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Angry North Korea threatens retaliation, nuclear test expected

YoopyaApr 18, 20120

By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – A bristling North Korea on Wednesday said it was ready to retaliate in the face of international condemnation over

Exclusive – Suu Kyi to visit Norway, Britain after 24 yrs in Myanmar – party

YoopyaApr 18, 20120

By Aung Hla Tun YANGON (Reuters) – Nobel Peace Prize laureate and newly elected lawmaker Aung San Suu Kyi will travel outside Myanmar for the

U.N. sees need for more Syria observers, aircraft

YoopyaApr 18, 20120

By Douglas Hamilton BEIRUT (Reuters) – A United Nations mission to oversee an end to violence in Syria may need to bring in its own

Embarrassed by rocket crash, North Korea may try nuclear test

YoopyaApr 13, 20120

(Reuters) – North Korea said its much hyped long-range rocket launch failed on Friday, in a very rare and embarrassing public admission of failure by

Special Report: An image makeover for Myanmar Inc

YoopyaApr 12, 20120

(Reuters) – He’s the flashiest tycoon in one of Asia’s poorest cities, with a canary-yellow Lamborghini parked outside his neoclassical mansion. Tay Za is also

Syria truce takes shaky hold, Annan presses Syria

YoopyaApr 12, 20120

By Mariam Karouny and Dominic Evans BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian troops held their fire on Thursday after a U.N.-backed ceasefire deadline passed, giving respite to

Analysis – China scandal risks sapping will for reform

YoopyaApr 12, 20120

By Don Durfee and Chris Buckley BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s most lurid political scandal in years could claim yet another victim – the boldness to

Huge quakes off Indonesia stir panic, but no big tsunami

YoopyaApr 11, 2012April 11, 20120

(Reuters) – A powerful 8.6 magnitude earthquake and a series of strong aftershocks struck off Indonesia on Wednesday, sending people scurrying from buildings as far

China ejects Bo from elite ranks, wife suspected of murder

YoopyaApr 11, 20120

(Reuters) – China’s Communist Party has banished the country’s brashest and most controversial politician from its top ranks and detained his wife in connection with

China, between a rocket and a hard place on North Korea

YoopyaApr 10, 20120

(Reuters) – A joke circulating among officials in Beijing pretty much underlines the bind China is in over North Korea’s plans to send a satellite