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Jailed Kurdish rebel leader calls for unarmed withdrawal- paper

YoopyaApr 4, 20130

(Reuters) – Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his fighters to withdraw from Turkey without their weapons under a peace process to end a decades-old

U.S. to send missile defenses to Guam over North Korea threat

YoopyaApr 4, 20130

(Reuters) – The United States said it would soon send a missile defense system to Guam to defend it from North Korea, as the U.S. military

Analysis: Mali insurgency endangers French pull-out plan

YoopyaApr 4, 20130

(Reuters) – France wants to cut its forces in Mali sharply by the year-end and is urging its ex-colony to hold elections in July, but an Islamist

Egypt ruling party slams US ‘interference’ over satirist

YoopyaApr 3, 20130

Egypt’s ruling Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) has accused the US of “interference” after it criticised legal action against a TV satirist. Bassem Youssef was

Maduro and Capriles kick off Venezuelan campaign

YoopyaApr 3, 20130

The two men vying to replace the late Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, have addressed tens of thousands of people on the first official day of

Rio de Janeiro bus in deadly viaduct fall

YoopyaApr 3, 20130

Seven people have died in Rio de Janeiro after a bus fell 10m from a viaduct in the city centre, Brazilian police say. Several more

Zuma tribute to South Africa troops killed in CAR

YoopyaApr 3, 20130

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has paid tribute to 13 soldiers killed in the recent rebellion in the Central African Republic (CAR). At the memorial

Islamists accuse U.S. of interference in Egyptian affairs

YoopyaApr 3, 20130

(Reuters) – President Mohamed Mursi’s Islamist allies accused the United States on Tuesday of blatant interference in Egypt’s affairs after Washington said Cairo was muzzling

Somalia: Mogadishu to Baidoa road ‘reopened’

YoopyaApr 3, 20130

The main road from Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, to the strategic south-western city of Baidoa has been totally recaptured from Islamist militants, African Union (AU) troops

North Korea blocks South workers from Kaesong zone

YoopyaApr 3, 20130

North Korea is blocking the entry of South Korean workers into a joint industrial zone, in a move seen as further escalating tensions. Workers were