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Philippines’ biggest typhoon kills at least 230, hundreds missing

YoopyaDec 5, 20120

(Reuters) – The death toll from the Philippines’ strongest typhoon this year rose on Wednesday to around 230, with hundreds missing in landslides and floodwaters,

Iran says captures U.S. drone in its airspace

YoopyaDec 4, 20120

(Reuters) – Iran captured a U.S. intelligence-gathering drone that entered its airspace over the Gulf, its armed forces said on Tuesday, the latest in a recent succession

Kim Kardashian Bahrain Visit: Protests Flare After Reality Star’s Appearance

YoopyaDec 3, 20120

MANAMA, Bahrain — Just hours after reality TV star Kim Kardashian gushed about her impressions of Bahrain, riot police fired tear gas to disperse more

Halabja chemical weapons: A chance to find the men who armed Saddam

YoopyaDec 3, 20120

Nearly 25 years ago, Iraqi forces killed thousands of their own civilians using chemical weapons on the Kurdish town of Halabja. Now steps are about

Russia’s Putin to discuss Syria with Turkey PM Erdogan

YoopyaDec 3, 20120

Russian President Vladimir Putin is to meet Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss the Syrian conflict, which has strained bilateral relations. Moscow is a

Palestinians win de facto U.N. recognition of sovereign state

YoopyaNov 30, 20120

(Reuters) – The 193-nation U.N. General Assembly on Thursday overwhelmingly approved the de facto recognition of the sovereign state of Palestine after Palestinian President Mahmoud

Bombs kill 30 in Iraq Shi’ite cities

YoopyaNov 29, 20120

(Reuters) – Bombs in two majority Shi’ite Muslim cities in southern Iraq killed 28 people on Thursday, police and hospital sources said, in an attack

Twin bomb blasts shake Damascus suburb

YoopyaNov 28, 20120

At least 29 people have been killed and many injured by two car bomb explosions in a south-eastern district of Syria’s capital, Damascus, activists say.

Arafat’s grave opened for poison tests

YoopyaNov 27, 20120

(Reuters) – Forensic experts took samples from Yasser Arafat’s buried corpse in the West Bank on Tuesday, trying to determine if he was murdered by

Mursi opponents rally in Cairo’s Tahrir

YoopyaNov 27, 2012November 27, 20120

(Reuters) – Opponents of President Mohamed Mursi rallied in Cairo’s Tahrir Square for a fifth day on Tuesday, stepping up calls to scrap a decree