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China’s new party chief Xi gets strong mandate for action

YoopyaNov 15, 20120

(Reuters) – China’s president-in-waiting Xi Jinping won a strong mandate on Thursday to lead the world’s second-biggest economy and deal with problems ranging from corruption to economic

China confirms leadership change

kiemtarNov 15, 2012November 15, 20120

Xi Jinping has been confirmed as the man chosen to lead China for the next decade. Mr Xi led the new Politburo Standing Committee onto

Special Report: South Sudan’s Chinese oil puzzle

YoopyaNov 14, 20120

(Reuters) – A few months before South Sudan seceded last year, Henry Odwar drove to a Juba hotel to confront the men who would be

New Syrian opposition chief seeks recognition, arms

YoopyaNov 13, 20120

(Reuters) – The leader of Syria’s new opposition coalition called on European states to recognize it as the legitimate government and provide it with funds

Three rockets hit Afghan capital: police

YoopyaNov 13, 20120

(Reuters) – A rocket landed near the Afghan intelligence agency in Kabul and two others struck near the airport highway and a private television station,

Kurdish mayor in Turkey confronts PM Erdogan

YoopyaNov 13, 20120

(Reuters) – When Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan acknowledged the existence of a “Kurdish problem” to a rally in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir, Mayor Osman

Kenyan capital Nairobi gets new train

YoopyaNov 13, 20120

A new commuter train has been launched in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi – the first of its kind since independence in 1963. The train will run

Zimbabwe diverts $2 billion in diamonds: gem watchdog

YoopyaNov 13, 20120

(Reuters) – At least $2 billion of diamonds from Zimbabwe’s Marange fields have been stolen by people linked to President Robert Mugabe’s party, a diamond

Israel says Gaza strife not over, targets sites

YoopyaNov 13, 2012November 13, 20120

(Reuters) – Israel struck three targets in the Gaza Strip in the early hours of Tuesday and warned an on-going crisis with Palestinian militants had not been

Russia paroles physicist jailed for espionage

YoopyaNov 13, 20120

(Reuters) – A Russian court on Tuesday paroled a physicist convicted of spying for China in 2004 in a case that was criticized by human rights campaigners