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Syria: Syria to hold presidential election on June 3

YoopyaApr 21, 2014September 16, 20230

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria will hold presidential elections on June 3, the country’s parliament speaker said Monday, a vote President Bashar Assad is likely

Asia: Japan PM sends offering to war shrine

YoopyaApr 21, 2014September 16, 20230

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a religious offering Monday to a Tokyo shrine that honors the dead, including executed war criminals

Asia: 13th body pulled from snow in Everest avalanche

YoopyaApr 19, 2014September 26, 20230

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Search teams recovered a 13th body Saturday from the snow and ice covering a dangerous climbing pass on Mount Everest, where

Malaysia: Sub search for missing jet to be finished in week

YoopyaApr 19, 2014September 26, 20230

PERTH, Australia (AP) — A robotic submarine looking for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet is expected to finish searching a patch of the Indian Ocean

World: Drone risks damage at record depth in search for Malaysian plane

YoopyaApr 18, 2014September 30, 20230

(Reuters) – An underwater drone scouring the Indian Ocean floor for a missing Malaysian jetliner has dived to its deepest ever level, putting its equipment

World: 292 missing, 4 dead in South Korea ferry disaster

YoopyaApr 16, 2014July 21, 20230

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A ferry carrying 459 people, mostly high school students on an overnight trip to a tourist island, sank off South

World: New ping signals spark confidence in Malaysia Airlines search

YoopyaApr 9, 2014September 7, 20230

(Reuters) – Australian officials said on Wednesday two new ping signals had been detected in the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, boosting confidence after

World: India kicks off world’s biggest election in remote northeast

YoopyaApr 7, 2014September 7, 20230

(Reuters) – The first Indians cast their votes in the world’s biggest election on Monday with Hindu nationalist opposition candidate Narendra Modi seen holding a

World: India kicks off world’s biggest election in remote northeast

YoopyaApr 7, 2014July 21, 20230

(Reuters) – The first Indians cast their votes in the world’s biggest election on Monday with Hindu nationalist opposition candidate Narendra Modi seen holding a

Africa: U.N. chief says C. African Republic peacekeepers overwhelmed

YoopyaApr 7, 2014July 21, 20230

(Reuters) – French and African soldiers serving in Central African Republic are overwhelmed by the state of anarchy in the country, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon