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Anti-American fury sweeps Middle East over film

YoopyaSep 15, 20120

(Reuters) – Fury about a film that insults the Prophet Mohammad tore across the Middle East after weekly prayers on Friday with protesters attacking U.S.

S.Africa police fire tear gas at strikers near massacre site

YoopyaSep 15, 20120

By Joshua Nhlapo and Olivia Kumwenda MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) – South African police on Saturday fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse miners

U.S. won’t tolerate efforts to harm Americans: Obama

YoopyaSep 15, 20120

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Saturday rejected any denigration of Islam but said there is no excuse for attacks on U.S. embassies, insisting he

Syria envoy meets Assad, says conflict is global threat

YoopyaSep 15, 20120

(Reuters) – International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said after talks with President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday that the escalating Syrian conflict posed a global threat. Activists

Anti-Japan protests erupt in China cities over islands row

YoopyaSep 15, 20120

(Reuters) – Thousands of Chinese besieged the Japanese embassy in Beijing on Saturday, hurling rocks, eggs and bottles as protests broke out in other major

California man linked to anti-Islam film taken in for questioning

YoopyaSep 15, 20120

(Reuters) – A California man convicted of bank fraud was taken in for questioning on Saturday by officers investigating possible probation violations stemming from the

Gambia’s President Jammeh halts executions amid outcry

YoopyaSep 15, 20120

Gambian President Yahya Jemmeh has ordered that execution of prisoners on death row be suspended, amid an international outcry. Nine prisoners have been executed since

Camp Bastion assault: Two US marines die in ‘Taliban revenge’

YoopyaSep 15, 20120

Insurgents have attacked Nato’s heavily fortified Camp Bastion base in southern Afghanistan. At least two US marines died when militants breached the perimeter of the

Anti-Japan protests erupt in China over islands row

YoopyaSep 15, 20120

(Reuters) – Thousands of Chinese besieged the Japanese embassy in Beijing on Saturday, hurling rocks, eggs and bottles with protests reported in other major cities

Peace envoy Brahimi says Syria crisis is global threat

YoopyaSep 15, 20120

(Reuters) – International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said after talks with President Bashar al-Assad that the escalating Syrian conflict posed a global danger. “We discussed the