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Hugo Chavez suffers ‘complications’ after surgery

YoopyaJan 4, 20130

Venezuela’s President, Hugo Chavez, is suffering from “complications” brought on by a “severe lung infection” which developed after surgery, officials say. Mr Chavez, 58, had

Central African Republic president refuses to leave power, defying rebels

YoopyaJan 4, 20130

(Reuters) – Central African Republic President Francois Bozize will refuse to leave power during talks with rebels, his spokesman said on Thursday, rejecting the insurgents’

Congo rebels demand government sign ceasefire for talks

YoopyaJan 4, 20130

(Reuters) – Congolese rebels on Thursday threatened to walk away from this week’s peace talks to end their nine-month revolt unless the government signs an

American journalist missing in Syria

YoopyaJan 2, 20130

BEIRUT (AP) — The family of an American journalist says he went missing in Syria more than one month ago while covering the civil war

Chavez aware his condition complicated: Vice President

YoopyaJan 2, 20130

(Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is aware that his condition is complicated following a fourth cancer operation in Cuba, Vice President Nicolas Maduro said on

Ivory Coast stampede survivors blame barricades

YoopyaJan 2, 20130

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Survivors of a stampede in Ivory Coast that killed 61 people, most of them children and teenagers, after a New

Ivory Coast stampede death toll rises

kiemtarJan 2, 2013January 2, 20130

Deaths from crush at New Year’s Eve fireworks display has risen to 62 as scores of injured go to hospital. The death toll after the

Analysis: Young, urban Indians find political voice after student’s gang rape

YoopyaJan 2, 20130

(Reuters) – When Preeti Joshi heard of the gang rape of a fellow student, she joined a movement of thousands of outraged young Indians who

David Cecil: Uganda ‘drops gay play charges’

YoopyaJan 2, 2013January 2, 20130

A court in Uganda has thrown out a case against UK theatre producer David Cecil, who was charged over a play about the condition of

Ivory Coast mourns after new year stampede in Abidjan

YoopyaJan 2, 20130

Three days of mourning have been declared in Ivory Coast following a New Year’s Eve stampede that killed at least 61 people in Abidjan. Hundreds