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Syria crisis: Fighting rages ahead of UN Assembly vote

YoopyaAug 3, 2012June 2, 20240

There has been renewed fighting in Syria ahead of a UN General Assembly vote condemning its own Security Council for failing to end the unrest.

U.N. sees battle for Aleppo looming

YoopyaAug 3, 20120

(Reuters) – A long-expected Syrian army onslaught to drive rebel forces out of Aleppo is imminent, following a military build-up around the country’s biggest city,

Drought delivers fresh blow to reeling Indian economy

YoopyaAug 3, 20120

(Reuters) – A summer drought makes a bad situation worse for an Indian economy already crippled by a sharp slowdown in growth, persistent inflation and

Canadian miner First Quantum to invest $4 bln in Zambia

YoopyaAug 2, 20120

By Chris Mfula LUSAKA (Reuters) – Canada’s First Quantum Minerals plans to invest more than $4 billion in a new mine and expansion projects in

Egypt’s Tantawi keeps defence ministry post

YoopyaAug 2, 20120

CAIRO (Reuters) – Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi will keep his post as defence minister in Egypt’s first Muslim Brotherhood-led administration, Prime Minister-designate Hisham Kandil said

Congolese hit streets, protest over eastern violence

YoopyaAug 2, 20120

By Media Coulibaly KINSHASA (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters took to the streets across Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday to call for an end

Madagascar to hold presidential election next May

YoopyaAug 2, 20120

By Alain Iloniaina ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – Madagascar will hold presidential elections on May 8 next year, officials said on Wednesday, as the Indian Ocean island

Egypt govt to discuss IMF assistance on Saturday: PM

YoopyaAug 2, 20120

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s new Prime Minister Hisham Kandil will hold a meeting with members of his government on Saturday to discuss the next steps

Exclusive: Obama authorizes secret U.S. support for Syrian rebels

YoopyaAug 2, 2012August 2, 20120

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing U.S. support for rebels seeking to depose Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his government,

Syrian rebels capture tank as Aleppo battle rages

YoopyaAug 2, 20120

(Reuters) – Syrian rebels turned the gun of a captured tank against government forces on Thursday, shelling a military airbase expected to be used as