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Japan floods: 250,000 people ordered to leave homes

YoopyaJul 14, 20120

About 250,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes to avoid floods caused by torrential rainfall in south-west Japan, officials say. Flooding and landslides

Insight: Syria rebels get light arms, heavy weapons elusive

YoopyaJul 13, 20120

(Reuters) – Syrian rebels are smuggling small arms into Syria through a network of land and sea routes involving cargo ships and trucks moving through

Over 200 massacred in Syrian government forces attack: activists

YoopyaJul 13, 20120

(Reuters) – More than 200 Syrians, mostly civilians, were massacred in a village in the rebellious Hama region when it was bombarded by helicopter gunships

SE Asia meeting in disarray over sea dispute with China

YoopyaJul 13, 20120

(Reuters) – Southeast Asian nations have failed to reach agreement on a maritime dispute involving China, ending a foreign ministers’ summit in disarray after Beijing

Congo, Rwanda agree on plan to tackle armed groups

YoopyaJul 12, 20120

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and their Great Lakes region neighbours have agreed a plan to “eradicate” armed groups in eastern

Togo PM and government resign, no reason given

YoopyaJul 12, 20120

LOME (Reuters) – Togo’s prime minister and government have resigned, according to a statement on national television and radio, but no reason was given for

Defector lashes Assad, troops raid Damascus suburb

YoopyaJul 12, 20120

(Reuters) – The first ambassador to abandon Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has called on the army to “turn your guns on the criminals” of the

Egypt president seeks talks over parliament crisis

YoopyaJul 12, 20120

(Reuters) – Egypt’s Islamist president said on Wednesday he wanted talks with the judiciary and political powers to defuse a crisis over him trying reinstate

Clinton warns against threats in South China Sea dispute

YoopyaJul 12, 20120

(Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday urged rival claimants to the South China Sea not to resort to threats and intimidation

Insight: A secret plea for money from a mountain in North Korea

YoopyaJul 12, 20120

(Reuters) – In May this year, a North Korean defector in her 40s took a call from an unknown number at her office in the