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Group warns Egypt against ending sit-ins by force

YoopyaAug 2, 2013May 15, 20240

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s president-elect called Israel’s control of Jerusalem and Palestinian lands a “wound” for the Islamic world in relatively moderate remarks Friday

Kuwait pardons those convicted of offending him

YoopyaJul 31, 2013June 16, 20240

KUWAIT CITY (AP) — Kuwait’s ruler says he is pardoning all those convicted of offending him. The move is an apparent effort to cool political

Al-Qaida claims responsibility for Iraq bombings

YoopyaJul 30, 2013July 4, 20240

BAGHDAD (AP) — Al-Qaida’s branch in Iraq has claimed responsibility for a wave of bombings across the country that killed at least 58 people, most

US hosts Israel, Palestinians for peace talks

YoopyaJul 30, 2013May 15, 20240

WASHINGTON (AP) — Diplomats long have stressed the urgency of resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, yet as a new round of Mideast peace talks begins, Secretary

Wave of car bombings target Iraqi Shi’ites, killing 55

YoopyaJul 29, 2013May 15, 20240

(Reuters) – Seventeen car bombs exploded in Iraq on Monday, killing at least 55 people in predominantly Shi’ite areas in some of the deadliest violence

North Korea military parades through Pyongyang

YoopyaJul 27, 2013June 16, 20240

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Goose-stepping soldiers, columns of tanks and a broad array of ominous-looking missiles poised on mobile launchers paraded through Pyongyang’s main

NKorean leader lays flowers for Korean War veterans with US, Chinese veterans in attendance

YoopyaJul 25, 2013July 4, 20240

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Two decorated U.S. war veterans who survived one of the worst battles of the Korean War found themselves among former

Once a top Chinese politician, fallen Bo Xilai indicted for corruption, abuse of power

YoopyaJul 25, 2013August 1, 20240

BEIJING (AP) — Deposed Chinese politician Bo Xilai was charged with corruption and abuse of power Thursday, as China’s new leadership tries to steer the

Toll from China quake hits 94, with 1,000 injured

YoopyaJul 23, 2013June 16, 20240

BEIJING (AP) — Rescuers with shovels and sniffer dogs chipped away at collapsed hillsides Tuesday as the death toll rose to 94 from a strong

EU declares Hezbollah’s military wing terror group; Israel welcomes the move

YoopyaJul 22, 2013July 4, 20240

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union placed the military wing of Lebanese party Hezbollah on its terror list on Monday in a major change of