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Cruise ship heads for Malaysian port after engine fire

YoopyaMar 31, 20120

By Manuel Mogato MANILA (Reuters) – A cruise ship temporarily stranded off the south Philippines coast after a fire disabled engines, injuring five crew, is

Sudan says South backs rebel attack, builds up troops

YoopyaMar 31, 20120

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan said South Sudan was supporting a rebel attack on a town in the border state of South Kordofan and building up

Insight: Obama’s North Korean leap of faith falls short

YoopyaMar 30, 20120

(Reuters) – When U.S. diplomats filed into North Korea’s grim embassy in Beijing last month they found an unlikely surprise: Starbucks. Their hosts, led by

Exclusive: China Communist Party scandal triggered by British man’s death: source

YoopyaMar 30, 20120

(Reuters) – The scandal shaking China’s ruling Communist Party just as it readies for leadership change was triggered by claims that the wife of one

France arrests suspected Islamic militants

YoopyaMar 30, 20120

By Gérard Bon and John Irish PARIS (Reuters) – Police commandos arrested 19 suspected Islamic militants in raids on Friday in several French cities including

Equatorial Guinea slams French move against leader’s son

YoopyaMar 30, 20120

MALABO (Reuters) – Equatorial Guinea on Friday condemned as a provocation a move by French judges to seek the arrest of the son of its

Mauritius president says to quit, re-enter politics

YoopyaMar 30, 20120

By Jean Paul Arouff PORT LOUIS (Reuters) – Mauritian President Anerood Jugnauth said on Friday he would step down from his ceremonial position and return

Family says Zimbabwe general killed, seek to exhume body

YoopyaMar 30, 20120

By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) – The family of a former Zimbabwean army general who was seen as a key player in the race to

Mali neighbours threaten border closure

YoopyaMar 30, 20120

By David Lewis and Loucoumane Coulibaly BAMAKO/ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Mali’s neighbours on Thursday gave the leaders of last week’s coup 72 hours to begin handing

Mali coup leader for outside help in north

YoopyaMar 30, 20120

BAMAKO (Reuters) – The leader of Mali’s military junta on Friday called for external help to secure the country against a separatist Tuareg rebellion in