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Protests erupt in Afghanistan as Muslim anger over film simmers

YoopyaSep 17, 20120

(Reuters) – Thousands of protesters took to the streets of the Afghan capital on Monday, setting fire to cars and shouting “death to America”, the

Syria envoy meets Assad, says conflict is global threat

YoopyaSep 15, 20120

(Reuters) – International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said after talks with President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday that the escalating Syrian conflict posed a global threat. Activists

Peace envoy Brahimi says Syria crisis is global threat

YoopyaSep 15, 20120

(Reuters) – International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said after talks with President Bashar al-Assad that the escalating Syrian conflict posed a global danger. “We discussed the

Exclusive: China’s Xi recovering from bad back, could appear soon – sources

YoopyaSep 14, 20120

(Reuters) – China’s leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping could make a public appearance as early as Saturday as he recovers from a bad back, sources said, dispelling

U.S. embassies attacked in Yemen, Egypt after Libya envoy killed

YoopyaSep 14, 20120

(Reuters) – Demonstrators attacked the U.S. embassies in Yemen and Egypt on Thursday in protest at a film they consider blasphemous to Islam, and the

US embassy in Yemen stormed in film protest

YoopyaSep 13, 20120

Protesters angered by an anti-Islam film made in the US have stormed the grounds of the American embassy in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Police shot

Syria army, rebels clash near Aleppo airport

YoopyaSep 12, 20120

ALEPPO, Syria (AFP) Syrian troops and rebels clashed near Aleppo’s international airport on Wednesday, a watchdog said, but it was unclear whether it was part

China maintains silence on Xi, rumor mill in overdrive

YoopyaSep 12, 20120

(Reuters) – Chinese authorities and media remained silent on the whereabouts of Vice President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, with speculation mounting over why Beijing was

Syria war refugees tell tearful Angelina Jolie of burnt bodies

YoopyaSep 11, 20120

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi ZAATARI, Jordan (Reuters) – Syrian refugees stuck in a dust-blown camp in Jordan gave gruesome accounts of civilians incinerated in their country’s

Assad’s forces shell Damascus rebel stronghold, 4 killed

YoopyaSep 11, 20120

(Reuters) – At least four people were killed and dozens wounded on Tuesday in ground and aerial bombardments of one of the last rebel strongholds