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Iran test-fires medium range missiles

YoopyaJul 3, 20120

(Reuters) – Iran said on Tuesday it had successfully tested medium-range missiles capable of hitting Israel in response to threats of military action against the

Former astronaut Poindexter dies in watercraft accident

YoopyaJul 3, 20120

(Reuters) – Alan Poindexter, a two-time space shuttle astronaut, has died after a personal watercraft accident in Pensacola, Florida, NASA said on Monday. Poindexter, 50,

Exclusive: Freight dispute risks delay in Iran oil to China – sources

YoopyaJul 3, 20120

(Reuters) – The delivery of millions of barrels of Iranian crude to its top buyer, China, is at risk of delay due to a dispute

Microsoft takes $6.2 billion charge, slows Internet hopes

YoopyaJul 3, 20120

(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp admitted its largest acquisition in the Internet sector was effectively worthless and wiped out any profit for the last quarter, as

Syria army presses rebels; Assad regrets shootdown

YoopyaJul 3, 20120

(Reuters) – The Syrian army pressed its offensive against rebels on Tuesday, bombarding the suburban Damascus city of Douma, while President Bashar al-Assad said he

Special Report: Crisis forces “dismal science” to get real

YoopyaJul 3, 20120

(Reuters) – As economics teachers struggle to make sense of a post-crisis world, they may have an unlikely army of helpers: ants. In September 2008,

Insight: Under siege: “Stop and frisk” polarizes New York

YoopyaJul 3, 20120

(Reuters) – Telly Hudgins has been stopped and frisked by the police too many times to count in the Brownsville, New York, public housing project

Insight: Voice of Mumbai attacks points finger at Pakistan

YoopyaJul 3, 20120

(Reuters) – Forty-eight hours into the bloody assault on Mumbai in November 2008, smoke was billowing from the wreckage of the Taj Mahal hotel and

Insight: Florida man sees “cruel” face of U.S. justice

YoopyaJul 3, 20120

(Reuters) – Quartavious Davis is still shocked by what happened to him in federal court two months ago. “My first offense, and they gave me

Islamists destroy cultural sites in Timbuktu, Mali

kiemtarJul 2, 2012July 2, 20120

ISLAMIST rebels say they will continue to destroy historic sites in Mali’s northern city of Timbuktu before they implement strict Shariah law, as Mali’s government