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Football swept up by Japanese tsunami found in Alaska

YoopyaApr 26, 20120

By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – A football that bobbed onto the shore of a remote Alaska island is likely the first salvageable debris

Pakistan PM convicted of contempt, receives no jail time

YoopyaApr 26, 20120

By Mahawish Rezvi ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday found Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani guilty of contempt of court for refusing to

Court to give Taylor verdict in war crimes milestone

YoopyaApr 26, 20120

By Thomas Escritt THE HAGUE (Reuters) – A special court delivers its verdict on Thursday on whether Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor is guilty of crimes

Mali gets post-coup government, facing crisis in north

YoopyaApr 26, 20120

BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s interim leaders named the country’s first post-coup government on Wednesday, faced with the challenge of restoring political stability and tackling a

W.Africa bloc to send troops to coup-hit Bissau

YoopyaApr 26, 20120

By Richard Valdmanis DAKAR (Reuters) – West African regional bloc ECOWAS plans to send more than 600 troops to Guinea-Bissau in coming days to protect

New Zealand zookeeper killed by African elephant

YoopyaApr 25, 20120

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — An African elephant has killed a zookeeper caring for her at the New Zealand zoo where the animal was retired

Rupert Murdoch to face inquiry over media influence

YoopyaApr 25, 20120

(Reuters) – Rupert Murdoch makes a keenly anticipated appearance before a high-profile media inquiry on Wednesday to confront charges that he used his powerful stable

Son of ousted China politician speaks out first time

YoopyaApr 25, 20120

(Reuters) – The son of Chinese politician Bo Xilai has spoken out for the first time since his father’s ouster and mother’s arrest for murder,

Philippines, U.S. stage war games in face of China warning

YoopyaApr 25, 20120

(Reuters) – Hundreds of American and Philippine troops waded ashore on Wednesday in a mock assault to retake a small island in energy-rich waters disputed

Norway killer to try to refute insanity diagnosis

YoopyaApr 25, 20120

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is set to return to the stand in an attempt to prove to the court