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Al Qaeda blames Hezbollah for Lebanon bombings

YoopyaAug 24, 2013April 21, 20240

(Reuters) – Al Qaeda’s North African branch blamed Lebanese Shi’ite Muslim militant group Hezbollah for twin bombs that hit the northern city of Tripoli on

U.S. repositions naval forces, no decision on Syria strike

YoopyaAug 24, 2013May 1, 20240

(Reuters) – The United States on Friday was repositioning naval forces in the Mediterranean to give President Barack Obama the option for an armed strike on Syria, although

Egypt’s bruised Brotherhood seeks to show street power

YoopyaAug 23, 2013May 1, 20240

(Reuters) – Egyptian troops and police stood ready in Cairo to foil Muslim Brotherhood plans for “Friday of Martyrs” protests against the army’s bloody crackdown

Lilly says deeply concerned by bribery allegations in China

YoopyaAug 23, 2013May 1, 20240

(Reuters) – U.S. drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co said it was “deeply concerned” about allegations published in a Chinese newspaper that it spent more than

U.N. pushes Syria for chemical probe, activists send samples

YoopyaAug 23, 2013May 1, 20240

(Reuters) – The United Nations stepped up demands on Syria for access to rebel-held Damascus suburbs hit by an apparent poison gas attack as activists sought to smuggle samples

China’s Bo calls wife mad after she testifies against him

YoopyaAug 23, 2013May 1, 20240

(Reuters) – Fallen Chinese politician Bo Xilai called his wife insane on Friday after she testified at his landmark trial that he knew of money

Fonterra says China-bound milk powder halted in May for high nitrite

YoopyaAug 22, 2013April 21, 20240

(Reuters) – New Zealand’s Fonterra, the world’s biggest dairy exporter caught up in a contamination scandal earlier this month, said on Thursday it was also

Syria opposition demands urgent U.N. probe into alleged chemical attacks

YoopyaAug 22, 2013April 21, 20240

(Reuters) – Syria’s opposition demanded on Thursday that United Nations chemical weapons inspectors immediately investigate a besieged rebel-held region hit by an alleged chemical weapons

Mugabe sworn in for five more years as Zimbabwe’s president

YoopyaAug 22, 2013April 21, 20240

(Reuters) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, Africa’s oldest leader at 89, was sworn in on Thursday for a new five-year term in the face of

China vets brokerages’ computer systems after $3.8 billion buy error

YoopyaAug 22, 2013April 21, 20240

(Reuters) – China’s more than 110 brokerages will come under government scrutiny after Everbright Securities mistakenly made 23.4 billion yuan ($3.82 billion) of buy orders, collectively the