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Mexico’s Slim family takes stake in Argentina YPF

YoopyaJun 15, 20120

(Reuters) – Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim and his family have taken a stake in Argentina’s recently renationalized energy company YPF (YPFD.BA) in lieu of a

US envoy: North Korean isolation hides suffering

YoopyaJun 14, 20120

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States is working to break an “information blockade” that allows North Korea to hide its rights abuses and

Suu Kyi welcomes world reaching out to Myanmar

YoopyaJun 14, 20120

GENEVA (AP) — Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says investment in her country should strengthen its nascent process of democratization. Businesses have been

Syria: Car bomb explodes in Damascus suburb

YoopyaJun 14, 20120

BEIRUT (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated his car packed with explosives in a Damascus suburb on Thursday, wounding 10 people and damaging one of

Suspected militant pleads guilty to aiding Somalia’s al Shabaab

YoopyaJun 14, 20120

By Basil Katz NEW YORK (Reuters) – An Eritrean man pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to illegally giving funds and receiving military training

S.Sudan seeks arbitration over disputed borderlands

YoopyaJun 14, 20120

By Hereward Holland JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan said on Wednesday it is seeking international arbitration to settle a dispute with neighbouring Sudan over ownership

Mali, Bissau, Sudans, Somalia top UN, AU talks

YoopyaJun 14, 20120

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council and African Union Peace and Security Council on Wednesday jointly urged military coup leaders in Guinea Bissau

Thousands in need of food, shelter after Myanmar clashes

YoopyaJun 14, 20120

(Reuters) – Thousands of displaced Muslim Rohingyas and ethnic Rakhine Buddhists were in need of food, water and shelter in northwestern Myanmar on Thursday after

Moscow ‘March of Millions’ protests Vladimir Putin’s rule

YoopyaJun 13, 20120

In the first major protest since President Vladimir Putin began a new term, people of all ages and political convictions flooded the city center, chanting

Tunisian court sentences Ben Ali to 20 years jail

YoopyaJun 13, 20120

TUNIS (Reuters) – A Tunisian military court sentenced ousted Tunisian dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali to 20 years jail in absentia on Wednesday for inciting