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Obama invites African leaders to G8 food security talks

YoopyaMay 4, 20120

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama has invited four African leaders to join the G8 leaders’ summit at Camp David later this month for

Gunmen fire on Nigeria cattle market, 60 killed

YoopyaMay 4, 20120

By Ibrahim Mshelizza and Mike Oboh MAIDUGURI/ABUJA (Reuters) – Gunmen threw bombs and opened fire on a cattle market in remote northeastern Nigeria, killing at

Annan plan for Syria “on track”, spokesman says

YoopyaMay 4, 20120

GENEVA (Reuters) – A peace plan for Syria brokered by international mediator Kofi Annan is on track despite reports of violations of the ceasefire,

Prosecutors seek 80-year sentence for Charles Taylor

YoopyaMay 4, 20120

By Thomas Escritt AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Prosecutors have demanded an 80-year jail term for former Liberian president Charles Taylor, who last week was convicted of

Nigeria state seeks husbands for 1,000 brides-to-be

YoopyaMay 3, 2012April 8, 20230

In Nigeria’s Kano state, where the number of divorcees is cause for concern, the government is acting as matchmaker to help ex-wives and widows find

Bin Laden ordered squads to try to attack Obama’s aircraft

YoopyaMay 3, 20120

WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden ordered terrorist teams in mid-2010 to blow up the planes of President Obama and Gen. David H. Petraeus, then commander

Attack on Syria university protest kills four: group

YoopyaMay 3, 20120

(Reuters) – Syrian security forces and students with knives attacked a protest against President Bashar al-Assad at Aleppo University early on Thursday, killing at least

Italy scientists say they have found oldest human blood

YoopyaMay 3, 20120

(Reuters) – Scientists examining the remains of “Otzi,” Italy’s prehistoric iceman who roamed the Alps some 5,300 years ago, said on Wednesday they have isolated

News Corp board comes out in support of Murdoch

YoopyaMay 3, 20120

(Reuters) – News Corp’s board of directors came out in full support of Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch on Wednesday, some 36 hours after a British

Chinese dissident seeks exile, strains US-China ties

YoopyaMay 3, 20120

By Chris Buckley and Andrew Quinn BEIJING (Reuters) – Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng appealed on Thursday for asylum in the United States, throwing into