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Insight: Boko Haram, taking to hills, seize slave “brides”

YoopyaNovember 18, 2013January 31, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 18, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – In the gloom of a hilltop cave in Nigeria where she was held captive, Hajja had a knife pressed to her throat by...

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Mandela remains in stable but critical condition: South Africa government

YoopyaNovember 18, 2013January 31, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 18, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – Former South African President Nelson Mandela, who was hospitalized for nearly three months earlier this year with a lung infection, remains in stable...

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Philippine corruption magnifies effects of typhoon

YoopyaNovember 18, 2013January 31, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 18, 2013January 31, 20240

TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) — When a newspaper for Filipino workers in New Zealand told readers how to donate to the typhoon relief effort in their...

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Russian investigators seek clues on plane crash

YoopyaNovember 18, 2013February 14, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 18, 2013February 14, 20240

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian investigators on Monday combed through the charred fragments of a Boeing 737 jetliner as they tried to determine what caused its...

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Memorial at Egypt’s Tahrir Square sparks protest

YoopyaNovember 18, 2013February 14, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 18, 2013February 14, 20240

CAIRO (AP) — Where tents once sprouted and protesters chanted, municipal workers are now laying grass and flowers in the roundabout of Egypt’s famous Tahrir...

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Assad gaining ground in Syrian civil war

YoopyaNovember 16, 2013February 14, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 16, 2013February 14, 20240

BEIRUT (AP) — Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad have firmly seized the momentum in the country’s civil war in recent weeks, capturing one...

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Search for missing a hellish routine after typhoon

YoopyaNovember 16, 2013February 14, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 16, 2013February 14, 20240

TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) — John Lajara peers under a slab of crumbled concrete, lifts a sodden white teddy bear then drops it back into the...

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Easing of China policy may not result in baby boom

YoopyaNovember 16, 2013March 3, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 16, 2013March 3, 20240

BEIJING (AP) — Don’t expect a new Chinese baby boom, experts say, despite the first easing of the country’s controversial one-child policy in three decades....

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NSA chief says Snowden leaked up to 200,000 secret documents

YoopyaNovember 15, 2013March 3, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 15, 2013March 3, 20240

(Reuters) – Former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden leaked as many as 200,000 classified U.S. documents to the media, according to little-noticed public...

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Poll: Most Kenyans want president to stand trial

YoopyaNovember 15, 2013March 3, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 15, 2013March 3, 20240

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A majority of Kenyans want to see their president appear in court to face charges of crimes against humanity. That’s according...