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Nepali villager, 72, declared world’s shortest man

YoopyaFebruary 28, 2012

by YoopyaFebruary 28, 20120

(Reuters) – Home to Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, the scenic country of Nepal on Sunday added another height-related superlative – of having the...

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Syria approves new constitution amid bloodshed

YoopyaFebruary 28, 2012

by YoopyaFebruary 28, 20120

(Reuters) – Syrian artillery pounded rebel-held areas of Homs as President Bashar al-Assad’s government announced that voters had overwhelmingly approved a new constitution in a...

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Nine killed in Afghan airport bomb, NATO base attacked

YoopyaFebruary 27, 2012

by YoopyaFebruary 27, 20120

(Reuters) – A suicide car bomber killed at least nine people in an attack on a military airport in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, officials said,...

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Twelve killed in protests across Afghanistan

YoopyaFebruary 25, 2012

by YoopyaFebruary 25, 20120

(Reuters) – Twelve people were killed on Friday in the bloodiest day yet in protests that have raged across Afghanistan over the desecration of copies...

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Evacuations in Syria as diplomatic pressure mounts

YoopyaFebruary 25, 2012

by YoopyaFebruary 25, 20120

(Reuters) – The first wounded and sick women trapped in the most embattled district of the Syrian city of Homs have been evacuated, and talks...

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Afghan protesters march towards presidential palace

YoopyaFebruary 24, 2012

by YoopyaFebruary 24, 20120

(Reuters) – Hundreds of demonstrators marched towards the palace of Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul on Friday, as a fourth day of protests erupted...

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Saleh’s deputy takes power in Yemen vote as sole candidate

YoopyaFebruary 22, 2012

by YoopyaFebruary 22, 20120

(Reuters) – A general took power in Yemen Tuesday as the sole candidate in a presidential election after a year-long uprising that ousted long-serving ruler Ali Abdullah...

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Afghan demonstrators torch foreign compound in Kabul

YoopyaFebruary 22, 2012

by YoopyaFebruary 22, 20120

(Reuters) – Demonstrators in the Afghan capital Kabul set fire on Wednesday to part of a housing compound used by foreign contract workers during a...

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Syrian troops kill 27 in village raids

YoopyaFebruary 22, 2012

by YoopyaFebruary 22, 20120

(Reuters) – Troops and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad killed at least 27 young men when they raided villages in a northern Syrian province,...

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400 Iran exiles reluctantly move to new Iraq home

YoopyaFebruary 18, 2012

by YoopyaFebruary 18, 20120

February 18, 2012 — BAGHDAD (AP) — Lugging clothes, tables and whatever else they could carry, roughly 400 members of an Iranian exile group reluctantly...