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10 Things to Know for Today

YoopyaOct 31, 2013March 4, 20240

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. OBAMA VOWS TO CURE HEALTH CARE WEBSITE

Egypt: Police storm university after student siege

YoopyaOct 30, 2013March 4, 20240

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security forces have stormed the main building of an Islamic university in Cairo after students who support the country’s ousted president

Abyei welcomes UN-backed referendum in disputed region

YoopyaOct 30, 2013February 14, 20240

(Reuters) – Abyei officials welcomed a push by the African Union to involve the U.N. Security Council in helping plan a referendum to resolve a

Freed French hostages leave Niger after 3 years in Sahara

YoopyaOct 30, 2013February 14, 20240

(Reuters) – Four Frenchmen held hostage in the Sahara desert by al Qaeda-linked gunmen for three years left Niger on a French government plane on

India police say Islamists behind attack on opposition rally

YoopyaOct 29, 2013February 14, 20240

(Reuters) – An Islamist militant group is believed to be behind an attack on a rally by Indian Hindu nationalist politician Narendra Modi that killed

Meet the Australian children fluent in Mandarin

YoopyaOct 29, 2013February 14, 20240

Australia’s politicians often talk about the importance of building ties with Asia. Successive governments have promised to increase the number of schools teaching Asian languages,

Pakistani doctors angered by failure to halt abductions

YoopyaOct 29, 2013February 14, 20240

On the evening of 17 September Dr Abdul Manaf Tareen, a renowned heart specialist in Pakistan, was about to go home when a group of

Brazil to insist on local Internet data storage after U.S. spying

YoopyaOct 29, 2013February 14, 20240

(Reuters) – Brazil, seeking to shield its citizens from alleged U.S. spying, is pushing ahead with its plan to force global Internet companies to store

Libya robbery: Sirte gunmen snatch $54m from bank van

YoopyaOct 29, 2013March 6, 20240

Libya’s state news agency says gunmen have stolen $54m (£33.5m) in an attack on a van carrying foreign and local currency for the Libyan central

Egypt’s satirist to be investigated over program

YoopyaOct 29, 2013March 6, 20240

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s top prosecutor on Monday ordered an investigation into a complaint that satirist Bassem Youssef, known as the country’s “Jon Stewart,” harmed