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Fighting rages in Syria less than 24 hours to deadline

YoopyaApr 9, 20120

(Reuters) – Syria’s conflict spilled over into Turkey on Monday and government forces battled rebel fighters near the border in clashes that appeared to doom

Insight: Young Chinese workers seek end to “eating bitterness”

YoopyaApr 7, 20120

(Reuters) – In the eight years since Zhang Shuxiang first left her village in the poor interior of central China, she worked in 20 factories

Syria revolt hampered by disunity, supply failures

YoopyaApr 6, 20120

(Reuters) – Syrian activist Mahmoud Ali walked for two days across rugged hills to Turkey to collect a satellite phone and video equipment promised by

US offers $10 million for Pakistani militant chief

YoopyaApr 3, 20120

By SEBASTIAN ABBOT and ASIF SHAHZAD Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United States has offered a $10 million bounty for the founder of the

Japan holds off on decision to restart reactors

YoopyaApr 3, 20120

By Risa Maeda TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan needs more time to decide whether to restart two offline nuclear reactors, the trade minister said on Tuesday,

Bin Laden’s relatives get short prison sentence

YoopyaApr 2, 2012May 27, 20240

By ZARAR KHAN | Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court on Monday convicted Osama bin Laden’s three widows and two of his daughters

Suu Kyi’s party claims landslide win in Myanmar vote

YoopyaApr 2, 20120

(Reuters) – Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi claimed on Monday a by-election landslide for her party, which she hoped would mark the beginning of

Insight: China wrestles Mao’s ghost after official’s divisive fall

YoopyaApr 2, 20120

(Reuters) – Former Red Guard leader Tang Dahua says memories of the fanatical bloodshed that tore apart the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing return to

Suu Kyi’s party claims landslide win in Myanmar vote

YoopyaApr 2, 20120

By Aung Hla Tun and Andrew R.C. Marshall YANGON (Reuters) – Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi claimed on Monday a by-election landslide for her party,

Libyan PM visits scene of tribal clashes in desert

YoopyaApr 2, 20120

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian SABHA, Libya (Reuters) – Libya’s prime minister flew to a desert oasis city on Sunday to try to patch up a tribal