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Annan to meet Assad, seeking end to Syria violence

YoopyaMar 10, 20120

(Reuters) – U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan meets President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday to press for a political solution to Syria’s year-long uprising and bloody

U.N. chief speaks of “grisly reports” from Syria

YoopyaMar 3, 20120

(Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday he had received “grisly reports” that Syrian government forces were arbitrarily executing, imprisoning and torturing people

Nepali villager, 72, declared world’s shortest man

YoopyaFeb 28, 20120

(Reuters) – Home to Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, the scenic country of Nepal on Sunday added another height-related superlative – of having the

Syria approves new constitution amid bloodshed

YoopyaFeb 28, 20120

(Reuters) – Syrian artillery pounded rebel-held areas of Homs as President Bashar al-Assad’s government announced that voters had overwhelmingly approved a new constitution in a

Nine killed in Afghan airport bomb, NATO base attacked

YoopyaFeb 27, 20120

(Reuters) – A suicide car bomber killed at least nine people in an attack on a military airport in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, officials said,

Twelve killed in protests across Afghanistan

YoopyaFeb 25, 20120

(Reuters) – Twelve people were killed on Friday in the bloodiest day yet in protests that have raged across Afghanistan over the desecration of copies

Evacuations in Syria as diplomatic pressure mounts

YoopyaFeb 25, 20120

(Reuters) – The first wounded and sick women trapped in the most embattled district of the Syrian city of Homs have been evacuated, and talks

Afghan protesters march towards presidential palace

YoopyaFeb 24, 20120

(Reuters) – Hundreds of demonstrators marched towards the palace of Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul on Friday, as a fourth day of protests erupted

Saleh’s deputy takes power in Yemen vote as sole candidate

YoopyaFeb 22, 20120

(Reuters) – A general took power in Yemen Tuesday as the sole candidate in a presidential election after a year-long uprising that ousted long-serving ruler Ali Abdullah

Afghan demonstrators torch foreign compound in Kabul

YoopyaFeb 22, 20120

(Reuters) – Demonstrators in the Afghan capital Kabul set fire on Wednesday to part of a housing compound used by foreign contract workers during a