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DR Congo: UN to sanction M23 rebels

YoopyaOct 20, 20120

The UN Security Council says it intends to impose sanctions against leaders of the M23 rebel movement in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It said

Beirut bomb kills anti-Syrian intelligence official

YoopyaOct 20, 20120

(Reuters) – A prominent Lebanese intelligence official opposed to President Bashar al-Assad was killed in a huge car bomb in Beirut in another sign that

Swiss to vote on scrapping “popstar paradise” tax system

YoopyaOct 20, 20120

(Reuters) – A tax system that has attracted wealthy foreigners like Phil Collins and Michael Schumacher to live in Switzerland will be put to a

South Africa Gold Fields workers ‘end strike’

YoopyaOct 19, 20120

Nearly all the 15,000 South African gold miners who faced dismissal for going on an illegal strike have reported for duty, their company says. Gold

Rwanda voted onto UN Security Council

YoopyaOct 19, 20120

Rwanda has been elected to sit on the United Nations Security Council for the next two years. The vote comes a day after a leaked

North Korea leader’s nephew in rare interview

YoopyaOct 19, 20120

The grandson of the late Kim Jong-il and nephew of North Korea leader Kim Jong-un has given a rare TV interview from Bosnia, where he

U.S., Israel to stage major defense exercise

kiemtarOct 17, 2012October 17, 20120

The United States and Israel are preparing to stage a major joint missile- and air-defense drill in Israel later this month, an exercise that will

Obama takes aim at Romney

kiemtarOct 17, 2012October 17, 20120

FRESH off an intensely combative debate, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have taken the fight to the battleground states. The candidates debated as if their political

New dad at 96: Meet the world’s oldest father who’s just welcomed second son with his wife half his age

YoopyaOct 17, 2012April 20, 20250

Despite swearing he would not have anymore children after his first son, the active pensioner feels blessed to provide a sibling for his eldest. An

Cambodia mourns as ex-king’s body comes home

YoopyaOct 17, 20120

(Reuters) – Tens of thousands poured into Cambodia’s capital to witness the procession on Wednesday of the body of former king Norodom Sihanouk, a revered