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Ukraine ex-PM’s appeal trial put off until July 12

YoopyaJun 26, 20120

KIEV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian court on Tuesday adjourned hearings to July 12 into former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s appeal against the verdict and seven-year

Heavy fighting around Syrian capital

YoopyaJun 26, 20120

(Reuters) – State forces and rebels were locked in heavy fighting in several areas outside Damascus on Tuesday, activists said, in the worst violence to

S.Africa and state workers move closer to wage deal

YoopyaJun 26, 20120

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Unions representing about 1.3 million South African state workers and the government have narrowed differences on a wage deal, nearing a settlement

Rwanda says being made a scapegoat for Congo mutiny

YoopyaJun 26, 20120

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Rwandan Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo on Monday condemned “disingenuous” claims that high-ranking Rwandan officials are backing an army

Sudan says no retreat on cuts despite protests

YoopyaJun 26, 20120

By Khalid Abdelaziz KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s finance minister said on Monday the government would stick to its decision to cut fuel subsidies despite more

Egypt’s Islamist president takes revolution to palace

YoopyaJun 26, 2012December 13, 20230

(Reuters) – Mohamed Mursi, Egypt’s first freely elected president whose powers have already been curbed by the army, began work on a coalition on Monday

Three dead in Mexico airport gunfight between police

YoopyaJun 26, 20120

(Reuters) – Three policemen died in a shootout with two other officers suspected of drug trafficking at Mexico City’s airport on Monday, as panicked travelers

Al Qaeda threatens Arab Spring nations: UK spy chief

YoopyaJun 26, 20120

(Reuters) – Al Qaeda militants are using the countries which toppled their leaders in the Arab Spring as bases to train radical Western youths for

Insight: Road to nowhere: the longest expressway India never had

YoopyaJun 26, 20120

(Reuters) – In a wheat field near the mighty Ganges river stands a cracked foundation stone surrounded by nibbling goats and farmers driving their cattle

U.S. seizes Tyrannosaurus bones on suspicion of smuggling

YoopyaJun 25, 20120

By Joseph O’Leary NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. officials on Friday seized the skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus dinosaur that Mongolia wants returned on suspicion that