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Obama orders U.S. airstrikes in Syria against Islamic State

YoopyaSeptember 11, 2014September 7, 2023

by YoopyaSeptember 11, 2014September 7, 20230

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama told Americans on Wednesday he had authorized U.S. airstrikes for the first time in Syria and more attacks in Iraq...

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Brazil poll shows Rousseff, Silva neck-and-neck in a runoff

YoopyaSeptember 10, 2014September 7, 2023

by YoopyaSeptember 10, 2014September 7, 20230

(Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has recovered support and is running neck-and-neck with environmentalist Marina Silva in a likely second-round runoff in the October...

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Bharti Airtel to sell over 3,500 African mobile phone masts to Eaton Towers

YoopyaSeptember 9, 2014September 7, 2023

by YoopyaSeptember 9, 2014September 7, 20230

(Reuters) – India’s Bharti Airtel Ltd (BRTI.NS) has agreed to sell more than 3,500 of its mobile phone masts in six African countries to telecommunications...

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Obama: U.S. must fight Ebola now or face long-term risk

YoopyaSeptember 9, 2014July 29, 2023

by YoopyaSeptember 9, 2014July 29, 20230

(Reuters) – The United States needs to do more to help control West Africa’s deadly Ebola outbreak to stop it becoming a global crisis that...

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Islamist rebels attack intelligence site in Somalia, 12 killed

YoopyaAugust 31, 2014July 29, 2023

by YoopyaAugust 31, 2014July 29, 20230

(Reuters) – Islamist rebels blew up a car bomb and gunmen attacked a national intelligence site in Somalia’s capital where suspected militants are held, in...

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Ebola outbreak reaches Senegal, riots break out in Guinea

YoopyaAugust 31, 2014July 29, 2023

by YoopyaAugust 31, 2014July 29, 20230

(Reuters) – The West African state of Senegal became the fifth country to be hit by the world’s worst Ebola outbreak on Friday, while riots...

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Iraqi forces break militant siege of Shiite town

YoopyaAugust 31, 2014July 25, 2023

by YoopyaAugust 31, 2014July 25, 20230

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi security forces and Shiite militiamen on Sunday broke a six-week siege imposed by the Islamic State extremist group on the northern...

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Putin calls for talks on east Ukraine ‘statehood’; rebels fire on ship

YoopyaAugust 31, 2014July 16, 2023

by YoopyaAugust 31, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Sunday for immediate talks on the statehood of southern and eastern Ukraine, although his spokesman said this...

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Actor arrested with Jackie Chan’s son released

YoopyaAugust 29, 2014July 16, 2023

by YoopyaAugust 29, 2014July 16, 20230

BEIJING (AP) — A Taiwanese actor arrested on drug charges along with the son of Hong Kong film star Jackie Chan was released Friday after...

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Obama going on Democratic fundraising trifecta

YoopyaAugust 29, 2014June 19, 2023

by YoopyaAugust 29, 2014June 19, 20230

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is going on a fundraising sweep through New York and Rhode Island as he continues to help Democrats raise...