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China navy seeks to "wear out" Japanese ships in disputed waters

China navy seeks to "wear out" Japanese ships in disputed waters

HONG KONG (Reuters) – China's naval and paramilitary ships are churning up the ocean around islands it disputes with Tokyo in what experts say is a strategy to weigh down the numerically inferior Japanese forces that should sail out to become aware of and track the flotillas. A day-to-day movement […]

 
 

Syrian rebels seize U.N. peacekeepers near Golan Heights

Syrian rebels seize U.N. peacekeepers near Golan Heights

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian rebels have seized a convoy of U.N. peacekeepers near the Golan Heights and say they will grasp them captive unless President Bashar al-Assad's forces pull again from a rebellion-held village which has seen heavy contemporary fighting. The seize was introduced in rebellion videos posted on the […]

 
 

Insight: Iran’s Khamenei seen tightening his grip in vote to replace Ahmadinejad

Insight: Iran’s Khamenei seen tightening his grip in vote to replace Ahmadinejad

BEIRUT (Reuters) – The presidential campaign season in Iran this 12 months began with a warning. All over a seek advice from to the holy city of Qom in mid-January, the Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei advised a packed crowd that each internal and exterior enemies may attempt to undermine […]

 
 

Lighting the way for safe childbirth

Lighting the way for safe childbirth

Sunlight energy in a suitcase is an invention saving lives around the world in locations that lack reliable electricity.

 
 

U.S. to give $60M to Syrian opposition

U.S. to give $60M to Syrian opposition

The USA will present a further $60 million in nonlethal help to the Syrian opposition over the coming months, Secretary of State John Kerry announced Thursday.

 
 

Where pregnancy is feared, fatal

Where pregnancy is feared, fatal

In lots of international locations, women are demise throughout childbirth — no longer as a result of they lack correct well being care, but since the supply room is too darkish.

 
 

Pairs take pain out of college search

Pairs take pain out of college search

At 17 years previous, Jessica Perez is an honor pupil who aspires to be the primary member of her family to graduate from faculty.

 
 

Photos: Showdown in Syria

Photos: Showdown in Syria
 
 

They call it the ‘final battle’

They call it the ‘final battle’

right Here within the north, rebels call it “the ultimate combat.” For greater than a month, lightly armed warring parties have hurled themselves towards a well-fortified helicopter base situated less than a 15-minute power from the border with Turkey.

 
 

Inside al-Assad’s prisons

Inside al-Assad’s prisons

It used to be a snowy January day in Damascus and 10-year-outdated Mada al-Zoabi was working downstairs to play in the snow – but then the sight of her father coming home bowled over her.

 
 

Syria: How it all started

Syria: How it all started

Violence in the streets of Damascus. A rising refugee problem. Calls for outside intervention.

 
 

Syrian army showing strains of war

Syrian army showing strains of war

Government soldiers in Homs are displaying the tension of struggle towards opposition forces the government refers to as “terrorists.”

 
 

By the numbers: Syria deaths

By the numbers: Syria deaths

More than 60,000 individuals have been killed in Syria considering unrest began in the u . s . a . virtually two years in the past, in line with the latest estimate from the United Nations.