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Pope meets Cuba’s Fidel Castro, slams U.S. embargo

YoopyaMar 29, 20120

(Reuters) – Pope Benedict called for an end to the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba and met with revolutionary icon Fidel Castro on Wednesday as

Amid fresh diplomacy, U.S. remains wary of direct Syria role

YoopyaMar 29, 20120

(Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton departs on Thursday for fresh diplomacy aimed at halting Syria’s bloodshed, but there is little sign the

Sarkozy bars Qaradawi from France, says radical imams unwanted after Toulouse

YoopyaMar 29, 20120

France will bar radical Muslim preachers from entering the country to participate in an Islamic conference next month as part of a crackdown after shootings

Special Report: Gaddafi’s secret missionaries

YoopyaMar 29, 20120

(Reuters) – On a tidy campus in his capital of Tripoli, dictator Muammar Gaddafi sponsored one of the world’s leading Muslim missionary networks. It was

Exclusive: Brazil to rally BRICS against rich countries

YoopyaMar 29, 2012July 15, 20220

(Reuters) – Brazil will push for its large emerging-market peers including China to denounce what it sees as unfair monetary policies by Europe and the

Feature – Syrian suspicions swirl over Iranian hand in Assad’s repression

YoopyaMar 29, 20120

By Jonathon Burch ANTAKYA, Turkey (Reuters) – The Syrian rebel fighter pulled a small copper-plated bullet from his trouser pocket, offering it as supporting evidence

Ocampo hopes to open World Bank leadership to all

YoopyaMar 29, 20120

By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Colombian finance minister Jose Antonion Ocampo knows he faces a tough battle to head the World Bank but

BRICS nations voice concern over pace of IMF reforms

YoopyaMar 29, 20120

By Rajesh Kumar Singh NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The BRICS group of emerging market nations voiced concern about the slow pace of reforms within the

UN mulls reducing peacekeepers in Sudan’s Darfur

YoopyaMar 29, 20120

By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The United Nations is considering cutting back its peacekeeping mission in Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur region as violence dwindles

South Sudan troops withdraw from oil area after clashes

YoopyaMar 29, 20120

By Ulf Laessing HEGLIG OIL FIELD, Sudan (Reuters) – South Sudan’s troops have pulled out of Sudan’s oil-producing Heglig area, both sides said on Wednesday,