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Mugabe says Gaddafi’s death as tragic as US envoy’s

YoopyaSep 27, 20120

By Arshad Mohammed UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said on Wednesday the death of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was as tragic as that

EU freezes aid to Rwanda over Congo rebel claims

YoopyaSep 27, 20120

By Jonny Hogg KINSHASA (Reuters) – The European Union has frozen further budgetary support to Rwanda over allegations that the Central African state supports anti-government

Assange mocks Obama via video at U.N. event

YoopyaSep 27, 20120

(Reuters) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, speaking via a choppy video feed from his virtual house arrest in London, lashed out at U.S. President Barack

Sudan, S.Sudan to resume oil exports, no wider deal

YoopyaSep 27, 20120

By Ulf Laessing ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The leaders of Sudan and South Sudan reached a border security deal on Wednesday that will restart badly

Insight: As cotton surged, China trader amassed $510 million bet

YoopyaSep 27, 20120

(Reuters) – A landmark U.S. fine for excessive speculation in the benchmark cotton futures market has revealed a startling new dimension to last year’s blistering

China, Japan stand their ground in islands row, but keep talking

YoopyaSep 26, 20120

(Reuters) – China claimed islands at the core of a row with Japan as its “sacred territory” in talks between the two countries’ foreign ministers,

Sudan, S.Sudan leaders make another push for border deal

YoopyaSep 25, 20120

By Ulf Laessing ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Sudan and South Sudan leaders will try again on Tuesday to seal a border security deal after failing to

Christian Copt to face trial in Egypt for blasphemy

YoopyaSep 25, 20120

CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian Copt arrested on suspicion of posting an anti-Islam video online that ignited Muslim protests around the world will stand trial next

Mali asks UN for ‘immediate’ action on force to recapture north

YoopyaSep 25, 20120

By John Irish UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Mali has asked the United Nations to approve an “immediate” mandate for an international force to help it recover

Wang Yang: reformist credentials tested by Chinese system

YoopyaSep 25, 20120

(Reuters) – Wang Yang, Communist Party chief of China’s southern Guangdong province and seen by many in the West as a beacon of political reform,