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Securing Syria chemical weapons may take tens of thousands of troops

YoopyaAug 17, 20120

(Reuters) – The United States and its allies are discussing a worst-case scenario that could require tens of thousands of ground troops to go into

SA President Zuma alarmed at Lonmin mine shootings

kiemtarAug 17, 2012August 17, 20120

South African President Jacob Zuma is alarmed and deeply saddened at the manner in which an industrial dispute at the Lonmin platinum mine in Rustenburg

Ethiopian church patriarch Abune Paulos dies

YoopyaAug 16, 20120

The head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Abune Paulos, has died aged 76, the government has announced. The foreign ministry said he had been receiving

Assad’s feared brother lost leg in bomb attack: sources

YoopyaAug 16, 20120

(Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad’s feared brother Maher lost a leg in a bomb attack on the Syrian leader’s security cabinet a month ago, sources

Peres says Israel can’t go it alone in Iran, trusts Obama

YoopyaAug 16, 20120

(Reuters) – Israeli President Shimon Peres on Thursday came out against any go-it-alone Israeli attack on Iran, saying he trusted U.S. President Barack Obama’s pledge

Ecuador grants asylum to Assange, angering Britain

YoopyaAug 16, 20120

(Reuters) – Ecuador has granted political asylum to WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange, Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said on Thursday, a day after the British government

Iraq blasts, shootings kill 21, wound scores

YoopyaAug 16, 20120

(Reuters) – At least 21 people died in a dozen blasts and a series of shootings across Iraq on Thursday, underscoring the country’s uphill struggle

South Africa police fire on striking miners, several dead

YoopyaAug 16, 20120

(Reuters) – South African riot police opened fire on striking miners armed with machetes and sticks at Lonmin’s Marikana platinum mine on Thursday, killing several

Bahrain jails activist for three years over protests: lawyer

YoopyaAug 16, 20120

(Reuters) – Prominent Bahraini opposition activist Nabeel Rajab was sentenced to three years in jail on Thursday for anti-government protests, his lawyer said, a verdict

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation suspends Syria

kiemtarAug 16, 2012August 16, 20120

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation suspends Syria; summit shows direct military intervention unlikely. The 57-member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation has suspended Syria, with OIC chief