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Madagascar rivals fail to agree on leader’s return from exile

YoopyaJul 27, 20120

By George Thande VICTORIA (Reuters) – Rivals for Madagascar’s presidency, in talks to end political turmoil, failed to agree terms under which the island’s former

Onslaught looms as Assad forces pound Aleppo outskirts

YoopyaJul 27, 20120

(Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad’s artillery pounded rebel-held areas around Aleppo on Friday, preparing the ground for an onslaught on Syria’s biggest city where the

Russia wants naval bases abroad: report

YoopyaJul 27, 20120

(Reuters) – Russia hopes to establish its first naval base abroad since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union and is looking at Cuba, Vietnam

Japan nationalist dreams of new patriotic party

YoopyaJul 27, 20120

(Reuters) – Former Japanese general Toshio Tamogami has a dream: fed up with bowing to China and the United States, patriotic politicians form a new

Brazil public sector demands stymie Rousseff’s cost-control push

YoopyaJul 26, 2012July 26, 20120

(Reuters) – Brazil’s civil servants haven’t gotten President Dilma Rousseff’s message. A slowing economy, dwindling tax revenue and falling demand for the country’s commodity exports

No Libya solution in Cuba, but ready to talk to U.S.: Castro

YoopyaJul 26, 20120

(Reuters) – Cuban President Raul Castro accused the United States on Thursday of seeking an overthrow of the Cuban government similar to Arab Spring countries,

Syrian forces pound Aleppo and Damascus

YoopyaJul 26, 2012July 26, 20120

By Mariam Karouny BEIRUT (Reuters) – Damascus and Syria’s second biggest city, Aleppo, came under shell fire from government forces battling a growing insurgency against

Al Qaeda claims responsibility for attacks in Iraq

YoopyaJul 25, 20120

(Reuters) – Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Iraq has claimed responsibility for scores of attacks across the country targeting mostly Shi’ite Muslim targets this week which

EU lifts curbs on aid to Zimbabwe to spur reform

YoopyaJul 24, 20120

By Adrian Croft BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union lifted curbs on aid to Zimbabwe on Monday and held out the prospect of removing sanctions

Syria ‘will not use’ chemical weapons on its own people

YoopyaJul 23, 20120

Syria says it will not use chemical weapons against its own people, but would do so against an external attack. Syrian foreign ministry spokesman Jihad