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Syria truce takes shaky hold, Annan presses Syria

YoopyaApr 12, 20120

By Mariam Karouny and Dominic Evans BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian troops held their fire on Thursday after a U.N.-backed ceasefire deadline passed, giving respite to

Analysis – China scandal risks sapping will for reform

YoopyaApr 12, 20120

By Don Durfee and Chris Buckley BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s most lurid political scandal in years could claim yet another victim – the boldness to

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

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

China, between a rocket and a hard place on North Korea

YoopyaApr 10, 20120

(Reuters) – A joke circulating among officials in Beijing pretty much underlines the bind China is in over North Korea’s plans to send a satellite

Fighting rages in Syria less than 24 hours to deadline

YoopyaApr 9, 20120

(Reuters) – Syria’s conflict spilled over into Turkey on Monday and government forces battled rebel fighters near the border in clashes that appeared to doom

Insight: Young Chinese workers seek end to “eating bitterness”

YoopyaApr 7, 20120

(Reuters) – In the eight years since Zhang Shuxiang first left her village in the poor interior of central China, she worked in 20 factories

Syria revolt hampered by disunity, supply failures

YoopyaApr 6, 20120

(Reuters) – Syrian activist Mahmoud Ali walked for two days across rugged hills to Turkey to collect a satellite phone and video equipment promised by

US offers $10 million for Pakistani militant chief

YoopyaApr 3, 20120

By SEBASTIAN ABBOT and ASIF SHAHZAD Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United States has offered a $10 million bounty for the founder of the

Japan holds off on decision to restart reactors

YoopyaApr 3, 20120

By Risa Maeda TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan needs more time to decide whether to restart two offline nuclear reactors, the trade minister said on Tuesday,