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1 protester killed in new Thai political violence

YoopyaDecember 28, 2013December 3, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 28, 2013December 3, 20230

BANGKOK (AP) — Gunmen killed an anti-government activist and wounded two others in the Thai capital on Saturday while protesters elsewhere blocked candidates from registering...

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Exclusive: China commits $6.5 billion for Pakistani nuclear project

YoopyaDecember 24, 2013January 31, 2024

by YoopyaDecember 24, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – China has committed $6.5 billion to finance the construction of a major nuclear power project in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi as it seeks to strengthen ties with its...

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China’s one child policy change set for Q1 next year

YoopyaDecember 24, 2013January 31, 2024

by YoopyaDecember 24, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – Changes to China’s strict one child policy, which will allow more parents to have a second child, will begin to roll out early...

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Exclusive: Assad’s secret oil lifeline: Iraqi crude from Egypt

YoopyaDecember 24, 2013January 31, 2024

by YoopyaDecember 24, 2013January 31, 20240

The Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad has received substantial imports of Iraqi crude oil from an Egyptian port in the last nine months, shipping...

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U.S. will seek triggers to reimpose sanctions on Iran: Rice

YoopyaDecember 23, 2013December 31, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 23, 2013December 31, 20230

(Reuters) – The United States and its allies will have ways to reimpose sanctions on Iran if the Islamic Republic is caught making bombs after striking a...

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Government airstrikes kill at least 32 in Syria

YoopyaDecember 23, 2013December 10, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 23, 2013December 10, 20230

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian aircraft pummeled opposition areas in the northern city of Aleppo on Sunday, killing at least 32 people and extending the government’s...

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In aging China, old woman sues children for care

YoopyaDecember 23, 2013December 10, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 23, 2013December 10, 20230

FUSHENG, China (AP) — The daughter-in-law smashes the cockroach under her foot and rolls open the rusted metal doors to the garage. Light spills onto...

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Thai protesters march in bid to oust PM, take aim at U.S.

YoopyaDecember 19, 2013December 31, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 19, 2013December 31, 20230

(Reuters) – Anti-government protesters marched in Bangkok on Thursday in a bid to force Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from office but their numbers appeared far...

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U.S. prosecutor defends treatment of Indian diplomat

YoopyaDecember 19, 2013December 31, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 19, 2013December 31, 20230

(Reuters) – The U.S. attorney in Manhattan defended on Wednesday the treatment of an Indian diplomat who was strip-searched after her arrest last week on...

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Amnesty accuses al-Qaida group in Syria of torture

YoopyaDecember 19, 2013June 19, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 19, 2013June 19, 20230

BEIRUT (AP) — Amnesty International has accused an al-Qaida-linked group that controls large parts of northern Syria of running secret prisons in which torture and...