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US swimmer Diana Nyad halts Cuba to Florida attempt

YoopyaAug 21, 20120

A 62-year-old US woman has had to halt her attempt to become the first person to swim from Cuba to the US without a shark

Exclusive: Iran looks to Armenia to skirt bank sanctions

YoopyaAug 21, 20120

(Reuters) – With international sanctions squeezing Iran, the Islamic Republic is seeking to expand its banking foothold in the Caucasus nation of Armenia to make

Boy raped at Manchester Debenhams after Arndale Centre abduction

YoopyaAug 21, 20120

A boy was raped at a department store in Manchester after being taken from a lift by two men, police have said. The 14-year-old had

Assange’s embassy life is cramped but connected

YoopyaAug 21, 20120

(Reuters) – Living on takeaway meals in a small room with a treadmill to burn off frustrated energy and a vitamin D lamp to make

Analysis: Afghanistan’s peace hopes may rest on Taliban captive

YoopyaAug 21, 2012June 24, 20230

(Reuters) – In the cloistered circles of the Taliban high command, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar had no equal. As military chief of the hardline Islamic

South Africa mine: Lonmin drops threat to fire workers

YoopyaAug 21, 20120

Mining giant Lonmin has dropped its threat to fire workers who failed to return to work at a South African mine after deadly clashes last

Afghan rocket attack damages US army chief plane

YoopyaAug 21, 20120

An insurgent rocket attack on a US air base in Afghanistan has damaged the plane of America’s top military officer while he was on a

Ethiopian strongman and Western ally, Meles, dies

YoopyaAug 21, 20120

(Reuters) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, regarded by the West as a bulwark against Islamic militancy, died while being treated abroad for an undisclosed

Mine violence hits at S.Africa political power nexus

YoopyaAug 18, 20120

By Jon Herskovitz MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) – The bloody protest by South African miners that ended in a hail of police gunfire and 34

Brahimi to firm up role, not urge Assad exit yet

YoopyaAug 18, 20120

By Mirna Sleiman BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Algerian diplomat set to become the new international mediator on Syria has said he urgently needs to clarify