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Assad names new PM, army pounds rebels

YoopyaJun 6, 20120

(Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad named a Baath Party stalwart to form a new government on Wednesday, signaling no political concessions to a 15-month-old

Top al Qaeda strategist killed in Pakistan

YoopyaJun 6, 20120

(Reuters) – A U.S. drone strike in Pakistan killed one of al Qaeda’s most powerful figures, the U.S. government said on Tuesday, dealing the biggest

Assad names new PM, army pounds rebels

YoopyaJun 6, 20120

By Oliver Holmes BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad named a Baath Party stalwart to form a new government on Wednesday, signalling no political

Twin suicide bombings in Afghanistan’s Kandahar kill 20 civilians

YoopyaJun 6, 20120

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A pair of suicide bombers struck outside NATO’s biggest base in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing 20 civilians and wounding 50,

Nigeria forces say kill 16 Islamists in fire fight

YoopyaJun 6, 20120

MAIDUGURI (Reuters) – Nigerian forces shot dead 16 suspected militants in a fire fight with Islamist sect Boko Haram on Tuesday, the military said. A

Dozens dying each day along Sudan’s border: rebel

YoopyaJun 6, 20120

By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Dozens of people are dying each day in Sudan’s conflict-stricken border regions because the government is stopping foreign

UN is asked to push for arrest of Sudan’s Bashir

YoopyaJun 6, 20120

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court prosecutor has asked the U.N. Security Council to consider urging countries or regional groups

Bomb targets US embassy offices in Libya’s Benghazi

YoopyaJun 6, 20120

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – A bomb targeted the U.S. embassy offices in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi late on Tuesday, an embassy official said.

Mubarak’s health deteriorates in Egypt jail: agency

YoopyaJun 6, 20120

CAIRO (Reuters) – Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s health suffered a “severe deterioration” on Tuesday after the 84-year-old was sentenced to life imprisonment last week

Queen’s flotilla idea taken from old painting

kiemtarJun 3, 20120

(CBS News) The big bash in London Sunday on the River Thames was the backdrop for day two of the Queen’s 4-day Diamond Jubilee. In