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Top US official in violence-plagued Central Africa

YoopyaDec 19, 2013December 31, 20230

BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations arrived Thursday in Central African Republic in the highest profile American effort

Former Microsoft executive named to oversee Obamacare website

YoopyaDec 19, 2013December 31, 20230

(Reuters) – The Obama administration on Tuesday announced the appointment of a former Microsoft Corp executive to oversee its revamped HealthCare.gov website and expand on

Thai protesters march in bid to oust PM, take aim at U.S.

YoopyaDec 19, 2013December 31, 20230

(Reuters) – Anti-government protesters marched in Bangkok on Thursday in a bid to force Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from office but their numbers appeared far

Target stores’ customers hit by major credit card attack

YoopyaDec 19, 2013December 31, 20230

(Reuters) – Payment card data was stolen from an unknown number of Target Corp customers starting on the busy Black Friday weekend in a major

U.S. prosecutor defends treatment of Indian diplomat

YoopyaDec 19, 2013December 31, 20230

(Reuters) – The U.S. attorney in Manhattan defended on Wednesday the treatment of an Indian diplomat who was strip-searched after her arrest last week on

Amnesty accuses al-Qaida group in Syria of torture

YoopyaDec 19, 2013June 19, 20230

BEIRUT (AP) — Amnesty International has accused an al-Qaida-linked group that controls large parts of northern Syria of running secret prisons in which torture and

Ga. woman has 1 of 2 winning lottery tickets

YoopyaDec 19, 2013December 31, 20230

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia woman who bought just one ticket and used family birthdays and lucky No. 7 to choose her numbers was one

U.S. Treasury cautions Bitcoin businesses on legal duties

YoopyaDec 18, 2013December 15, 20230

(Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department’s anti money-laundering unit is warning businesses linked to the digital currency Bitcoin that they may have to comply with

Tech executives press Obama to reform surveillance practices

YoopyaDec 18, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – Technology company executives pressed President Barack Obama on Tuesday to rein in the U.S. government’s electronic spying after a court dealt a blow

Euro zone agrees on bank closure funding; banking union in sight

YoopyaDec 18, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – Euro zone finance ministers made progress on Wednesday on some details of a plan to close banks, paving the way for completion of a euro