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Mozambique coal, gas: boom for all, or just a few?

YoopyaJun 23, 20120

(Reuters) – In Mozambique’s port capital Maputo, glitzy offices, boutique hotels and fancy restaurants are popping up alongside crumbling colonial buildings, nourished by multi-billion dollar

Protest in Tahrir Square as Egypt waits for president

YoopyaJun 23, 20120

(Reuters) – Egyptians packed Tahrir Square in Cairo through the night on Saturday, waving flags and chanting for the end of military rule as they

Israel bombs Hamas security targets in Gaza: officials

YoopyaJun 23, 20120

(Reuters) – Israel launched air raids against Hamas security targets in Gaza early on Saturday, wounding at least 17 people, and Palestinian militants fired 18

Twenty dead in Taliban siege of Afghan hotel; NATO blames Haqqanis

YoopyaJun 23, 20120

(Reuters) – Elite Afghan police backed by NATO forces ended a 12-hour siege on Friday at a popular lakeside hotel outside Kabul, leaving at least

As militants join Syria revolt, fears grow over arms flow

YoopyaJun 23, 20120

(Reuters) – As evidence mounts of Islamic militant forces among the Syrian opposition, senior U.S. and European officials are increasingly alarmed by the prospect of

Assange says ready for life in Ecuador

YoopyaJun 22, 20120

(Reuters) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said on Friday that he was ready for a life in Ecuador and said the country had been “quite

Syrian fighter pilot defects to Jordan, gets asylum

YoopyaJun 22, 20120

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) – A Syrian air force pilot flew his MiG-21 fighter plane over the border to Jordan

Somali piracy death toll rises as violence worsens

YoopyaJun 22, 20120

By Peter Apps, Political Risk Correspondent LONDON (Reuters) – Somali pirates seizing Indian Ocean ships were responsible for at least 35 hostage deaths in 2011,

Afghan forces end Taliban siege of hotel, 13 dead

YoopyaJun 22, 20120

(Reuters) – Thirteen people were killed before a long siege was ended at a popular hotel outside the Afghan capital, during which Taliban gunmen took

Insight: Children of Mao’s wrath vie for power in China

YoopyaJun 22, 20120

(Reuters) – Forty five years before ambitious Chinese politician Bo Xilai fell from power accused of flirting with Cultural Revolution extremism, he stood as a