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Overnight shelling takes death toll in north Yemen to 100, say Salafis

YoopyaNov 4, 2013March 10, 20240

(Reuters) – Overnight shelling has taken the death toll from fighting between rival Shi’ite and Sunni Muslim groups in a northern town in Yemen to at least

India throws rings of protection around divisive candidate Modi

YoopyaNov 4, 2013February 14, 20240

(Reuters) – – Indian security forces are preparing for one of their most challenging assignments in decades, protecting prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in a

Workers across Indonesia go on 2-day strike

YoopyaOct 31, 2013March 3, 20240

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Laborers across Indonesia began a two-day strike Thursday demanding benefits and higher pay while protesting the hiring of contract workers. Said

Syria destroyed chemical arms equipment

YoopyaOct 31, 2013March 4, 20240

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria has destroyed critical equipment for producing chemical weapons and poison gas munitions, the global chemical weapons watchdog said Thursday as fierce

Meet the Australian children fluent in Mandarin

YoopyaOct 29, 2013February 14, 20240

Australia’s politicians often talk about the importance of building ties with Asia. Successive governments have promised to increase the number of schools teaching Asian languages,

Pakistani doctors angered by failure to halt abductions

YoopyaOct 29, 2013February 14, 20240

On the evening of 17 September Dr Abdul Manaf Tareen, a renowned heart specialist in Pakistan, was about to go home when a group of

China Tiananmen Square car blaze kills three people

YoopyaOct 28, 2013March 6, 20240

Chinese state media say three people have died after a vehicle crashed in Tiananmen Square in the capital, Beijing. Eleven other people, including tourists, were