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Trail of carnage in trash bins of Damascus suburb

YoopyaJul 4, 20120

(Reuters) – Syrians in the ghost city of Douma have recovered mutilated corpses and sifted through trash for body parts hacked off by death squads

Exclusive: Mexico’s Slim not eyeing more Europe buys for now

YoopyaJul 4, 20120

(Reuters) – Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim said on Tuesday he has no immediate plans for further telecommunications purchases in Europe after buying into Dutch firm

Reactor restarts, but Japan’s energy policy in flux

YoopyaJul 4, 20120

(Reuters) – Buffeted by industry worries about high electricity costs on one side and public safety fears about nuclear power on the other, Japan’s leaders

U.S. border residents mixed over Mexico Pena Nieto’s win

YoopyaJul 4, 20120

(Reuters) – When Enrique Pena Nieto won the Mexican presidency on Sunday with a campaign pledge to reduce drug-cartel violence, El Paso entrepreneur Ricardo Fernandez

Zimbabwe gives banks a year to hand over stakes

YoopyaJul 3, 20120

By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe has given foreign-owned banks one year to hand over 51 percent stakes to locals, according to a government

Nigeria signs $4.5 bln refineries deal with Vulcan Petroleum

YoopyaJul 3, 20120

By Tim Cocks and Camillus Eboh LAGOS/ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday with Vulcan Petroleum Resources for a $4.5 billion

Mugabe Singapore trip raises more health questions

YoopyaJul 3, 20120

HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe flew to Singapore on Monday for what a senior aide called a routine medical check-up, reviving speculation about

Guinea President Conde says elections due by year-end

YoopyaJul 3, 20120

PARIS (Reuters) – Parliamentary elections in Guinea will take place before year-end, President Alpha Conde said on Monday, marking the final step in the West

Market bombs kill 29 before Iraqi Shi’ite ritual

YoopyaJul 3, 20120

(Reuters) – A bomb in a small truck exploded in a market in the Iraqi city of Diwaniya on Tuesday, killing at least 25 people,

Iran test-fires medium range missiles

YoopyaJul 3, 20120

(Reuters) – Iran said on Tuesday it had successfully tested medium-range missiles capable of hitting Israel in response to threats of military action against the