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South Korean dictator’s daughter to launch presidential bid

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(Reuters) – The daughter of slain South Korean dictator Park Chung-hee is to launch a bid to become the first woman to lead this Asian

Insight: Local wars blur al Qaeda’s threat to West

YoopyaJul 5, 20120

(Reuters) – Osama bin Laden would not have approved. Spinoff groups from al Qaeda have become increasingly engrossed in insurgencies in Africa and the Middle

Mexico recounts votes from over half of polling booths

YoopyaJul 5, 20120

(Reuters) – Mexico’s election officials on Wednesday recounted votes from more than half the polling booths in Sunday’s presidential and congressional elections, responding to claims

Syria pummels rebels as battered city collects bodies

YoopyaJul 5, 20120

(Reuters) – Syrian artillery pounded a northwestern town on Wednesday and areas near the ghost city of Douma, where residents recovered mutilated corpses after a

Special Report: In Africa, a militant group’s growing appeal

YoopyaJul 5, 20120

(Reuters) – When Abdullahi slipped across the Kenya-Somali border to join the fighters of Islamist militant group al Shabaab in 2009, the livestock herder from

Yemen air strikes kill four al Qaeda suspects: witnesses

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(Reuters) – At least four suspected al Qaeda militants were killed in two air strikes, thought to have been carried out by U.S. drones on

Diamond admits traders’ behavior “reprehensible”

YoopyaJul 5, 20120

(Reuters) – The chastened former head of Barclays apologized for the “reprehensible” behavior of his traders who fixed interest rates, but told British lawmakers on

Romney, in switch, says Obama healthcare a tax

YoopyaJul 5, 20120

(Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Wednesday contradicted his campaign’s stance on a key part of President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, saying its

Obama seeks to rev up blue-collar voters with Ohio bus trip

YoopyaJul 5, 20120

(Reuters) – Buoyed by a victory over healthcare reform but stung by poor economic data, President Barack Obama will try to rev up his re-election

Struggling homeowners avert foreclosure via mediation

YoopyaJul 5, 20120

(Reuters) – Verise Campbell was excited. She could finally help struggling homeowners negotiate deals with their lenders to avoid foreclosure, but the angry response to