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Horacio Cartes wins Paraguay presidential election

YoopyaApr 22, 2013December 31, 20240

Wealthy businessman Horacio Cartes has been elected president of Paraguay. A political newcomer, Mr Cartes beat the Liberal Party’s Efrain Alegre by nine percentage points.

Nigeria fighting ‘kills scores’ in Baga

YoopyaApr 22, 2013November 10, 20240

Intense fighting between the military and Islamist militants in northern Nigeria is reported to have killed at least 185 people, however the army has disputed

The North Korean spy who blew up a plane

YoopyaApr 22, 2013November 10, 20240

Kim Hyun-hui certainly doesn’t look like a mass murderer. The 51-year-old mother of two has a gentle smile and soft voice. Today she lives in

North Korea reiterates it will not give up nuclear arms

YoopyaApr 20, 2013November 10, 20240

(Reuters) – North Korea reiterated on Saturday that it would not give up its nuclear weapons, rejecting a U.S. condition for talks although it said it was

Indian police arrest suspect for rape of 5-year-old as protests build up

YoopyaApr 20, 2013November 10, 20240

(Reuters) – Hundreds of angry protesters gathered outside the headquarters of Delhi police on Saturday after a five year-old girl was allegedly raped and tortured,

Bombs mar start to first Iraq vote since U.S. exit

YoopyaApr 20, 2013November 10, 20240

(Reuters) – A dozen small bombs exploded and mortar rounds landed near polling centers in Iraq on Saturday, wounding at least four people during voting

Nicolas Maduro sworn in as new Venezuelan president

YoopyaApr 20, 2013December 31, 20240

Nicolas Maduro has been sworn in as Venezuelan president, succeeding the late Hugo Chavez who died of cancer in March after ruling for 14 years.

China quake: Scores die and hundreds hurt in Sichuan

YoopyaApr 20, 2013December 31, 20240

Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds injured in a powerful earthquake in rural areas of China’s south-western province of Sichuan. The 6.6-magnitude quake

Pakistan’s Pervez Musharraf in custody for two weeks

YoopyaApr 20, 2013December 31, 20240

Pakistan’s former leader Pervez Musharraf has been remanded in judicial custody for two weeks over claims he illegally detained judges in 2007. Mr Musharraf, who

Cameroon hostages: French Moulin-Fournier family freed

YoopyaApr 20, 2013December 31, 20240

Seven members of a French family kidnapped by gunmen in northern Cameroon in February have been freed. Cameroon’s Communications Minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary told the