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Morocco says to take tougher line on rape-marriages

YoopyaMar 16, 20120

RABAT (Reuters) – Morocco on Thursday said it would amend a law allowing rapists to marry their underage female victims after the suicide of a

Kenyan cabinet proposes not taxing essential goods

YoopyaMar 16, 20120

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya has proposed a bill to scrap all taxes on basic commodities including maize, wheat flour, milk, bread and medical supplies to

Kenya health workers agree with government to end 2-week strike

YoopyaMar 16, 20120

By Humphrey Malalo NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan public health workers have ended a near two-week strike over pay after reaching a deal with the government

Moroccan police violently break protest in capital

YoopyaMar 15, 20120

RABAT (Reuters) – Moroccan police on Wednesday beat up protesters who were seeking to stage a demonstration in the capital Rabat in solidarity to anti-government

S.Sudan to lobby for Sudan debt, sanctions relief

YoopyaMar 15, 20120

By Hereward Holland JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan said on Wednesday it would help its former civil war foe Sudan lobby for debt relief and

UK police arrest Rebekah Brooks in hacking probe

YoopyaMar 14, 20120

March 13, 2012 — LONDON (AP) — Former News International executive Rebekah Brooks and her racehorse trainer husband Charlie were arrested in dawn raids that

U.S., EU, Japan take on China at WTO over rare earths

YoopyaMar 14, 20120

(Reuters) – The United States, Europe and Japan joined forces on Tuesday to challenge China’s restrictions on exports of rare earth minerals critical to the

China’s Wen bets final year on reform push

YoopyaMar 14, 20120

(Reuters) – China must embrace slower growth and bolder political reform to keep its economy from faltering and to spread wealth more evenly, Premier Wen

Obama aims to dispel Afghan anger over massacre

YoopyaMar 14, 20120

By David Alexander and Rob Taylor WASHINGTON/KABUL (Reuters) – President Barack Obama sought on Tuesday to dispel Afghan anger over a U.S. soldier’s massacre of

UN’s Ban says Libya should end rights abuses

YoopyaMar 14, 20120

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday that Libyan authorities should address human rights violations after a U.N.