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Sudan police fire teargas to disperse farm region protest

YoopyaNov 1, 20120

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese police fired teargas to disperse hundreds of protesters in a farming region south of the capital on Wednesday, witnesses said. The demonstrators,

Vatican may eventually limit Sistine Chapel visits

YoopyaNov 1, 20120

(Reuters) – Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes turned 500 on Wednesday with the Vatican warning it may eventually limit visitors to protect one of the

New York’s JFK, Newark airports to open Wednesday; LaGuardia still closed

YoopyaOct 31, 2012October 31, 20120

(Reuters) – John F. Kennedy International and Newark Liberty International airports, two of the three main flying hubs for the busy New York City area,

S.Africa police fire rubber bullets at striking miners

YoopyaOct 30, 20120

By Sherilee Lakmidas RUSTENBURG, South Africa (Reuters) – South African police fired rubber bullets and teargas on Tuesday at striking Amplats miners who were protesting against

Clinton presses Algeria on Mali intervention plan

YoopyaOct 30, 20120

By Andrew Quinn ALGIERS (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pressed regional power Algeria on Monday to support an Africa-led military intervention in northern

Senegal’s Sall replaces interior, foreign ministers in reshuffle

YoopyaOct 30, 20120

DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegalese President Macky Sall has fired his interior and foreign ministers in his first cabinet reshuffle since taking office six months ago, the

Egyptians in hajj divided over Islam in politics

YoopyaOct 30, 20120

By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Now that she has finished the hajj and is returning home to Egypt, Magda Bagnied says

Storm Sandy causes severe flooding in eastern US

YoopyaOct 30, 20120

“Super-storm” Sandy has swept into the eastern US coast with hurricane-force winds, bringing severe flooding, cutting power and claiming 13 lives. Sandy caused a record

Tunisian Salafis attack alcohol sellers in capital

YoopyaOct 29, 20120

TUNIS (Reuters) – Clashes broke out between alcohol sellers and hardline Salafi Muslims in the Tunisian capital, a security official said on Sunday, wounding a police

In Vietnam, US relies on pirate site to network

YoopyaOct 29, 20120

CHRIS BRUMMITT Associated Press HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) — It’s a wildly popular website laden with unlicensed songs and Hollywood movies, a prime