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Israeli “skunk” fouls West Bank protests

YoopyaSeptember 4, 2012

by YoopyaSeptember 4, 201203

(Reuters) – Imagine taking a chunk of rotting corpse from a stagnant sewer, placing it in a blender and spraying the filthy liquid in your...

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‘Moonie’ Church mourns founder Sun Myung Moon

YoopyaSeptember 3, 2012

by YoopyaSeptember 3, 201202

Members of the South Korea-based Unification Church are in mourning following the death of their founder, self-proclaimed messiah Sun Myung Moon. Followers of Moon –...

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Two American consulate employees wounded in Pakistan bomb attack

YoopyaSeptember 3, 2012

by YoopyaSeptember 3, 201200

(Reuters) – Two Americans working for the U.S. consulate were wounded in a bomb attack on their vehicle in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on...

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Rebels hit army headquarters in Damascus

YoopyaSeptember 3, 2012

by YoopyaSeptember 3, 201200

(Reuters) – Syrian rebels said they planted bombs inside the Syrian army’s General Staff headquarters in central Damascus on Sunday as President Bashar al-Assad’s forces...

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Analysis: Violence dims hope of solution to Turkish Kurd conflict

YoopyaSeptember 3, 2012

by YoopyaSeptember 3, 201202

(Reuters) – Images of smiling Kurdish MPs hugging rebels, rifles slung over their shoulders, at a remote roadblock in Turkey’s mountainous southeast hit a raw...

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‘Moonies’ founder Sun Myung Moon dies at 92

YoopyaSeptember 3, 2012

by YoopyaSeptember 3, 201206

Self-styled messiah Sun Myung Moon, whose Unification Church became famous for marrying thousands of people in a single ceremony, has died, aged 92. Moon set...

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Burma reveals names of people removed from blacklist

YoopyaAugust 30, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 30, 201204

Burma’s authorities have named 2,000 or so people being taken off a blacklist the former military government compiled to manage perceived security threats. They include...

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Egyptian attack on ‘oppressive’ Syria sparks walkout

YoopyaAugust 30, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 30, 201200

Egypt’s president has told a summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (Nam) that the Syrian uprising is a “revolution against an oppressive regime”. Mohammed Mursi, making...

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China says willing to buy EU bonds amid worsening crisis

YoopyaAugust 30, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 30, 201202

(Reuters) – China is prepared to buy more EU government bonds amid a worsening European debt crisis that is dragging on the world economy, Premier...

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Five Australian soldiers killed in Afghanistan

YoopyaAugust 30, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 30, 201203

Five Australian soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan in two separate incidents, defence officials say. Three soldiers were killed by a man in Afghan army...