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Tunisian Salafis attack alcohol sellers in capital

YoopyaOct 29, 20120

TUNIS (Reuters) – Clashes broke out between alcohol sellers and hardline Salafi Muslims in the Tunisian capital, a security official said on Sunday, wounding a police

Egypt church moves closer to picking new pope

YoopyaOct 29, 20120

By Yasmine Saleh CAIRO (Reuters) – A vote to help choose a pope for Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox church began on Monday in a process the minority

AngloGold miners at S.African operations resume work

YoopyaOct 27, 20120

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – AngloGold Ashanti said on Friday workers at its West Wits operations in South Africa had returned to work, bringing the curtain down on

Ivory Coast illegally arrested, tortured more than 200: Amnesty

YoopyaOct 27, 20120

By Joe Bavier ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Police and soldiers in Ivory Coast have illegally detained and tortured more than 200 people including supporters of former President

Ivory Coast ex-leader Gbagbo to stay in detention: ICC judges

YoopyaOct 27, 20120

By Thomas Escritt THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Appeal judges at the International Criminal Court on Friday turned down former Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo’s request to

Nigeria: ‘Oil-gas sector mismanagement costs billions’

YoopyaOct 25, 20120

A leaked report into Nigeria’s oil and gas industry has revealed the extent of mismanagement and corruption that is costing billions of dollars each year.

Egypt brokers informal Israel/Gaza truce: Israeli official

YoopyaOct 25, 20120

(Reuters) – Palestinian militants held fire overnight on Thursday and Israel refrained from air strikes as an informal truce brokered by Egypt appeared to take

Special Report: In the land of “gangster-jihadists”

YoopyaOct 25, 20120

(Reuters) – A military helicopter arced through the dusty yellow haze and dropped onto the sand a few kilometers from Timbuktu on April 24, settling

Egypt constitution case sent to higher court, may be delayed

YoopyaOct 23, 20120

CAIRO (Reuters) – A case against the assembly writing Egypt’s new constitution was referred to another court on Tuesday in a move that could give the

S.Africa police shot striking miners in back, lawyers say

YoopyaOct 23, 20120

By Jon Herskovitz RUSTENBURG, South Africa (Reuters) – Police in South Africa shot at least a dozen striking miners in the back during the so-called “Marikana