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Saudi women must uncover faces for security checks, council says

YoopyaNov 6, 20120

(Reuters) – Saudi Arabian authorities have rejected a conservative proposal to allow women to keep their faces covered during security checks, local media reported on

Bahrain bomb blasts kill two foreign workers

YoopyaNov 5, 20120

Two foreign workers have been killed and a third seriously injured by bomb blasts in Bahrain, officials say. Police said there were five

Several killed in Syria car bombings

YoopyaNov 5, 20120

A number of people have been killed in two car bomb attacks in Syria. The first occurred outside a state-run development agency in Ziyara, a

Analysis: China’s mission impossible – a date for Hu’s military handover

YoopyaNov 5, 20120

(Reuters) – Outgoing Chinese president Hu Jintao is keeping the nation and the rest of the world guessing over whether he will seek to hang

Syria conflict: Rebels ‘attack key airbase at Taftanaz’

YoopyaNov 3, 20120

Rebels in Syria say they have launched a major offensive to capture a key airbase in the north of the country. Video posted on the

Expect feisty defense from China’s disgraced Bo Xilai

YoopyaNov 1, 20120

(Reuters) – Disgraced former top Chinese politician Bo Xilai can be expected to mount a feisty defense of himself when he finally comes to trial,

Pregnancy rumors envelop North Korea

YoopyaNov 1, 20120

Seoul (CNN) — Is she or isn’t she? Pregnancy rumors and speculation are swirling around the world but the lady in question is saying nothing.

Syrian rebels arm Palestinians against Assad

YoopyaNov 1, 20120

(Reuters) – Syrian rebels said on Wednesday they had begun arming sympathetic Palestinians to fight a pro-Assad faction in a Palestinian enclave in Damascus –

Insight: China grassroots democracy challenge awaits new leaders

YoopyaOct 29, 2012June 24, 20230

(Reuters) – Hua Youjuan is an unlikely Chinese official. Free-spirited but driven, she left her village at age 17, got a degree inmarketing, and opened

Fleeing Muslims seek food, shelter after Myanmar sectarian chaos

YoopyaOct 27, 20120

(Reuters) – Boatloads of Muslims struggled to reach refugee camps and sought safety on islands and in coastal villages on Saturday as Myanmar tried to