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Egypt: Ex-PM Ahmed Nazif jailed for corruption

YoopyaSep 13, 20120

A court in Cairo has sentenced Egypt’s former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif to three years in prison for corruption. Ahmed Nazif, who was prime minister

Zimbabwe’s Tsvangirai set to marry after court victory

YoopyaSep 13, 20120

A court in Zimbabwe has thrown out a bid by a woman to block Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s wedding on Saturday to his fiancee, Elizabeth

When Congress was my friend: Life on old Capitol Hill

YoopyaSep 13, 20120

When Mary Zurhorst Gray was a young girl living in 1920s Washington DC, she used to watch the great dome of the US Congress building,

The crocodile feeder of Ivory Coast

YoopyaSep 13, 20120

For visitors to Yamoussoukro, the official capital of Ivory Coast, and the birth place of its first president, the crocodiles are a major attraction, especially

Intrepid U.S. envoy Stevens nurtured Libyan democracy

YoopyaSep 13, 20120

(Reuters) – As a mid-level U.S. diplomat, Chris Stevens dreamed up the idea of building bridges with Iran by having the United States extend greetings

US embassy in Yemen stormed in film protest

YoopyaSep 13, 20120

Protesters angered by an anti-Islam film made in the US have stormed the grounds of the American embassy in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Police shot

Obama vows to “bring to justice” ambassador’s killers

YoopyaSep 13, 20120

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama vowed on Wednesday to “bring to justice” the Islamist gunmen responsible for a ferocious assault that killed the U.S. ambassador

In Libya, deadly fury took U.S. envoys by surprise

YoopyaSep 13, 20120

(Reuters) – Diplomats had long been on their guard in Benghazi, a city that was the cradle of Libya’s Western-backed revolution but also home to

U.S. Ambassador To Libya J. Christopher Stevens Killed

YoopyaSep 12, 20120

Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and reportedly three other American officials were killed in a rocket attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya on September 11.

Holiday retail sales seen up 3.3 percent: ShopperTrak

YoopyaSep 12, 20120

(Reuters) – U.S. retail sales should rise 3.3 percent this holiday season, on what is expected to be the first increase in shopper traffic since