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Philippe Verdon: French Mali hostage ‘killed by al-Qaeda’

YoopyaMar 21, 20130

Al-Qaeda’s North Africa branch says it has killed a French national captured in Mali in 2011, Mauritania’s ANI news agency reports. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic

Sanjay Dutt: Bollywood actor sent back to jail for 1993 Mumbai blasts

YoopyaMar 21, 20130

India’s Supreme Court has ruled that Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt must return to prison for his role in the 1993 Mumbai blasts. The actor has

South Korea network attack ‘a computer virus’

YoopyaMar 21, 20130

Disruption that paralysed the computer networks of broadcasters and banks in South Korea appears to have been caused by a virus, an official close to

Anti-Obama protesters scuffle with Palestinian police

YoopyaMar 19, 20130

(Reuters) – Palestinian police scuffled on Tuesday with scores of demonstrators protesting against the visit of U.S. President Barack Obama to the occupied West Bank

Damascus, rebels trade charges on “chemical attack”

YoopyaMar 19, 20130

(Reuters) – Syria’s government and rebels accused each other of launching a deadly chemical attack near the northern city of Aleppo on Tuesday in what

Pope Francis urges protection of nature, weak

YoopyaMar 19, 20130

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis urged princes, presidents, sheiks and thousands of ordinary people gathered for his installation Mass on Tuesday to protect the

Bosco Ntaganda: Wanted Congolese in US mission in Rwanda

YoopyaMar 19, 20130

Democratic Republic of Congo war crimes suspect Bosco Ntaganda has handed himself over to the US embassy in the Rwandan capital Kigali, the US says.

Bombs kill at least 50 on anniversary of Iraq invasion

YoopyaMar 19, 20130

(Reuters) – Car bombs and a suicide blast hit Shi’ite districts of Baghdad and south of Iraq’s capital on Tuesday, killing at least 50 people

The African chief converted to Christianity by Dr Livingstone

YoopyaMar 19, 20130

It is 200 years since the birth of David Livingstone, perhaps the most famous of the missionaries to visit Africa in the 19th Century. But

Jailed Kurdish rebel to make “historic call” in Turkey peace process

YoopyaMar 18, 20130

(Reuters) – Jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan said he will make a “historic call” on March 21 as part of a process to end