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Huge quakes off Indonesia stir panic, but no big tsunami

YoopyaApr 11, 2012April 11, 20120

(Reuters) – A powerful 8.6 magnitude earthquake and a series of strong aftershocks struck off Indonesia on Wednesday, sending people scurrying from buildings as far

Special Report: How Gaddafi scion went from reformer to reactionary

YoopyaApr 11, 2012December 9, 20140

(Reuters) – It was supposed to be an olive branch from the dictator’s son, an apology for those who had died at the start of

Analysis: Investors run scared of Spain’s battered banks

YoopyaApr 11, 20120

(Reuters) – Spain’s banks are fast joining the ranks of the most unloved in Europe just as many need to raise capital urgently, deserted by

Exclusive: Peru’s president faces claim at Americas rights commission

YoopyaApr 11, 20120

(Reuters) – A lawsuit Peruvian President Ollanta Humala successfully fought in courts before being elected has been filed to the main human rights body in

China ejects Bo from elite ranks, wife suspected of murder

YoopyaApr 11, 20120

(Reuters) – China’s Communist Party has banished the country’s brashest and most controversial politician from its top ranks and detained his wife in connection with

World Bank contest a test for industrial nations

YoopyaApr 11, 20120

By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The unprecedented challenge posed by developing countries to the U.S. grip on the World Bank presidency will test industrial

France approves arrest warrant for son of E. Guinea president

YoopyaApr 11, 20120

PARIS (Reuters) – A French prosecutor on Wednesday approved an investigator’s request for an international arrest warrant for the son of Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro

Annan says Syria promises to respect ceasefire

YoopyaApr 11, 20120

DUBAI (Reuters) – UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan said on Wednesday the Syrian government have assured him they will respect a ceasefire with rebel forces,

IMF working with Egypt on backing for loans

YoopyaApr 11, 20120

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday it was staying in close touch with Egyptian authorities as they work out a budget

Timbuktu librarians protect manuscripts from rebels

YoopyaApr 11, 20120

By Pascal Fletcher JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Malian scholars, librarians and ordinary citizens in the rebel-occupied city of Timbuktu are hiding away priceless ancient manuscripts to