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South Africa: Mandela remains in hospital

YoopyaJun 10, 2013August 4, 20240

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela is spending a third day in a hospital where the former president is being treated for a recurring lung infection.

South Africa: Mandela taken to hospital

YoopyaJun 8, 2013August 11, 20240

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Nelson Mandela is in “serious but stable” condition after being taken to a hospital to be treated for

In South Africa, toilet talk turns political

YoopyaJun 7, 2013August 11, 20240

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — It takes mudslinging to another level. This week, protesters tossed human excrement at a convoy carrying the leader of South Africa’s main

Rival Koreas make counterproposals for talks

YoopyaJun 7, 2013August 18, 20240

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The rival Koreas on Friday traded counterproposals over where to meet for talks Sunday, as mutual interest in mending abysmal

EU defends the right to peaceful protest in Turkey

YoopyaJun 7, 2013August 18, 20240

ISTANBUL (AP) — A senior European Union official on Friday criticized Turkish police’s harsh crackdown on protesters in the last week, telling an audience that

Malian army fights Tuareg rebels; unofficial truce over

YoopyaJun 6, 2013August 18, 20240

(Reuters) – Government troops seized a village in northern Mali after heavy fighting with Tuareg separatists on Wednesday and advanced towards the town of Kidal,

Syrian army advances in Qusair and Damascus suburb

YoopyaJun 4, 2013August 11, 20240

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian troops advanced toward the center of the strategic town of Qusair near the border with Lebanon and chased rebels from

Locked doors a sign of China work-safety failings

YoopyaJun 4, 2013August 11, 20240

BEIJING (AP) — A fire breaks out in a Chinese factory, and panicked workers discover one exit after another is locked. That describes not only

Iranian voter views suggest wide open race

YoopyaJun 3, 2013August 18, 20240

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — On the hardscrabble streets in south Tehran, a group of paramilitary volunteers looks to hard-line presidential candidate Saeed Jalili – Iran’s

Mother of baby trapped in sewer raised alarm but kept quiet about her identity during rescue

YoopyaMay 29, 2013August 18, 20240

BEIJING (AP) — The mother of the Chinese newborn trapped in a sewer pipe in a stunning ordeal caught on video had raised the initial