Afghan Refugees Again On The Run -- This Time From Pakistan
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Afghan Refugees Again On The Run -- This Time From Pakistanby support@pangea-cms.com (Frud Bezhan)
Afghan refugees are on the run from the safe haven they sought in Pakistan. Tens of thousands have returned in recent months, amid claims of intimidation, extortion, and arbitrary detentions.
• Former Saracens player reveals he contemplated suicide
• Stanley part of one of rugby’s most famous families
• Stanley part of one of rugby’s most famous families
The England Sevens player Sam Stanley has become the first English rugby union professional to come out as gay. Stanley, 23, part of one of rugby union’s most famous families who has represented England at under-16 and under-18 level and has played for Saracens, revealed he contemplated suicide because he was scared telling the truth would ruin his rugby career.
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Victims’ association says Spanish authorities have arrested Michel Desaedeleer, who is suspected of forcing civilians to mine diamonds in 1999-2001
Spanish authorities have arrested a American man on charges of enslavement and diamond pillaging during Sierra Leone’s civil war, a victims’ association said on Saturday.
Michel Desaedeleer, who has US and Belgian citizenship, is suspected of forcing enslaved civilians to mine for diamonds in Sierra Leone’s eastern district of Kono between 1999 and 2001, according to Swiss-based Civitas Maxima.
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From ‘poor doors’ to ‘sky pools’, it’s clear that property developers in the capital are having a laugh when it comes to social housing
Like stages of grief, the London housing market has come through denial and bargaining and has moved into the sixth stage: “Armando Iannucci sketch”. The new £15bn housing project in Battersea, where flats start at £602,000, has planning permission for a 25-metre swimming pool that literally looks down on the rest of London. The “sky pool” will be suspended between two tower blocks 10 storeys high, and will have a transparent floor, and will be the most expensive metaphor since that skyscraper melted a parked-up Jag.
Something has changed in the housing crisis. The goalposts have not moved so much as exploded in small bombs of glitter. There’s no point now in pointing out the disparities and the unfairnesses. The gap between us and them is so wide that the people paying cash unseen for new builds are in a different time zone, a gap so deep that it makes the Manchester sinkhole look like a pockmark.
Continue reading...Donald Trump's seduction: a huge fan base, from posh parties to Main Street by Ben Jacobs in Norwood, Massachussetts
At a billionaire’s bash and a rally in Iowa, the crowds were very different. But their concern on immigration and admiration for the frontrunner’s business savvy were the same
As Donald Trump left the stage at Ernie Boch’s mansion in suburban Boston on Friday night, attendees clawed at him, shouting for attention, for handshakes and, of course, for selfies.
Continue reading...Puerto Rico movement pitches solution to economic woes: rejoin Spain by Ashifa Kassam in Madrid
The idea is a long shot but campaigners assert that the countries were closely integrated until the US separated them against their will
As Puerto Rico grapples with crippling debt and double-digit unemployment, a far-fetched idea to tackle the US territory’s economic woes may be gaining modest traction – one that would see Puerto Rico break off from the United States to re-join Spain.
“By returning to Spain, we’ll have autonomy,” said José Nieves Seise, who in 2013 founded the groupReunification of Puerto Rico with Spain. “With autonomy Puerto Rico could have sufficient powers to boost the economy and attract foreign investment.”
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A barge carrying crushed cars turned over in the Gorge waterway in Victoria's harbour, Canada. Report by Hettie Maylam.
Budapest station overrun with migrants from Middle East unable to travel on to Germany or other countries -- and unwilling to return home
For 30 years, 400 million Europeans have traveled freely between dozens of countries, but terrorism, migrants and crime could stop that
Despite Arrest, Credibility of Thai Bombing Probe Questionedby webdesk@voanews.com (Steve Herman)
Thai authorities are facing criticism after warning the media and the public not to disseminate a photograph of a suicide vest aired nationally the day before. All Thai television channels carried a brief broadcast by the military junta at 6 p.m. Saturday announcing the arrest of a suspect in connection with the bombing of a Bangkok shrine earlier this month that killed 20 people. During the broadcast a picture of the suspect, only identified as a 28-year-old “foreign man” was...
Three journalists working for Vice News have been arrested in Turkey, after being accused of working for ISIS. The trio includes two British journalists, named as Jake Hanrahan and Philip Pendlebury.
Prime Minister David Cameron is getting it in the neck for what MPs are calling 'tipping the staff' in handing out places in the Lords to political cronies - bet you saw that one coming.
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The glamorous Pussy Galore from Goldfinger – played by Honor Blackman (pictured) in the classic film – has eyes only for another woman in the new Bond thriller, Trigger Mortis.
Thousands of Lebanese protesters continue to gather on the streets of Beirut with an an unprecedented mobilisation yesterday calling for 'revolution' against the government corruption.
An illegal migrant is pictured in his makeshift shelter in a camp where 200 migrants, many of whom were Iraqis, Afghans or Vietnamese are living on November 18, 2010 in Teteghem near Dunkirk, northern France. Teteghem's mayor called for help from the government on November 17, 2010 to deal with an influx of hundreds of migrants despite a campaign to break up makeshift transit camps near the English Channel. AFP PHOTO FRANCOIS LO PRESTI (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS LO PRESTI/AFP/Getty Images)
Gareth Williams (pictured), 31, was discovered in a holdall in the bath at his London home five years ago this month, but the mystery surrounding his death has never been solved.
Bestselling author Frederick Forsyth (pictured), whose novels include The Day of the Jackal, said he was an agent who assisted Britain's overseas spying agency.
Saturday’s massive but harmonious anti-government demonstrations in Kuala Lumpur continued overnight and into Sunday morning as historical numbers of Malaysians gathered in the streets of the capital to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Razak.
“It’s what we need to do for the prime minister to hear our voices and realize we don’t need him anymore,” Abdul Muiz, a 26-year-old businessman in a plastic Guy Fawkes mask, told TIME early Sunday. “I think it’ll stay peaceful — the object is peaceful revolt, since we’re a peaceful nation.”
The marathon rally is expected to last until midnight on Sunday, which will mark the beginning of Merdeka Day, the anniversary of Malaysia’s independence from Britain in 1957.
By noon on Sunday, the crowd had swelled to rival Saturday’s, which drew 200,000 by organizer’s estimates and 20,000 by police’s. A number of protesters stayed in the streets near Merdeka Square overnight, sleeping on the pavement when tired.
The ongoing demonstration is the largest popular vote of no confidence to date against beleaguered Prime Minister Najib Razak, who currently sits at the center of an unprecedented corruption scandal. In early July, the Wall Street Journal published a report stating that Najib’s personal bank accounts held around $700 million in cash that may have been siphoned off a struggling state investment fund called 1Malaysia Development Berhad.
Najib’s administration has denied the allegations — and penalized those who have corroborated them, including his deputy prime minister, Muhyiddin Yassin, whom he sacked last month — claiming that the money was in fact a campaign donation from a benefactor in the Middle East. (A protester at Saturday’s demonstration could be seen dressed up as the elusive donor, donning an Arab-style tunic and holding a sign asking for his money back).
Nevertheless, the incident has provided disgruntled Malaysians with a reason to galvanize in opposition to the government. Many feel that the country is in rough shape economically and socially. The value of the ringgit, its currency, has tumbled; meanwhile, some sense that Najib is attempting to cling to power by emphasizing the ethnic divide between Malays and the country’s Chinese and Indian populations.
This confluence of tensions has driven tens if not hundreds of thousands of middle-class Malaysians into the streets for this weekend’s protests, which in the past have been the preserve of workers and student activists.
“This is my first Bersih rally. I’m politically conscious but apolitical — but these are national issues that impact all of us,” Syed Kabir, a 42-year-old engineer, tells TIME, sitting in a South Indian restaurant off Jalan Tun Perak, a major thoroughfare congested with yellow-shirted demonstrators. He identified as an ethnic Malay; his neighbors, Dr. Shanil Kumar and Michael Cheng, who sat with him at the table, were Indian and Chinese, respectively.
“This is how it was, and this is why we’re angry,” Kumar, a general practitioner in Kuala Lumpur, said. “Malaysia is literally the perfect country — we have resources; we have a good ethnic balance — and it’s been completely spoiled by corruption and money politics. And we’re finally tired of it.”
The men said they expected to stay at the demonstration through midnight, and that they did not expect any violence or altercations with authorities. Though past public protests have ended when law enforcement brought out tear gas and water cannons, the police presence this weekend has been subdued.
“The police have learned that using force won’t fix the situation, but rather aggravate the issue at hand,” Syed said. “Violence would make the government seem worse than they already do.”
Others speculated that the police could in fact be sympathetic to the cause.
“I picked up one of the police [officers],” a Kuala Lumpur cab driver, who requested anonymity, told TIME. “He said, ‘we all know [Najib] is in the wrong, but what can we do? We’re only following instructions and waiting until we can retire.'”
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As tragedies shock Europe, a bigger refugee crisis looms in the Middle East
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Fan dies after falling from upper deck at Braves-Yankees game
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Germany, France, Britain press for EU action on migrants
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The governor of New Jersey and Republican presidential hopeful, Chris Christie, advocates using a tracking system to monitor immigrants who enter the US. Speaking at a campaign event in New Hampshire on Saturday, covered by NBC, Christie says that he would ask the head of FedEx to advise the government on devising a way to keep tabs on visitors and ensure they leave when their visas expire
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DAKAR (Reuters) - Spanish authorities have arrested a American man on charges of enslavement and diamond pillaging during Sierra Leone's civil war, a victims' association said on Saturday.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing is battening down the hatches and cranking up the propaganda ahead of a massive military parade this week to mark the end of World War Two, shooing cars from streets and shutting factories for the Communist Party's biggest event of the year.
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A Guatemalan congressional committee on Saturday recommended that President Otto Perez be stripped of immunity from prosecution over his suspected involvement in a customs racket, paving the way for a full vote in Congress in the coming days.
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Thousands gathered for a second day of protests on Sunday to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Razak over a multi-million-dollar financial scandal, their spirits lifted by unexpected support from Malaysia's longest-serving leader.
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Police probing Thailand's deadliest bombing widened their net in the search for more suspects on Sunday after a foreigner was arrested and stacks of fake passports and bomb-making materials were found during a raid on a Bangkok apartment block.
BRASILIA (Reuters) - A Brazilian news magazine has accused former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of acting as lobbyist in Cuba for Brazil's largest engineering firm Odebrecht, which built the container terminal at the Cuban port of Mariel.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's anti-corruption agency has said it has opened an investigation into the former chairman of major Chinese steelmaker Wuhan Iron and Steel.
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KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - A fire at an oil workers residential compound in Saudi Arabia on Sunday claimed one casualty and injured 30 more of various nationalities, civil defense authorities said.
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan government forces, backed by NATO air strikes, have regained control of a key district in volatile Helmand province after days of fierce fighting with Taliban insurgents, provincial officials said on Sunday.
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - As Europe grapples with its biggest wave of migration since World War Two, the Netherlands is about to toughen its asylum policy by cutting off food and shelter for people who fail to qualify as refugees.
SANAA (Reuters) - An air strike by a Saudi-led coalition killed around 30 civilians working at a bottling plant in the northern Yemeni province of Hajjah on Sunday, residents said.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice met Pakistan's prime minister on Sunday to press concerns over attacks launched by militants based in Pakistan, officials said.
BANGKOK (Reuters) - The evidence seized by police investigating Thailand's deadliest bombing includes an apparently damning trove of explosives, fertilizer, and piles of fake passports, but the shabby-looking foreigner they arrested on Saturday remains a mystery.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany and a handful of other European Union states cannot go on absorbing a disproportionate share of refugees arriving in the bloc and other members must do more, a government spokesman said on Sunday.
VIENNA (Reuters) - Forensic examiners have performed autopsies on 16 of the 71 bodies of refugees found dead in an abandoned refrigeration truck on an Austrian highway and presumed they suffocated, Austrian police said on Sunday.
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey said if he became president he would combat illegal immigration by creating a way to track foreign visitors and ask the chief executive of FedEx to devise the system.
Behind Tianjin Tragedy, a Company That Flouted Regulations and Reaped Profitsby ANDREW JACOBS, JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ and CHRIS BUCKLEY
Rui Hai International Logistics, the company whose warehouses were hit by the deadly blasts, has become a symbol of the high cost of rapid industrialization in China, in a closed political system lacking oversight and rife with graft.
Iranian President Hassan Rohani has opposed a parliamentary vote on a landmark nuclear agreement with world powers.
Russia says Latvia's refusal to allow a Russian state news agency to open a bureau in the Latvian capital, Riga, is a case of discrimination.
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Islamic State (IS) militants have detained at least 70 people in a western Iraqi town in an effort to crush public dissent against the extremist group.
Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansur Hadi says his forces are battling Shi'ite Huthi rebels in the country to halt "Iranian expansion."
Hollande, Merkel, Putin Back Truce Plan For East Ukraineby support@pangea-cms.com (RFE/RL)
The French presidency says France, Germany, and Russia back plans for a complete cease-fire in eastern Ukraine from next week.
Germany, France, Britain Call For EU Action On Migrantsby support@pangea-cms.com (RFE/RL)
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, and British Home Secretary Theresa May have issued a joint statement calling for better processing of refugees arriving in Southern Europe.
Al-Jazeera Reporter Calls For Sissi Pardon After Shock Jail Sentence by support@pangea-cms.com (RFE/RL)
Al-Jazeera reporter Peter Greste has called on Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to pardon him and his two colleagues, each sentenced to three years in prison in a ruling that has sparked international condemnation.
Central Asia's Economic Crisis Arrivesby support@pangea-cms.com (Bruce Pannier)
When the price of oil started falling and Russia's economy began to weaken in 2014, it was clear the five Central Asian states would face economic difficulties. But Kazakhstan's recent devaluation, coupled with China's sudden downturn, herald the start of the bad economic times the region has been dreading.
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Ten years after Hurricane Katrina inundated New Orleans, threatening to wash away its vibrant musical heritage along with its neighborhoods, the beat goes on. A Musicians' Village is preserving the city's unique sound. VOA's Bronwyn Benito reports.
Originally published at - http://www.voanews.com/media/video/rebuilding-new-orleans-music-scene/2938173.html
Texas Prosecutors Charge Suspect in Deputy's 'Assassination'by webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
Prosecutors in the southern U.S. city of Houston, Texas, have charged a 30-year-old suspect with capital murder in connection with the ambush killing of a sheriff's deputy shot from behind as he fueled his vehicle. Police said Saturday that no clear motive had been established for the killing, but that suspect Shannon Miles had a previous record, including charges of resisting arrest and trespassing. Harris County Sheriff Ron Hickman said investigators were trying to...
New Orleans Works to Rebuild Music Scene After Katrinaby webdesk@voanews.com (Bronwyn Benito)
New Orleans is known for its music. But 10 years ago, the music was drowned out by the howling winds and rising water brought by Hurricane Katrina. Musicians joined other residents fleeing the city. Part of the effort to bring New Orleans back to life focused on bringing back the musicians and creating a place where they could live and work, and make music. "Losing that heritage would have taken away the beating heart of New Orleans and damaged it forever," said Jim Pate,...
Church Bells Toll as US Gulf Coast Marks 10 Years Since Katrina by webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton delivered the keynote address Saturday at an evening event in the southern city of New Orleans commemorating the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Clinton said residents of New Orleans have much to be proud of in their achievements since the devastation of Katrina but should now rededicate themselves to eradicating the disparities of income, education and health. Church bells tolled Saturday in New Orleans and across large swaths of the Gulf...
EU Calls for Special Meeting on Migrant Crisisby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
The interior ministers of Britain, France and Germany have called for a special meeting of European Union interior and justice ministers within the next two weeks to deal with the continent's escalating migrant crisis. The ministers said in a statement Sunday they want to find "concrete steps" to solve the growing migrant dilemma. Macedonia declared a state of emergency earlier this month in response to daily border crossings from Greece of some 3,000 migrants pushing...
Afghan Forces Regain Control of Key Southern Districtby webdesk@voanews.com (Ayaz Gul)
Officials in Afghanistan said national security forces Sunday reestablished government control over a key district in the restive southern province of Helmand after days of bloody clashes with Taliban insurgents. The offensive to retake Musa Qala was backed by NATO-led airstrikes and it “killed or wounded more than 220” insurgent fighters, a Defense Ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri told reporters. Waziri said government forces lost at least one soldier while several others were...
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Malaysian Rally Against PM Enters 2nd Dayby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
Protesters are taking to the streets Sunday for the second day of a two-day rally in Malaysia's capital to demand the resignation of the prime minister who is facing serious fraud allegations. Bersih, the country's leading civil society, wants Najib Razak to resign following revelations he received $700 million into his personal accounts from the government-owned 1MDB investment fund. While rally organizers claim Saturday's turnout was 200,000, police said the crowd...
Al Jazeera Journalist Calls for Pardons in Egypt Verdictby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
Australian Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste said Sunday the sentences handed down to him and his two colleagues on Saturday were "politically motivated." Greste said Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi "now has the opportunity to undo that injustice" and pardon the three journalists. An Egyptian court found all three journalists – Greste, Canadian national Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian Baher Mohamed – guilty of supporting the banned Muslim Brotherhood and...
Shannon Miles, a 30-year-old charged with murder of Darren Goforth, a father of two in Houston on Friday night
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