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Syrian President Says He Will Not Leave Country

kiemtarNov 8, 2012November 8, 20120

Syrian President Bashar Assad vowed defiantly to “live and die” in Syria, saying in an interview broadcast Thursday that he will never flee his country

Pranab invites Canada to be a partner in development

kiemtarNov 8, 2012November 8, 20120

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper called on President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Tuesday and discussed a host of bilateral and multilateral issues.

Syrian rebels fire at, miss Assad’s palace

YoopyaNov 7, 20120

(Reuters) – Syrian rebels fired mortars at President Bashar al-Assad’s palace in Damascus on Wednesday but missed, in an attack underlining the growing boldness of

Nobel-nominated Congo doctor fears going home after attack

YoopyaNov 7, 20120

By Ethan Bilby BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A Nobel-prize nominated Congolese gynaecologist said on Tuesday he is too scared to return to his native Congo after an

Protesters teargassed as Cameroon’s Biya marks 30 years in power

YoopyaNov 7, 20120

YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Cameroonian security forces used teargas to disperse about a thousand opposition supporters who had gathered in the commercial capital on Tuesday to protest

Saudi women must uncover faces for security checks, council says

YoopyaNov 6, 20120

(Reuters) – Saudi Arabian authorities have rejected a conservative proposal to allow women to keep their faces covered during security checks, local media reported on

U.S. soldier charged with killing 16 Afghans appears in court

YoopyaNov 6, 20120

(Note strong language in the 11th paragraph) By Bill Rigby (Reuters) – A U.S. Army soldier charged with killing 16 Afghan civilians in a drunken rampage

Nigeria floods kill 363 people, displace 2.1 mln -agency

YoopyaNov 5, 20120

ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s worst flooding in at least half a century has killed 363 people since the start of July and displaced 2.1 million people,

Bahrain bomb blasts kill two foreign workers

YoopyaNov 5, 20120

Two foreign workers have been killed and a third seriously injured by bomb blasts in Bahrain, officials say. Police said there were five

Malawi suspends laws against homosexual relationships

YoopyaNov 5, 2012June 14, 20230

Malawi has suspended laws against same-sex relationships pending a decision on whether to repeal the legislation, the justice minister has said. Police have been ordered