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Son: North Korea detains US war veteran, 85

YoopyaNov 21, 2013March 3, 20240

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — An 85-year-old American veteran of the Korean War was detained last month in North Korea as he sat in a plane

Afghanistan, U.S. reach draft security agreement

YoopyaNov 21, 2013March 6, 20240

(Reuters) – The United States and Afghanistan reached a draft agreement on Wednesday laying out the terms under which U.S. troops may stay beyond 2014, one day

South Africa mall rescue halted while debris removed

YoopyaNov 20, 2013March 3, 20240

Rescue efforts in South Africa have been suspended at the site a collapsed half-built mall, police say. Police spokesperson Thulani Zwane told the BBC that

Egyptian troops die in Sinai bomb attack

YoopyaNov 20, 2013January 31, 20240

Eleven Egyptian military personnel have been killed and dozens more wounded in a car bomb attack near the North Sinai city of el-Arish. Al-Masri al-Youm

Gold bars worth $1.1m found in plane toilet in India

YoopyaNov 20, 2013January 31, 20240

A stash of 24 gold bars worth more than $1.1m has been discovered in the toilet compartment of a commercial plane in eastern India. Cleaners

Malala Yousafzai gets EU’s Sakharov human rights prize

YoopyaNov 20, 2013January 31, 20240

Pakistani schoolgirl and campaigner Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban, has received the EU’s Sakharov human rights prize at a

Conservative U.S. Catholics Feel Left Out of the Pope’s Embrace

YoopyaNov 20, 2013January 31, 20240

SMYRNA, Ga. — When Pope Francis was elected in March, Bridget Kurt received a small prayer card with his picture at her church and put it up

China hospital ship to set sail for Philippine typhoon zone

YoopyaNov 20, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – China is sending a state-of-the-art hospital ship to the Philippines following foreign and domestic criticism that it was slow and less than generous in its

Islamists raid Somali police station, at least 28 dead: witnesses

YoopyaNov 20, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – Islamist militants rammed a car bomb into a police compound north of Somalia’s capital on Tuesday and opened fire on officers, leaving at

Exclusive: Syria’s chemical weapons may be destroyed at sea – sources

YoopyaNov 20, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – Syria’s chemical weapons could be processed and destroyed out at sea, say sources familiar with discussions at the international body in charge of