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Bombs kill at least 50 on anniversary of Iraq invasion

YoopyaMar 19, 20130

(Reuters) – Car bombs and a suicide blast hit Shi’ite districts of Baghdad and south of Iraq’s capital on Tuesday, killing at least 50 people

The African chief converted to Christianity by Dr Livingstone

YoopyaMar 19, 20130

It is 200 years since the birth of David Livingstone, perhaps the most famous of the missionaries to visit Africa in the 19th Century. But

Pope Francis inauguration Mass in Vatican

YoopyaMar 19, 20130

Pope Francis has appeared in St Peter’s Square in Rome for the inauguration Mass that marks the official start of his papacy. Francis toured the

Jailed Kurdish rebel to make “historic call” in Turkey peace process

YoopyaMar 18, 20130

(Reuters) – Jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan said he will make a “historic call” on March 21 as part of a process to end

Venezuela election rivals clash over crime

YoopyaMar 18, 20130

(Reuters) – Moments after he registered to run in Venezuela’s April 14 election, acting President Nicolas Maduro vowed to go on foot, unarmed, into the

Car bomb kills at least 10 in Somali capital

YoopyaMar 18, 20130

(Reuters) – A suicide car bomber killed at least 10 people on Monday in the worst attack in the Somali capital this year when he

Many questions, few answers await Obama on Mideast visit

YoopyaMar 18, 20130

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama is due to make his first official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories this week, looking to improve ties after sometimes rocky relations

South Africa cardinal says pedophilia not a crime

YoopyaMar 18, 2013August 7, 20240

(Reuters) – A South African cardinal who helped elect Pope Francis this week has told the BBC pedophilia is an illness and not a crime.

Canada prisoners in daring helicopter escape

YoopyaMar 18, 20130

Two inmates have made a daring escape from a prison in Canada by climbing up a rope into a hovering helicopter. Officials at the St-Jerome

Zimbabwe’s Mugabe travels to Vatican for papal inauguration

YoopyaMar 18, 20130

(Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s long-ruling President Robert Mugabe will attend the inauguration of Pope Francis in Rome this week, his spokesman said on Sunday. The 89-year-old,