BERLIN – The United Nations’ refugee agency is asking Kenya to reconsider its demand that it close a vast camp for Somali refugees within three months and send the inhabitants home. Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto made the demand Saturday. The government says the Dadaab camp has become a recruitment …
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BANGKOK – Thailand’s constitution drafters have submitted the draft of a new national charter to an advisory council for review, nearly a year after the military took power from an elected government. The military abolished an earlier constitution after the May 22 coup, and the government operates under a temporary …
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MOSCOW – Russia’s space agency has postponed the docking of a cargo ship with the International Space Station because of problems with the unmanned spacecraft. The Progress M-27M was launched Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and was scheduled to dock six hours later. But Roscosmos said Mission Control …
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SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea said Friday it will push to allow more journalists to travel to North Korea to cover a wider range of cross-border exchange projects such as sports and academic programs. Seoul’s Unification Ministry said it will actively support sports, culture, academic and other civilian exchange …
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TORONTO – Canada is seeking an emergency stay of a judge’s decision to give a former Guantanamo Bay inmate bail while he appeals his conviction in a Washington court for war crimes. Jeremy Laurin, a spokesman for Canada’s public safety minister, said Monday in addition to appealing the Omar Khadr …
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LONDON – Counting the votes in Britain’s election will take a matter of hours. Assembling a government could take days — or weeks. By Friday, the country will know how many seats each party has won in the House of Commons. If either the Conservatives of Labour has more than …
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ROME – Officials in Sicily say they have arrested five people accused of kidnapping newly arrived migrants and extorting their relatives for 200 euros (dollars) apiece to free them so they can continue their journeys north. Wednesday’s arrests marked the latest effort by police to undermine the booming human-trafficking industry …
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KAMPALA, Uganda – The head of Interpol in Uganda says an Islamic extremist leader who was arrested in Tanzania will be extradited to Uganda after Tanzanian authorities agreed to cooperate. Asan Kasingye told The Associated Press Tuesday that Jamil Mukulu appeared Friday in a Dar es Salaam court, charged with …
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WARSAW, Poland – Polish authorities are searching for a man who tangled with a bear at Warsaw’s zoo and escaped, leaving traces of his blood behind. Maria Krakowiak, head of the animals of prey section at the Warsaw zoo, said Thursday the man hasn’t been found after his dangerous stunt …
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BERLIN – The United Nations’ human rights chief is urging several countries to step up efforts to investigate allegations that peacekeepers in Central African Republic may have committed abuses, a call that comes as the U.N. itself faces pressure over child sexual abuse claims against French soldiers. Zeid Raad al-Hussein …
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