Migration

"Blood" Olympics protested in India and Nepal

reuters.com     7 hrs ago   140 related          

By Bappa Majumdar NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Police detained hundreds of angry Tibetan refugees who tried to storm Chinese consular offices in the capitals of India and Nepal shortly before the Olympic Games opened in Beijing on...                    

Singer MIA denies terror support

bbc.co.uk     7 hrs ago          

M.I.A's single Paper Planes has become an unexpected hit in the US British-born hip-hop artist MIA has countered accusations that she supports terrorism after US chart success put the spotlight on her political views. Sri...                    

Supplies for refugees 'very low'

bbc.co.uk     4 hrs ago   2 related          

UN says over 60,000 were displaced in July as fighting intensifies The UN refugee agency has warned that emergency aid stocks for thousands of Sri Lankans displaced by the fighting in the north are running dangerously low. A...                    

Migrants rescued off Italy coast

bbc.co.uk     10 hrs ago          

Italian vessels have rescued at least 250 would-be migrants from boats and vessels off the coast of Italy. The navy rescued at least 175 people, believed to be from Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia from three vessels, 190km (120...                    

Officials swoop on illegal workers

shropshirestar.co.uk     10 hrs ago          

Immigration officials have swooped on a Powys fish and chip shop. Officers from the UK Border Agency raided the Quality Fish Bar, Waterloo Road, Llandrindod Wells, following a tip-off about illegal immigrants working there. A...                    

A former Lost Boy of Sudan leads the U.S. team into the opening ceremony

iht.com     5 hrs ago   69 related          

BEIJING: Lopez Lomong, who led the U.S. team into the opening ceremony Friday night as the flag-bearer, knew he would be a symbol for so many issues hovering over Beijing's Games, but he hoped he could be something else above...                    

UN says hundreds fleeing S. Ossetia fighting

iht.com     2 hrs ago   904 related          

Hundreds of people are fleeing fighting in South Ossetia and seeking safety elsewhere in Georgia or neighboring Russia, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday. At least 1,000 people have crossed the border into North Ossetia —...                    

Palestine exile exhibition 'is not Jew-bashing': Dutch court rejects complaint by Jewish visitor

annies-letters.blogspot.com     5 hrs ago   1 related          

English Current Affairs Archive by region Dutch affairshttp://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/region/netherlands/080808-naqbah-complaint Palestine exile exhibition 'is not Jew-bashing' Dutch court rejects complaint by...                    

Invasion USA: High-Tech Security Visas Sold on Mexican Black Market

theconservativevoice.com     7 hrs ago   3 related          

by Jim Kouri, CPP -- United States immigration and State Department officials fear that their newly developed, high-tech visas are being sold on the Mexican black market. The US government hoped the newly designed visas would...                    

You go, girl

dailymail.com     6 hrs ago   2 related          

Laura Bush gets the spotlight on Burma. Mrs. Laura Bush watches as an English student works at the chalkboard of a grammar class at the Mae La Refugee Camp in Mae Sot, Thailand, on Aug. 7, 2008. White House photo by Shealah...                    

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