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Egypt’s sexual harassment of women ‘epidemic’

YoopyaSep 3, 20120

Campaigners in Egypt say the problem of sexual harassment is reaching epidemic proportions, with a rise in such incidents over the past three months. For

‘Moonie’ Church mourns founder Sun Myung Moon

YoopyaSep 3, 20120

Members of the South Korea-based Unification Church are in mourning following the death of their founder, self-proclaimed messiah Sun Myung Moon. Followers of Moon –

Minus Greek columns, Obama eyes future with convention speech

YoopyaSep 3, 20120

(Reuters) – The Greek columns may be banished and the “hope” and “change” signs gone, but President Barack Obama’s pitch to American voters at the

Red Bull co-creator’s grandson held after Bangkok death

YoopyaSep 3, 20120

A grandson of Red Bull’s late co-creator Chaleo Yoovidhaya has been arrested on suspicion of running over a policeman with a Ferrari in Bangkok. The

Greek PM sings in tune, now must hit the hard notes

YoopyaSep 3, 20120

(Reuters) – When Jean-Claude Juncker, head of the euro zone’s finance ministers, arrived in Athens last week, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras ran down red-carpeted

Rebels hit army headquarters in Damascus

YoopyaSep 3, 20120

(Reuters) – Syrian rebels said they planted bombs inside the Syrian army’s General Staff headquarters in central Damascus on Sunday as President Bashar al-Assad’s forces

Analysis: Violence dims hope of solution to Turkish Kurd conflict

YoopyaSep 3, 20120

(Reuters) – Images of smiling Kurdish MPs hugging rebels, rifles slung over their shoulders, at a remote roadblock in Turkey’s mountainous southeast hit a raw

Mali Islamists retake town of Douentza

YoopyaSep 3, 20120

BAMAKO (Reuters) – Islamists in Mali have retaken the northern town of Douentza, disarming without a fight a local militia trying to wrest back control

‘Moonies’ founder Sun Myung Moon dies at 92

YoopyaSep 3, 20120

Self-styled messiah Sun Myung Moon, whose Unification Church became famous for marrying thousands of people in a single ceremony, has died, aged 92. Moon set

Oscar Pistorius apologises for timing of Paralympics criticism

YoopyaSep 3, 20120

Oscar Pistorius has apologised for the timing of his comments following his loss in the Paralympic T44 200m final. The South African had criticised the