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Apple pays $60 million to settle China iPad trademark dispute

YoopyaJul 2, 20120

(Reuters) – Apple Inc has paid $60 million to Proview Technology (Shenzhen) to end a dispute over the iPad trademark in China that saw the

In the IPO capital of the world, Western banks go hungry

YoopyaJul 2, 20120

(Reuters) – A sleepy fishing village just three decades ago, the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen last year hosted more IPOs than New York, Hong

Mexico’s old rulers claim presidential election victory

YoopyaJul 2, 20120

(Reuters) – Mexico’s old rulers claimed victory in a presidential election on Sunday, ending 12 years in opposition after a campaign dominated by a sputtering

Iran threatens Israel; new EU sanctions take force

YoopyaJul 2, 20120

(Reuters) – Iran announced missile tests on Sunday and threatened to wipe Israel “off the face of the earth” if the Jewish state attacked it,

Young Afghans seek solace from war in heavy metal rock

YoopyaJul 2, 20120

(Reuters) – On a dimly lit stage the godfather of Afghan rock prepares for the next song, as images of the French movie La Haine

Senegal’s Sall seeks to bolster rule in polls

YoopyaJul 1, 20120

(Reuters) – Party allies of Senegal’s new president Macky Sall are tipped to win control of parliament in polls on Sunday, which would help him

Mali’s Ansar Dine Islamists destroy holy Sufi sites in Timbuktu

YoopyaJul 1, 20120

Al Qaeda-linked Mali Islamists armed with Kalashnikovs and pick-axes destroyed centuries-old mausoleums of saints in the UNESCO-listed city of Timbuktu on Saturday in front of

Protests as China’s Hu urges new Hong Kong leader to resolve “problems”

YoopyaJul 1, 20120

(Reuters) – Chinese President Hu Jintao on Sunday swore in Hong Kong’s new leader while calling on him to resolve “deep disagreements” ranging from recent

Assad’s fate unclear in world powers’ Syria plan

YoopyaJul 1, 20120

(Reuters) – World powers struck an agreement that a transitional government should be set up in Syria to end the conflict there but they remained

Mexican election could return old rulers to power

YoopyaJul 1, 20120

(Reuters) – Mexicans vote for a new president on Sunday with the opposition party that dominated the country for most of the past century poised