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Tropical Storm Isaac lashes Cuba, with Florida Keys in sights

YoopyaAug 26, 2012August 26, 20120

(Reuters) – Tropical Storm Isaac, back over warm ocean waters, lashed Cuba with winds and rain as it swept toward the Florida Keys, where it was

Angola deports China ‘gangsters’

YoopyaAug 26, 20120

Angola has extradited 37 Chinese nationals, accused of extortion, kidnappings, armed robberies and running prostitution rings. They allegedly targeted other Chinese, kidnapping businessmen for ransom

Libya Sufi shrines attacked ‘by Islamist hardliners’

YoopyaAug 26, 20120

A shrine in the Libyan capital Tripoli venerating a Sufi Muslim saint has been partly destroyed – the latest in a series of attacks blamed

Assad’s forces accused of massacre near Syrian capital

YoopyaAug 26, 20120

(Reuters) – Syrian opposition activists accused President Bashar al-Assad’s forces on Sunday of committing a massacre of scores of people in a town close to

Chinese bus collides with tanker, killing 36

YoopyaAug 26, 20120

At least 36 people have died after a sleeper-bus collided with a methane-laden tanker in northern China, state-run media say. The two vehicles burst into

Analysis: Europe far right shuns Breivik’s acts, flirts with ideas

YoopyaAug 26, 20120

(Reuters) – Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik may have failed to ignite a race war with Muslims, but he succeeded in stoking anxieties about

Ecuador says Britain withdraws threat to raid embassy in Assange standoff

YoopyaAug 26, 20120

(Reuters) – Britain has withdrawn a threat to enter Ecuador’s embassy in London to arrest WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange who has taken refuge there, President

Explosion kills 39 at Venezuela’s biggest refinery

YoopyaAug 26, 20120

(Reuters) – An explosion tore through Venezuela’s biggest refinery on Saturday, killing 39 people, wounding dozens more and halting operations at the facility in the

Norway’s 100-Year-Old Mystery Package Opened: Guess What Was Inside

YoopyaAug 25, 20120

Well, as anticipated, the 100-year-old mystery package opened today in Norway didn’t hold the Blue Star diamond that was lost when the Titanic sunk in

Lonmin says S.Africa seeks “peace accord” in labour dispute

YoopyaAug 25, 2012August 25, 20120

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The South African government is working with Lonmin to reach a “peace accord” between warring factions after violence stemming from a union