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Vietnam pays last respects to ‘Red Napoleon’, Vo Nguyen Giap

YoopyaOctober 13, 2013March 10, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 13, 2013March 10, 2024018

(Reuters) – Vietnamese poured into the capital on Sunday to bid farewell to Vo Nguyen Giap, the general who masterminded historic defeats of France and the United...

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Wind, rain, sea pound India as large cyclone nears

YoopyaOctober 12, 2013March 31, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 12, 2013March 31, 202401

BEHRAMPUR, India (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people living along India’s eastern coastline were taking shelter Saturday from a massive, powerful cyclone that was...

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Hungarian wingsuit flyer dies during China jump

YoopyaOctober 9, 2013March 17, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 9, 2013March 17, 202401

BEIJING (AP) — A Hungarian wingsuit flier died following an accident during a jump into a gorge in central China, reports said Wednesday. The body...

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Top Iran diplomat in hospital over US ‘misquote’

YoopyaOctober 9, 2013March 10, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 9, 2013March 10, 2024010

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister fired back on Wednesday against hard-line critics of Tehran’s groundbreaking outreach to the United States, accusing opponents of...

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Suicide attack in Afghanistan kills 4 people

YoopyaOctober 9, 2013March 10, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 9, 2013March 10, 202405

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A security official says a suicide car bombing has killed four people — two civilians and two policemen — in southern...

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China’s Bo Xilai allowed to appeal against life in jail

YoopyaOctober 9, 2013March 10, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 9, 2013March 10, 202402

(Reuters) – A court in eastern China on Wednesday allowed ousted former senior politician Bo Xilai to appeal against a life sentence handed out last month on...

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Myanmar frees prisoners ahead of regional summit

YoopyaOctober 8, 2013March 31, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 8, 2013March 31, 202407

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar’s president pardoned 56 political prisoners Tuesday, an amnesty apparently timed to highlight the government’s reforms ahead of a regional summit...

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Chemical arms inspectors gird for risky, dirty job

YoopyaSeptember 30, 2013March 31, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 30, 2013March 31, 202404

AMSTERDAM (AP) — They left in secrecy on a private jet, bound for one of the world’s most dangerous places, to destroy substances so deadly...

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Clashes in eastern Lebanon kill at least 3

YoopyaSeptember 28, 2013March 31, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 28, 2013March 31, 202406

BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah fighters and residents of the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek exchanged fire Saturday, leaving three dead and six wounded, security officials...

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New major earthquake rocks southwest Pakistan

YoopyaSeptember 28, 2013March 31, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 28, 2013March 31, 202400

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A major earthquake rocked Pakistan’s southwest Saturday, sending people running into the street in panic just days after another quake in the...