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Mine violence hits at S.Africa political power nexus

YoopyaAugust 18, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 18, 20120

By Jon Herskovitz MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) – The bloody protest by South African miners that ended in a hail of police gunfire and 34...

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Brahimi to firm up role, not urge Assad exit yet

YoopyaAugust 18, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 18, 20120

By Mirna Sleiman BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Algerian diplomat set to become the new international mediator on Syria has said he urgently needs to clarify...

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Egypt’s Mursi accused of stifling dissent in media crackdown

YoopyaAugust 18, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 18, 20120

By Yasmine Saleh CAIRO (Reuters) – A media crackdown in the first month of Mohamed Mursi’s rule has raised fears Egypt’s Islamist president is moving...

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Syria denies Assad’s deputy tried to defect

YoopyaAugust 18, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 18, 20120

(Reuters) – Syria denied reports on Saturday that President Bashar al-Assad’s deputy had defected and his forces pressed an offensive against rebels, bombarding parts of...

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Kim visits North Korea’s army unit that launched 2010 shelling of South

YoopyaAugust 18, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 18, 20120

(Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited a frontline military detachment, state media reported, and reminded troops of their duty to fight a...

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China protests over plans by Japanese group to visit near disputed islands

YoopyaAugust 18, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 18, 20120

(Reuters) – China lodged a formal protest with Japan on Saturday over plans by a Japanese nationalist group including lawmakers to hold a ceremony commemorating...

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Russia’s female punk band protesters jailed for two years

YoopyaAugust 18, 2012March 17, 2024

by YoopyaAugust 18, 2012March 17, 20240

(Reuters) – Three women from the Russian punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in jail on Friday for staging a protest against...

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Mine “bloodbath” shocks post-apartheid South Africa

YoopyaAugust 17, 2012June 24, 2023

by YoopyaAugust 17, 2012June 24, 20230

(Reuters) – The police killing of 34 striking platinum miners in the bloodiest security operation since the end of white rule cut to the quick...

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Syrian refugee exodus accelerates: U.N. agencies

YoopyaAugust 17, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 17, 20120

(Reuters) – Refugees are fleeing Syria in ever greater numbers, U.N. agencies said on Friday, as the conflict between President Bashar al-Assad’s forces and rebels...

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China’s Hu gives show of support for North Korea

YoopyaAugust 17, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 17, 20120

(Reuters) – China’s President Hu Jintao on Friday met the powerful uncle of North Korea’s young leader Kim Jong-un, in a clear show of support...