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Mugabe Turns 90 Amid Health Concerns

YoopyaFebruary 22, 2014September 30, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 22, 2014September 30, 20230

Africa’s oldest head of state, Robert Mugabe, turned 90 years old Friday, amid concerns about his health and the cost of his birthday festivities. The...

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Obama, Putin have long talk after Ukraine accord

YoopyaFebruary 22, 2014October 30, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 22, 2014October 30, 20230

WASHINGTON — President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone for about an hour on Friday, shortly after the Ukrainian government and opposition...

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Iraqi authorities distribute cards for elections

YoopyaFebruary 22, 2014October 30, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 22, 2014October 30, 20230

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s election commission said Saturday that it has not yet decided how it will distribute voter ID cards in the embattled western...

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Egypt: Police officers acquitted of 2011 killings

YoopyaFebruary 22, 2014October 30, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 22, 2014October 30, 20230

CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court acquitted six police officers Saturday on charges of killing 83 protesters during the country’s 2011 revolution, the latest in...

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Aide: Ukraine’s Tymoshenko released from prison

YoopyaFebruary 22, 2014October 30, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 22, 2014October 30, 20230

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A spokeswoman for Yulia Tymoshenko says the former Ukrainian prime minister and opposition icon has been released from prison. Natasha Lysova...

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Congo security forces scatter attempted rally by Kabila rival

YoopyaFebruary 21, 2014October 30, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 21, 2014October 30, 20230

(Reuters) – Police in Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday broke up a rally by one of President Joseph Kabila’s main political rivals, a move...

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China urges Obama to cancel meeting with Dalai Lama

YoopyaFebruary 21, 2014October 30, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 21, 2014October 30, 20230

(Reuters) – China urged the United States on Friday to scrap plans for President Barack Obama to meet exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama...

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Violence flares as Ukraine politicians weigh deal

YoopyaFebruary 21, 2014October 30, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 21, 2014October 30, 20230

(Reuters) – Violence flared again in Kiev on Friday as Ukraine’s opposition politicians pondered a draft deal with Russian-backed President Viktor Yanukovich which EU foreign...

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Beauty queen the latest victim in Venezuela unrest

YoopyaFebruary 20, 2014November 1, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 20, 2014November 1, 20230

(Reuters) – A local beauty queen died of a gunshot wound on Wednesday, the fifth fatality from Venezuela’s political unrest, as imprisoned protest leader Leopoldo...

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Kiev crowd retakes square from police, possibly two dead

YoopyaFebruary 20, 2014November 1, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 20, 2014November 1, 20230

(Reuters) – Ukrainian protesters seized back Kiev’s Independence Square in fresh clashes with riot police on Thursday that left several injured and possibly two demonstrators...