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Analysis: U.N. confronts failure of diplomacy in Syria

YoopyaDec 29, 20120

(Reuters) – Attempts by the United Nations to end the bloody 21-month-old Syrian conflict through diplomacy have been a resounding failure and there is little

Ghana election: NPP challenges John Mahama’s victory

YoopyaDec 29, 20120

Ghana’s main opposition party has filed a petition at the Supreme Court to challenge President John Mahama’s victory in this month’s election. The New Patriotic

Young Ugandan orphan treated at L.A. burn center

YoopyaDec 28, 2012April 2, 20230

Adolf Baguma, 11, is able to walk upright for the first time in years, but he still faces months of treatment. Adolf Baguma’s caretakers at

Sweater knit by Myanmar’s Suu Kyi sells for $49K

YoopyaDec 28, 20120

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A hand-knit woolen sweater made by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has sold at an auction in Myanmar for $49,000.

Athens – the EU capital city without a mosque

YoopyaDec 28, 20120

At Friday prayers and across Athens, Muslims gather in underground, cramped prayer rooms. The makeshift facilities are illegal but this huge community faces no other

U.S. suspends embassy operations in rebel-hit Central African Republic

YoopyaDec 28, 20120

(Reuters) – The United States said on Thursday it was suspending operations at its embassy in the Central African Republic as rebels appeared poised to

Central African Republic appeals for French help against rebels, Paris balks

YoopyaDec 27, 20120

(Reuters) – The president of the Central African Republic appealed on Thursday for France and the United States to help push back rebels threatening his government and

Mental illness, poverty haunted Afghan policewoman who killed American

YoopyaDec 27, 20120

(Reuters) – The Afghan policewoman suspected of killing a U.S. contractor at police headquarters in Kabul suffered from mental illness and was driven to suicidal

Nelson Mandela “not yet fully recovered”: spokesman

YoopyaDec 27, 20120

(Reuters) – Former South African President Nelson Mandela is doing well after being discharged from hospital, although he is still not fully recovered, a government

Sudan’s Bashir says ready to meet Kiir to try to get oil flowing

YoopyaDec 27, 20120

(Reuters) – Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said on Wednesday he was ready to meet his South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir to try to move