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Newly discovered Mayan calendar goes way past 2012

YoopyaMay 11, 2012August 24, 20220

Newly discovered wall writings found in Guatemala show the famed Maya culture’s obsession with cycles of time. But they also show calendars that go well

Guinea security forces clash with protesters

YoopyaMay 11, 20120

By Saliou Samb CONAKRY (Reuters) – Guinea security forces used guns, teargas and truncheons on Thursday to scatter protesters angered by the government’s handling of

Promise of reform meets scepticism in Algeria vote

YoopyaMay 11, 20120

By Christian Lowe and Hamid Ould Ahmed ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algerians voted on Thursday in an election the ruling elite says will set the country,

Egypt rivals trade barbs in historic debate

YoopyaMay 11, 20120

By Tom Perry and Dina Zayed CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian presidential hopefuls Amr Moussa and Abdel Moneim Abol Fotouh traded barbs about their past in

Damascus blasts kill 40, wound 170 – Syrian TV

YoopyaMay 10, 20120

By Oliver Holmes and Mariam Karouny BEIRUT (Reuters) – Two large explosions killed 40 people in Damascus on Thursday, state media said, destroying dozens of

Wreckage of Russian Sukhoi plane strewn on Indonesian mountain

YoopyaMay 10, 20120

By Olivia Rondonuwu MOUNT SALAK, Indonesia (Reuters) – A rescue team found no survivors but several bodies on Thursday when it arrived at the wreckage

Sudan says regained control of rebel-held Darfur town

YoopyaMay 10, 20120

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese army troops have pushed out rebels who had seized control of a town in the western Darfur region, a state-linked media

Scepticism the main challenger in Algeria election

YoopyaMay 10, 20120

By Christian Lowe and Hamid Ould Ahmed ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algeria votes on Thursday in a parliamentary election its rulers hope will deflect pressure for

Ramon quits Kadima as mini-rebellion against unity emerges

kiemtarMay 9, 20120

Mofaz loyalists blast Ramon as “father of political tricks” and a “convicted sex offender”; dozens of Kadima members quit party in protest of the coalition

Several killed in shooting near Libyan PM’s compound

YoopyaMay 9, 20120

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Several people were killed on Tuesday when an armed militia protesting outside the Libyan prime minister’s office in Tripoli