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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

Libya rebel flees to UK as revolution sours for women

YoopyaDec 4, 20120

Sunderland, on England’s north-east coast, is an unlikely refuge for a Libyan activist forced to flee the very revolution she helped bring about. Twenty-five-year-old Magdulien

Typhoon Bopha slams Philippines south, destroys homes, one dead

YoopyaDec 4, 20120

(Reuters) – Typhoon Bopha, the strongest tropical storm to hit the Philippines this year, slammed into a southern island on Tuesday, destroying homes, cutting power

Congo back in charge of Goma, U.N. fingers Rwanda again

YoopyaDec 4, 20120

(Reuters) – Congo’s government re-established control over the eastern city of Goma on Monday after rebels withdrew, and U.N. experts made new allegations that Rwandan

Fight against al Shabaab instructive model for future: U.S. general

YoopyaDec 4, 2012June 19, 20230

(Reuters) – The African Union war against al Shabaab in Somalia this past year has left the Islamist group “largely in a survival mode” and

Israel Keyes, Confessed Serial Killer, Found Dead In Alaska Jail Cell

YoopyaDec 3, 20120

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec 2 (Reuters) – A confessed serial killer awaiting trial for the kidnapping death of an Anchorage teenager was found dead in his

Egypt’s top court shuts down, blames protesters

YoopyaDec 3, 20120

(Reuters) – Protests by Islamists allied to President Mohamed Mursi forced Egypt’s highest court to adjourn its work indefinitely on Sunday, intensifying a conflict between

Kenyan contenders facing ICC cases to run jointly in vote

YoopyaDec 3, 20120

(Reuters) – Two Kenyan presidential hopefuls indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for allegedly inciting post-election violence said on Sunday they would join forces

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