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Nigeria’s Boko Haram rejects Jonathan’s amnesty idea

YoopyaApril 11, 2013January 5, 2025

by YoopyaApril 11, 2013January 5, 20250

The Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram has rejected the idea of an amnesty. Last week President Goodluck Jonathan asked a high level team to look...

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Malawi labels Madonna a ‘bully’ after recent visit

YoopyaApril 11, 2013January 5, 2025

by YoopyaApril 11, 2013January 5, 20250

Malawi has accused US singer Madonna of “bullying state officials” after she reportedly complained about her treatment on a visit to the country. Madonna –...

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Egypt army ‘tortured and killed during 2011 revolution’

YoopyaApril 11, 2013

by YoopyaApril 11, 20130

A report leaked to a British newspaper appears to show that the Egyptian army participated in torture and killings during the 2011 revolution. The report...

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Venezuela election to test Chavez’s socialist legacy

YoopyaApril 11, 2013

by YoopyaApril 11, 20130

(Reuters) – The late Hugo Chavez’s self-declared socialist revolution will be put to the test at a presidential election on Sunday that pits his chosen...

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Korea and Syria high on agenda at London G8 talks

YoopyaApril 11, 2013

by YoopyaApril 11, 20130

The Korean and Syrian crises will be high on the agenda for foreign ministers from the G8 group of nations, as their talks began in...

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Special Report: Rough justice as Brazil tries to right past wrongs to Indians

YoopyaApril 10, 2013

by YoopyaApril 10, 20130

(Reuters) – Damião Paridzané was nine years old in 1966 when the Brazilian Air Force loaded him and hundreds of other Xavante Indians onto a...

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SABMiller expects 7-9 percent Africa beer sales rise

YoopyaApril 10, 2013

by YoopyaApril 10, 20130

(Reuters) – SABMiller (SAB.L) expects beer volume sales in sub-Saharan Africa, excluding South Africa, to rise by around 7-9 percent over the next three years,...

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Quake hits near Iran’s nuclear city Bushehr, 37 dead

YoopyaApril 10, 2013

by YoopyaApril 10, 20130

(Reuters) – A powerful earthquake struck close to Iran’s only nuclear power station on Tuesday, killing 37 people and injuring 850 as it destroyed homes...

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Fear stalks Yangon’s Muslims after Buddhist-led killings

YoopyaApril 10, 2013

by YoopyaApril 10, 20130

(Reuters) – An ultra-nationalist Buddhist creed is becoming more visible in Myanmar’s commercial capital, Yangon, after monks from the apartheid-like movement helped stoke a wave...

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China charges former rail minister with graft

YoopyaApril 10, 2013

by YoopyaApril 10, 20130

(Reuters) – China formally charged a former railways minister, Liu Zhijun, with corruption and abuse of power on Wednesday, setting up the first test of newly installed...