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The babies who nap in sub-zero temperatures

YoopyaFeb 22, 20130

Would you put your baby or toddler outside in the freezing cold for their lunchtime nap? Most Nordic parents wouldn’t give it a second thought.

Egypt’s President Morsi calls elections

YoopyaFeb 22, 20130

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has called parliamentary elections, starting on 27 April and end in June. A presidential decree said voting would take place in

Syria conflict: Many dead in huge Damascus bombing

YoopyaFeb 22, 20130

A massive car bomb explosion in the Syrian capital, Damascus, has killed at least 53 people and injured another 200, reports say. Syria blamed “terrorist

Iran installing new Natanz centrifuges, says IAEA

YoopyaFeb 22, 20130

Iran has begun installing advanced centrifuge machines for enriching uranium at its nuclear plant at Natanz, says the UN’s nuclear watchdog. The US said if

Shard firm lands deal for world’s tallest skyscraper

YoopyaFeb 22, 20130

The company that built London’s Shard skyscraper has been chosen to oversee the construction of a tower in Saudi Arabia set to be the world’s

Rwandan army deserters ‘held on Lake Kivu island’

YoopyaFeb 22, 20130

Rwanda is holding more than 280 troops accused of desertion on an island in Lake Kivu, the army has revealed. Brig Gen Joseph Nzabamwita told

Mali: Islamist incursion in Gao ‘repelled’

YoopyaFeb 22, 20130

French and Malian forces have repelled Islamist fighters who seized a key building in Gao, the main city in northern Mali, officials say. French Defence

Oscar Pistorius bail decision expected

YoopyaFeb 22, 20130

A South African judge is expected to rule in the next few hours whether Oscar Pistorius, accused of murdering his girlfriend, can be freed on

India’s Hyderabad hit by two explosions

YoopyaFeb 21, 2013June 25, 20230

Two explosions have killed 12 people in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, in what Prime Minister Manmohan Singh labelled as a “dastardly attack”. The

Tunisia’s prime minister steps down

YoopyaFeb 21, 20130

(CNN) — Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali resigned Tuesday, Tunisian state TV said, the latest development in a nation wracked by political unrest. He submitted his