Julian Assange complaint dismissed
September 11th, 2012 - 10:30 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Sept 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A case that had been filed by Julian Assange on Monday against a broadcasting watchdog in Britain that showed him dancing in a night club has ... Read more...
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Argentina criticises Britain’s ‘arrogance’ in Assange case
August 29th, 2012 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, Aug 29 (IANS) Argentina's Ambassador to Britain Alicia Castro has criticized the British government's "arrogance" in dealing with the Julian Assange case.Castro told a radio station that the ... Read more...
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Britain doesn’t know who it is dealing with: Ecuador
August 19th, 2012 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 19 (IANS) Ecuador President Rafael Correa has warned Britain that any attempt to storm its embassy in London - over asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange - would ... Read more...
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US refuses to recognize diplomatic asylum of Assange
August 18th, 2012 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 18 (IANS) The US government Friday refused to recognize the diplomatic asylum that Ecuador granted to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as the Organization of American States (OAS) considers ... Read more...
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Assange granted asylum for fear of US: Ecuador envoy
August 17th, 2012 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Ecuador has granted political asylum to Julian Assange over concerns that the WikiLeaks' founder could be transferred to the US and face death penalty after ... Read more...
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Britain refuses Assange safe passage to Ecuador
August 17th, 2012 - 2:56 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 17 (IANS) Britain will not allow Julian Assange safe passage out of the country, Foreign Secretary William Hague said after Ecuador granted the Wikileaks founder political asylum.British authorities ... Read more...
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Assange gets asylum in Ecuador (Lead, Changing dateline)
August 16th, 2012 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 16 (IANS) Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was finally granted political asylum by Ecuador Thursday, two months after he took refuge in the Andean nation's London embassy while fighting ... Read more...
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Britain threatening to take Assange by force: Ecuador
August 16th, 2012 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
Quito, Aug 16 (IANS/EFE) Ecuador said Wednesday that the British government has raised the possibility of forcibly removing Julian Assange from the Andean nation's embassy in London, where the WikiLeaks ... Read more...
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Ecuador yet to decide on Wikileaks founder’s asylum
August 15th, 2012 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS
Quito, Aug 15 (IANS) Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has denied on Twitter that his country had already decided to grant political asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange."The rumour about Assange's ... Read more...
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Russian opposition activist seek asylum in Ukraine
August 14th, 2012 - 7:04 am ICT by IANS
Kiev, Aug 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) An activist of the Other Russia unregistered opposition movement and his wife have applied for political asylum in Ukraine.According to Russian human rights group Agora, ... Read more...
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Julian Assange’s mom in Ecuador to seek son’s asylum
July 29th, 2012 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's mother has arrived in Quito to urge Ecuadorian authorities to grant her son political asylum, CNN reported Sunday."Surely, the president (Rafael ... Read more...
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Saudi princess seeks political asylum in Britain
July 9th, 2012 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 9 (IANS) A Saudi Arabian princess has sought political asylum in Britain because she fears for her safety in her home country, the Daily Mail reported Monday.Princess Sara ... Read more...
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Assange served extradition notice
June 29th, 2012 - 8:02 am ICT by IANS
London, June 29 (IANS) WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been served with an extradition notice by British police, BBC reported. He is wanted in Sweden on sex assault charges.The 40-year-old ... Read more...
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Syrian MiG fighter pilot defects to Jordan
June 21st, 2012 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Syrian Air Force MiG-21 fighter pilot Thursday flew his aircraft to Jordan and asked the government for political asylum, a Jordanian minister said."The jet ... Read more...
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Bangladesh will act on extraditing Chetia: Envoy
June 17th, 2012 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, June 17 (IANS) Bangladesh's envoy to India Tariq Ahmad Karim has asked India to have patience with Dhaka over the issue of handing over India's most wanted separatist rebel, ... Read more...
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Asif rules out taking asylum in UK
June 6th, 2012 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 6 (IANS) Former Pakistani paceman Muhammad Asif says he is not seeking asylum in Britain and wants to return home as soon as possible.Asif was released from prison ... Read more...
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Britain refuses asylum request from Moscow bankers
May 3rd, 2012 - 7:04 am ICT by IANS
London, May 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Britain has refused to grant political asylum to two former officials of a Moscow bank, after they were placed on the Interpol wanted list on ... Read more...
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Russia not considering sheltering Syrian president
March 8th, 2012 - 6:05 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia was not considering providing political asylum to embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Prime Minister and president-elect Vladimir Putin said."This issue has not been discussed," ... Read more...
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Tunisia ready to grant asylum to Syrian president
February 29th, 2012 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
Tunis, Feb 29 (IANS) Tunisia is ready to grant political asylum to embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his family if necessary, Tunisia's official TAP news agency reported Wednesday."If the ... Read more...
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Nine held in Italy for links with Turkish Hezbollah
February 22nd, 2012 - 8:35 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Feb 22 (IANS) Nine people have been arrested in Italy for alleged links with Sunni Islamic militant group Turkish Hezbollah and for running an illegal immigration ring, media reports ... Read more...
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Mubarak’s wife attempted suicide over corruption charges
February 8th, 2012 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, Feb 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The wife of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has confessed in her memoirs about an attempt to commit suicide when she knew she would ... Read more...
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Why not asylum to Pakistani Hindus, court asks government
December 21st, 2011 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought the government's response on a petition seeking grant of asylum to 151 Hindus from Pakistan who are facing deportation ... Read more...
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India, Bangladesh pledge to hand over fugitives
November 21st, 2011 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) India and Bangladesh Monday pledged to soon sign an extradition treaty, assuring each other of all possible cooperation in apprehending and deporting wanted fugitives ... Read more...
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ULFA’s Chetia reapplies for asylum in Bangladesh
November 20th, 2011 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Nov 20 (IANS) United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) general secretary Anup Chetia, presently in a Bangladeshi jail, has once again applied to a court there for political asylum, ... Read more...
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India to raise terror threat in talks with Bangladesh
November 18th, 2011 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) India is expected to raise its concerns over the terror outfit Harkat-ul-Jihadi Islami (HuJI) trying to regroup in Bangladesh when the home secretaries of the ... Read more...
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Russian president loses temper at press conference
September 13th, 2011 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 13 (IANS) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev lost his temper at a joint press conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron, where he said Moscow will never extradite ... Read more...
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British PM urges Russia to uphold rule of law
September 12th, 2011 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) British businesses need guarantees that assets will not be "unlawfully taken away from them" before they can start work in Russia, British Prime ... Read more...
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For four years, Putin refused to talk to Britain
September 9th, 2011 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 9 (IANS) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin refused to talk to British officials for over four years, after Britain accused him in late 2006 of causing the ... Read more...
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Pakistan’s MQM chief hospitalised in London
August 29th, 2011 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 29 (IANS) Altaf Hussain, chief of Pakistani political party Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), is being treated at a London hospital for the past one week, a statement said ... Read more...
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Sikh rally at UN for Bhullar’s clemency
July 26th, 2011 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
New York, July 26 (IANS) Hundreds of Sikhs held a rally at the UN headquarters here to seek the world body's pressure on India to stop execution of Devenderpal ... Read more...
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Sikhs protest at Indian embassy in Berlin to save Bhullar
June 20th, 2011 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, June 20 (IANS) Sikhs from across the European Union (EU) Monday held a peaceful protest at Indian embassy here seeking clemency for Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) terrorist Devender ... Read more...
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EU opposes death to Bhullar, writes to Chidambaram
June 17th, 2011 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) The European Union has appealed to India not to execute Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) terrorist Devender Singh Bhullar, whose mercy petition was rejected by ... Read more...
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Cuban brothers travel to US to become musicians
June 17th, 2011 - 11:11 am ICT by IANS
San Juan, June 17 (IANS/EFE) Two brothers from Cuba embarked on a trek four years ago that took them to the US to seek political asylum and gave them the ... Read more...
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Haider comes out of retirement, hopes to represent Pakistan again
May 12th, 2011 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, May 12 (IANS) Zulqarnain Haider is hoping that an angry Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will forgive him for deserting the national team and will recall him for duty after ... Read more...
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Cops protest against Common’s White House visit
May 12th, 2011 - 2:36 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New Jersey, May 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The New Jersey State Police have taken exception to Common’s visit to the White House. The singer is part of the group of guests who have ... Read more...
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