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Mine violence hits at S.Africa political power nexus

YoopyaAug 18, 20120

By Jon Herskovitz MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) – The bloody protest by South African miners that ended in a hail of police gunfire and 34

Brahimi to firm up role, not urge Assad exit yet

YoopyaAug 18, 20120

By Mirna Sleiman BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Algerian diplomat set to become the new international mediator on Syria has said he urgently needs to clarify

Egypt’s Mursi accused of stifling dissent in media crackdown

YoopyaAug 18, 20120

By Yasmine Saleh CAIRO (Reuters) – A media crackdown in the first month of Mohamed Mursi’s rule has raised fears Egypt’s Islamist president is moving

Obama: Republican approach to education funding is backward

YoopyaAug 18, 20120

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama accused Republicans on Saturday of a backward approach to education funding that would mean further teacher layoffs, in a veiled

VP candidate Ryan releases two years of tax returns

YoopyaAug 18, 20120

(Reuters) – Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan on Friday released tax returns showing he paid an effective tax rate of 20 percent last year,

Obama recycles earmarks to fund transportation projects

YoopyaAug 18, 2012June 25, 20230

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama is sending $473 million to 49 U.S. states and Washington, D.C., for transportation projects, pulling together funds that were earmarked

Syria denies Assad’s deputy tried to defect

YoopyaAug 18, 20120

(Reuters) – Syria denied reports on Saturday that President Bashar al-Assad’s deputy had defected and his forces pressed an offensive against rebels, bombarding parts of

Kim visits North Korea’s army unit that launched 2010 shelling of South

YoopyaAug 18, 20120

(Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited a frontline military detachment, state media reported, and reminded troops of their duty to fight a

China protests over plans by Japanese group to visit near disputed islands

YoopyaAug 18, 20120

(Reuters) – China lodged a formal protest with Japan on Saturday over plans by a Japanese nationalist group including lawmakers to hold a ceremony commemorating

Russia’s female punk band protesters jailed for two years

YoopyaAug 18, 2012March 17, 20240

(Reuters) – Three women from the Russian punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in jail on Friday for staging a protest against