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Several killed in Syria car bombings

YoopyaNov 5, 20120

A number of people have been killed in two car bomb attacks in Syria. The first occurred outside a state-run development agency in Ziyara, a

Greece makes austerity push, workers gear for strike

YoopyaNov 5, 20120

(Reuters) – Greece’s government presented a new austerity package to parliament on Monday as a week of strikes and protests kicked off over proposals that

Insight: Shaky finances rattle Nigeria’s airline safety

YoopyaNov 5, 2012November 5, 20120

(Reuters) – Passengers arriving at Murtala Mohammed airport in Lagos could be forgiven for thinking they had stumbled into a refugee camp. In

Analysis: China’s mission impossible – a date for Hu’s military handover

YoopyaNov 5, 20120

(Reuters) – Outgoing Chinese president Hu Jintao is keeping the nation and the rest of the world guessing over whether he will seek to hang

Insight: Hunger strikes in industrial Russia test loyalty to Putin

YoopyaNov 5, 20120

(Reuters) – Factory smokestacks tower over weathered wooden houses in this provincial Russian town, part of the industrial heartland that helped propel Vladimir Putin into

New Coptic pope chosen in elaborate ceremony

kiemtarNov 4, 20120

EGYPT’S ancient Coptic Christian church chose a new pope in an elaborate Sunday ceremony meant to invoke the will of God, in which a

Pakistan PM leaves for Laos to attend ASEM

kiemtarNov 4, 2012November 4, 20120

Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf left for Laos on Sunday to attend the Asia-Europe Meeting Summit (ASEM) and discuss key regional matters with world

China’s Communist leaders formally purge Bo Xilai from party

kiemtarNov 4, 2012November 4, 20120

Decision by leaders to ratify expulsion of disgraced former Chongqing party boss paves the way for his criminal prosecution China‘s leaders have ended a closed-door

Church of the Holy Sepulchre in row over water bill

YoopyaNov 3, 20120

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem has warned that it may shut its doors to pilgrims in protest at a dispute with an

U.S. investigators to get access to Benghazi suspect

YoopyaNov 3, 20120

(Reuters) – Authorities in Tunisia have agreed to allow FBI investigators access to a detained Islamic militant suspected of playing a role in the September 11 attacks