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'Mission impossible': UN in Cambodia showed early limit of nation building
Reuters, Published on 13/03/2022
» PHNOM PENH: Just over 30 years ago, a crackling radio in a refugee camp on the Thai border brought Sam Sophal word that the United Nations was coming to his war-ravaged homeland of Cambodia.
Ukrainians say they are fighting on in biggest city yet claimed by Russia
Reuters, Published on 02/03/2022
» WASHINGTON/KYIV/KHARKIV: Ukrainians said they were fighting on in the southern port of Kherson, the first sizeable city Russia claimed to have seized, while Russian airstrikes and bombardment caused devastation in cities that Moscow's bogged down forces have failed to capture.
Scores killed in Venezuelan police station riot and fire
Reuters, Published on 29/03/2018
» VALENCIA, Venezuela: Rioting and a fire in the cells of a Venezuelan police station in the central city of Valencia killed 68 people on Wednesday, according to the government and witnesses.
US citizen recaptured after Bali jail break
Reuters, Published on 18/12/2017
» DENPASAR, Indonesia: Indonesian police have recaptured a US citizen who escaped a week ago from an overcrowded prison on the holiday island of Bali, the jail's second breakout of foreign inmates this year.
More blood but no victory in Duterte's drug war
Reuters, Published on 26/06/2017
» MANILA - Launched a year ago, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal war on drugs has resulted in thousands of deaths, yet the street price of crystal methamphetamine in Manila has fallen and surveys show Filipinos are as anxious as ever about crime.
Sevilla edge Foxes, but Vardy scores
Reuters, Published on 23/02/2017
» SEVILLE, SPAIN - Jamie Vardy scored his first goal in the Champions League to give Leicester City some hope of staying in Europe's elite competition despite a 2-1 loss to an utterly dominant Sevilla in Wednesday's last-16 first leg.
China convicts 81-year-old critic
Reuters, Published on 25/02/2015
» BEIJING — A Chinese court on Wednesday sentenced an 81-year-old writer to jail on a charge of illegal business after he criticised the ruling Communist Party's propaganda chief in online essays, but the sentence was suspended, his lawyer said.