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China warns U.S. not to take sides in sea disputes

YoopyaSep 4, 20120

(Reuters) – China warned the United States not to get involved in South China Sea territorial disputes on Tuesday as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary

Liberia rainforest: ‘60% handed to logging companies’

YoopyaSep 4, 20120

Uncontrolled logging is posing a risk to Liberia’s virgin rainforests and depriving people of economic benefits, campaign group Global Witness warns. Its report says that

UN says Syria refugees hit record in August

YoopyaSep 4, 20120

More than 100,000 Syrians fled their country in August, the UN says – the highest monthly number of refugees since the conflict began in March

Iran could strike US bases if Israel attacks: Hezbollah

YoopyaSep 4, 20120

(Reuters) – Iran could hit U.S. bases in the Middle East in response to any Israeli strike on its nuclear facilities even if American forces

Israeli “skunk” fouls West Bank protests

YoopyaSep 4, 20120

(Reuters) – Imagine taking a chunk of rotting corpse from a stagnant sewer, placing it in a blender and spraying the filthy liquid in your

Egypt’s sexual harassment of women ‘epidemic’

YoopyaSep 3, 20120

Campaigners in Egypt say the problem of sexual harassment is reaching epidemic proportions, with a rise in such incidents over the past three months. For

‘Moonie’ Church mourns founder Sun Myung Moon

YoopyaSep 3, 20120

Members of the South Korea-based Unification Church are in mourning following the death of their founder, self-proclaimed messiah Sun Myung Moon. Followers of Moon –

Red Bull co-creator’s grandson held after Bangkok death

YoopyaSep 3, 20120

A grandson of Red Bull’s late co-creator Chaleo Yoovidhaya has been arrested on suspicion of running over a policeman with a Ferrari in Bangkok. The

Rebels hit army headquarters in Damascus

YoopyaSep 3, 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

Analysis: Violence dims hope of solution to Turkish Kurd conflict

YoopyaSep 3, 20120

(Reuters) – Images of smiling Kurdish MPs hugging rebels, rifles slung over their shoulders, at a remote roadblock in Turkey’s mountainous southeast hit a raw