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Stolen 300-year-old Stradivarius violin recovered in Milwaukee

YoopyaFeb 7, 2014November 25, 20230

(Reuters) – A rare Stradivarius violin worth millions of dollars that was stolen from a concert violinist in an armed robbery last week has been

Youths riot in Kenya for third time over mosque raid, one dead

YoopyaFeb 7, 2014November 1, 20230

(Reuters) – Muslim youths fought police in the Kenyan port of Mombasa and one person was killed on Wednesday, witnesses said, in a third day

Argentines become citizen-cops with smartphone app

YoopyaFeb 7, 2014November 1, 20230

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A free smartphone application has encouraged more than 70,000 Argentines to become citizen-cops as they shop. Argentina’s government blames escalating

Weavers’ villages in India suffer TB epidemic

YoopyaFeb 7, 2014November 1, 20230

LOHATA, India (AP) — This cluster of poor villages, long known for its colorful silk saris, now is known for something else: tuberculosis. Nearly half

IBM starts rolling out Watson supercomputer in Africa

YoopyaFeb 7, 2014November 1, 20230

(Reuters) – IBM (IBM.N) began rolling out its Watson supercomputer system across Africa on Thursday, saying it would help to address continental development obstacles as

South Africa’s Harmony Gold stops operations after accidents

YoopyaFeb 7, 2014November 1, 20230

(Reuters) – South Africa’s Harmony Gold stopped all its operations for a 24-hour safety shift on Friday after at least eight workers were killed in

Cambodia recovers stolen Buddhist relics

YoopyaFeb 7, 2014November 1, 20230

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian police have recovered a precious golden urn stolen last year that contains what are considered to be remnants of

Stormy start to Indian parliament’s last session before election

YoopyaFeb 5, 2014November 25, 20230

(Reuters) – Congress party hopes of pushing through new laws to tackle corruption stalled on Wednesday when the Indian parliament’s last session before a general

South Africa’s AMCU union, platinum firms resume wage talks

YoopyaFeb 5, 2014November 25, 20230

(Reuters) – Wage talks between South Africa’s AMCU union and the world’s top three platinum producers resumed on Tuesday to try to end a nearly

Special Report: Areva and Niger’s uranium fight

YoopyaFeb 5, 2014November 25, 20230

(Reuters) – When France began mining uranium ore in the desert of northern Niger in the early 1970s, Arlit was a cluster of miners’ huts