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Pope names 19 new cardinals, focusing on the poor

YoopyaJan 12, 2014December 10, 20230

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday named his first batch of cardinals, choosing 19 men from Asia, Africa, and elsewhere, including Haiti and

Hasina sworn in for 3rd time as Bangladesh PM

YoopyaJan 12, 2014December 31, 20230

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Sheikh Hasina was sworn in Sunday for her second straight term as Bangladesh’s prime minister and third overall, following one of

The Pakistani servant girl tortured to death

YoopyaJan 11, 2014December 31, 20230

The case of a 10-year-old girl in Pakistan’s Punjab province, whose employers confessed to beating her to death last week, has highlighted concerns about child

Egypt army chief al-Sisi ‘may run for president’

YoopyaJan 11, 2014December 31, 20230

Egypt’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will run for president if the people request it and the military supports the bid, state media quote him

Israel’s ex-PM Ariel Sharon dies at 85

YoopyaJan 11, 2014December 31, 20230

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has died aged 85 after spending eight years in a coma following a stroke. He was a giant of

Virgin Galactic spaceship makes third powered test flight

YoopyaJan 11, 2014December 31, 20230

(Reuters) – Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, a six-passenger, two-pilot spacecraft aiming to make the world’s first commercial suborbital spaceflights later this year, conducted its third rocket-powered

Over a thousand candidates shortlisted for life on Mars

YoopyaJan 11, 2014December 31, 20230

(Reuters) – A mission to put humans on Mars that drew 200,000 applicants has selected more than a thousand candidates who will now be tested

SWilliams seeks historic 18th major win in Oz

YoopyaJan 11, 2014December 31, 20230

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — One by one, Serena Williams is matching the feats of tennis’ greatest legends. Her next challenge comes at the Australian Open,

Obama agrees to 4-year extension for International Space Station

YoopyaJan 11, 2014December 31, 20230

(Reuters) – The Obama administration wants to keep the International Space Station, a $100 billion orbital research outpost that is a project of 15 nations,

Diane Von Furstenberg celebrates wrap dress’ 40th

YoopyaJan 11, 2014December 31, 20230

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It takes a pretty special dress to merit its own star-studded anniversary party. The wrap dress, designed in the early 1970s