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New video of US aid worker kidnapped in Pakistan

YoopyaMay 7, 20120

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A 70-year-old American aid worker kidnapped nine months ago in Pakistan said in a video released by al-Qaida that he will be

Moussa chases tribal votes in Egypt election

YoopyaMay 7, 20120

By Edmund Blair QANTARA, Egypt (Reuters) – Former Arab League chief Amr Moussa campaigned for the votes of influential tribes on Sunday in his battle

Activist confident China will allow him to leave

YoopyaMay 7, 20120

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese activist who triggered a diplomatic dispute between China and the United States said Monday he is confident that Beijing will

Syria holds parliament vote; opposition boycotts

YoopyaMay 7, 20120

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrians cast ballots Monday in parliamentary elections billed by the regime as key to President Bashar Assad’s political reforms, but the

Moussa chases tribal votes in Egypt election

YoopyaMay 7, 20120

By Edmund Blair QANTARA, Egypt (Reuters) – Former Arab League chief Amr Moussa campaigned for the votes of influential tribes on Sunday in his battle

Short party for Hollande after French election win

YoopyaMay 7, 20120

By Catherine Bremer PARIS (Reuters) – Francois Hollande faces a short honeymoon after his election as France’s first left-wing president in 17 years, with financial

Five Philadelphia priests sanctioned in sex abuse probe

YoopyaMay 5, 20120

Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput stripped five priests of their duties and apologized to their victims on Friday following an investigation into a pedophilia scandal that

Two bombs explode on Damascus highway – residents

YoopyaMay 5, 20120

By Mariam Karouny DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Two bombs detonated on a central Damascus highway on Saturday, destroying nine cars, residents said, in a further sign

Army imposes curfew in Cairo district after clashes

YoopyaMay 5, 20120

By Patrick Werr and Marwa Awad CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s army imposed an overnight curfew around the defence ministry in Cairo on Friday after protesters

Tanzanian president sacks finance, energy ministers

YoopyaMay 5, 20120

By Fumbuka Ng’wanakilala DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete axed his finance and energy ministers on Friday in a reshuffle that had