survived on coconuts for two days after a powerful typhoon ravaged the