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Egypt’s Mursi accused of stifling dissent in media crackdown

YoopyaAug 18, 20120

By Yasmine Saleh CAIRO (Reuters) – A media crackdown in the first month of Mohamed Mursi’s rule has raised fears Egypt’s Islamist president is moving

Syria denies Assad’s deputy tried to defect

YoopyaAug 18, 20120

(Reuters) – Syria denied reports on Saturday that President Bashar al-Assad’s deputy had defected and his forces pressed an offensive against rebels, bombarding parts of

Kim visits North Korea’s army unit that launched 2010 shelling of South

YoopyaAug 18, 20120

(Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited a frontline military detachment, state media reported, and reminded troops of their duty to fight a

China protests over plans by Japanese group to visit near disputed islands

YoopyaAug 18, 20120

(Reuters) – China lodged a formal protest with Japan on Saturday over plans by a Japanese nationalist group including lawmakers to hold a ceremony commemorating

Mine “bloodbath” shocks post-apartheid South Africa

YoopyaAug 17, 2012June 24, 20230

(Reuters) – The police killing of 34 striking platinum miners in the bloodiest security operation since the end of white rule cut to the quick

Syrian refugee exodus accelerates: U.N. agencies

YoopyaAug 17, 20120

(Reuters) – Refugees are fleeing Syria in ever greater numbers, U.N. agencies said on Friday, as the conflict between President Bashar al-Assad’s forces and rebels

China’s Hu gives show of support for North Korea

YoopyaAug 17, 20120

(Reuters) – China’s President Hu Jintao on Friday met the powerful uncle of North Korea’s young leader Kim Jong-un, in a clear show of support

Iran’s Ahmadinejad says no place for Israel in new Middle East

YoopyaAug 17, 20120

(Reuters) – Many thousands of Iranians shouted “Death to America, death to Israel” during state-organized protests on Friday and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told them there

South Africa’s Lonmin Marikana mine clashes killed 34

YoopyaAug 17, 20120

Thirty-four people were killed after police opened fire on striking miners at a South African mine on Thursday, the police chief has said. Riah Phiyega

Indian PM moves to cool panic as thousands flee cities

YoopyaAug 17, 20120

(Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assured migrants from the northeast of the country that they were safe as thousands fled Mumbai, Bangalore and