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Controversy about ‘shop a migrant’ website

Posted in Uncategorized on February 18, 2012| Leave a Comment »

In the Netherlands a website by the Freedom Party (PVV) invites Dutch nationals to anonymously share their negative encounters with Central and Eastern Europeans living in the country. (photo, from bbcimg.co.uk) (more…)

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Thailand and Cambodia agree to withdraw troops from border

Posted in Uncategorized on December 21, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Cambodia and Thailand have reached a deal regarding the disputed border area near the ancient temple of Preah Vihear (photo, from bbcimg.co.uk). (more…)

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UN asks Ouattara to investigate violence in Duekoue

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on April 3, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary general said he was “concerned and alarmed” about the reports from the Ivory Coast town of Duekoue. He urged the country’s internationally backed president Alassane Ouattara to investigate several hundreds of deaths because part of them are blamed on his supporters. (more…)

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Protests increase over budget row in Wisconsin

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on March 6, 2011| Leave a Comment »

People have been protesting for days in the US state of Wisconsin against proposals that will limit the power of trade unions. (more…)

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US to give extra $150m aid to Palestinians

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on November 11, 2010| Leave a Comment »

An additional $150m in aid will be transferred from the US to the Palestinian Authority. The US also called on other donor nations to increase aid. (more…)

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Holocaust mass grave discovered in Romania

Posted in Uncategorized on November 6, 2010| 1 Comment »

Bodies of about 100 Jews have been found in a mass grave in Romania. They were killed during the Holocaust, researchers say. (photo, from bbcimg.co.uk) (more…)

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Several changes in South Korean cabinet reshuffle

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on August 8, 2010| Leave a Comment »

South Korea’s prime minister, has been replaced, along with seven ministers, in the biggest cabinet reshuffle since president Lee Myung-bak took office in 2008.

Kim Tae-ho (left in the picture, from bbcimg.co.uk), his nominee to be prime minister, was once a provincial governor. (more…)

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Kyrgyzstan new president sworn in

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on July 3, 2010| 2 Comments »

After being the country’s interim leader, Rosa Otunbayeva (photo, from bbcimg.co.uk) became president of the troubled republic of Kyrgyzstan.

Last April, bloody street riots ousted president Kurmanbek Bakiyev. (more…)

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The author of the torture memos ‘could be prosecuted’

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 22, 2009| Leave a Comment »

After the Obama administration released CIA torture memos last week, the US president has left open the possibility of prosecuting officials. (more…)

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Thai airports back in business

Posted in Asia, economy, Justice, news, politics, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , on December 3, 2008| 1 Comment »

A Thai Airways domestic flight landed at Suvarnabhumi international airport hours after anti-government protesters called off a crippling siege.

It was the first passenger flight that has landed in Bangkok in a week. (more…)

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