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Militant South Africa union snubs Lonmin “peace deal”

YoopyaSep 6, 2012May 16, 20240

(Reuters) – South Africa’s militant AMCU union refused to sign a “peace deal” with platinum company Lonmin on Thursday, undermining government-backed efforts to open pay

Analysis: Some Gulf rulers wary of U.S. shifts on Islamists, Iran

YoopyaSep 6, 2012September 6, 20120

(Reuters) – The rise of the Muslim Brotherhood and its ideological affiliates in the Arab Spring uprisings has stoked fears among Gulf Arab governments that

Kenyan minister avoids censure over printing deal

YoopyaSep 5, 20120

NAIROBI (Reuters) – A Kenyan cabinet minister survived censure on Tuesday after parliament threw out a report by a parliamentary committee that accused him of

China, U.S. divided over Syria, sea row, but vow goodwill

YoopyaSep 5, 20120

(Reuters) – China and the United States were divided on Wednesday over how to end the bloodshed in Syria and defuse tension in the South

Mali requests military assistance to free north: France

YoopyaSep 5, 20120

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Mali’s interim leader has made a formal request to west African regional body ECOWAS for military assistance to help free the country’s

French judges investigating Arafat’s death seek exhumation

YoopyaSep 5, 20120

(Reuters) – Three French judges are preparing to travel to Ramallah to seek the exhumation Yasser Arafat’s body as part of an investigation into whether

Rebels hit army headquarters in Damascus

YoopyaSep 5, 20120

(Reuters) – Syrian rebels said they planted bombs inside the Syrian army’s General Staff headquarters in central Damascus on Sunday as President Bashar al-Assad’s forces

Gun death overshadows narrow win by Quebec separatists

YoopyaSep 5, 20120

(Reuters) – A masked gunman shot dead one person inside a Montreal theater where the leader of Quebec’s separatist Parti Quebecois was celebrating a narrow

Pentagon: Navy SEAL book contains classified information

YoopyaSep 5, 20120

(Reuters) – A book about the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden by a former Navy SEAL who participated in the mission contains classified

Syria refugees reached record levels in August, says UN

YoopyaSep 4, 20120

More than 100,000 Syrians fled their country in August, the UN says – the highest monthly figure since the conflict began in March 2011. This