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More than 230 killed in major earthquake in Pakistan

YoopyaSeptember 25, 2013March 31, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 25, 2013March 31, 20240

(Reuters) – The death toll from a powerful earthquake in Pakistan climbed to more than 230 on Wednesday after hundreds of mud houses collapsed on...

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Lawyer: Bahrain convicts American-born protester

YoopyaSeptember 24, 2013March 31, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 24, 2013March 31, 20240

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — A defense lawyer in Bahrain says an American-born man has been convicted of attacking the police during anti-government protests in the...

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Rouhani says will present ‘true face of Iran’ at U.N.

YoopyaSeptember 23, 2013April 7, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 23, 2013April 7, 20240

(Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday he would use his visit to the United Nations this week to present the “true face of Iran” and to...

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Thai rubber protests injure dozens of police

YoopyaSeptember 17, 2013March 31, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 17, 2013March 31, 20240

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT, Thailand (AP) — The Thai government said Tuesday it could declare a security emergency in a district of southern Thailand to stamp...

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China opens world’s highest civilian airport

YoopyaSeptember 17, 2013April 3, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 17, 2013April 3, 20240

BEIJING (AP) — China has begun flight operations at the world’s highest civilian airport in a bid to boost tourism and tighten political control over...

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Iran restores blocks on Facebook, Twitter

YoopyaSeptember 17, 2013April 3, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 17, 2013April 3, 20240

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The joy of Iran’s Facebook and Twitter fans was short-lived as authorities on Tuesday restored blocks on social networks after filters...

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UN: North Korea won’t cooperate with rights probe

YoopyaSeptember 17, 2013April 3, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 17, 2013April 3, 20240

GENEVA (AP) — Unlike Dennis Rodman’s basketball diplomacy, a U.N. human rights probe isn’t connecting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Michael Kirby, who...

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Top policewoman shot in Afghanistan has died

YoopyaSeptember 16, 2013April 3, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 16, 2013April 3, 20240

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — A top policewoman in southern Afghanistan died early Monday after being shot by unknown attackers, months after her predecessor was also...

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Malaysia’s ex-communist leader dies in Thailand

YoopyaSeptember 16, 2013September 13, 2023

by YoopyaSeptember 16, 2013September 13, 20230

BANGKOK (AP) — Malaysia’s best-known former communist guerrilla, Chin Peng, who led a bloody insurgency against British rule in Malaysia in the late 1940s and...

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Phone a Crime Now!

Michael H. MorganSeptember 16, 2013April 7, 2024

by Michael H. MorganSeptember 16, 2013April 7, 20240

There is this so called “Mean World Syndrome”, where people are instilled with the idea that the world is too harsh to deal with, but...