Sunday, March 17, 2013

Voice of America: CANADA PRISON ESCAPE

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CANADA PRISON ESCAPE
Mar 18th 2013, 06:15

Canadian authorities say two Quebec prison inmates who made a daring broad daylight escape, climbing a rope into a hovering helicopter, have been recaptured. Police said early Monday they have detained four people in connection with the escape. Canada's The Globe and Mail newspaper reports the helicopter was hijacked Sunday afternoon from a tour company in Mont-Tremblant by two men posing as tourists. Once the helicopter was aloft, the men held a gun on the pilot, ordering him to fly to ...

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Voice of America: Cambodia Tribunal Workers End Strike

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Cambodia Tribunal Workers End Strike
Mar 18th 2013, 06:29

Cambodia's troubled Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal said Monday that striking employees have agreed to return to work after they were promised they would receive their December salaries this week. But, the translators and transcribers warned that they would walk out again on April 1st, if their contracts are not renewed by the end of the month. They walked out on March 4th, after not being paid since November. The United Nations pays the wages of the international employees, the Cambodian ...

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Voice of America: UN Arms Treaty Talks Resume

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UN Arms Treaty Talks Resume
Mar 18th 2013, 06:44

Negotiations begin again this week to reach an agreement on what could be a landmark U.N. treaty to regulate the multi-billion dollar global arms trade. Talks resume Monday at U.N. headquarters. Weeks of talks in July ended in failure when the United States, Russia and China asked for more time. Arms control supporters say a treaty is needed to prevent the unregulated and illicit flow of weapons into conflict zones fueling wars and atrocities. The U.S. - the world's top weapons producer ...

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Voice of America: CANADA PRISON ESCAPE

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CANADA PRISON ESCAPE
Mar 18th 2013, 06:15

Canadian authorities say two Quebec prison inmates who made a daring broad daylight escape, climbing a rope into a hovering helicopter, have been recaptured. Police said early Monday they have detained four people in connection with the escape. Canada's The Globe and Mail newspaper reports the helicopter was hijacked Sunday afternoon from a tour company in Mont-Tremblant by two men posing as tourists. Once the helicopter was aloft, the men held a gun on the pilot, ordering him to fly to ...

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Voice of America: UN Arms Treaty Talks Resume

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UN Arms Treaty Talks Resume
Mar 18th 2013, 06:44

Negotiations begin again this week to reach an agreement on what could be a landmark U.N. treaty to regulate the multi-billion dollar global arms trade. Talks resume Monday at U.N. headquarters. Weeks of talks in July ended in failure when the United States, Russia and China asked for more time. Arms control supporters say a treaty is needed to prevent the unregulated and illicit flow of weapons into conflict zones fueling wars and atrocities. The U.S. - the world's top weapons producer ...

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Voice of America: Diaspora Group Criticizes Nigerian President’s Pardons

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Diaspora Group Criticizes Nigerian President's Pardons
Mar 18th 2013, 05:20

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan's pardons last week of four individuals, including former Bayelsa State Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, continue to stir negative reaction. US State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland described the pardons as a setback in the fight against corruption.  The Council of Ogoni Professionals International, a Nigerian Diaspora group in the United States, also disagreed with the pardons.  Council member Anslem John-Miller said, instead of ...

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Voice of America: Cambodia Tribunal Workers End Strike

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Cambodia Tribunal Workers End Strike
Mar 18th 2013, 06:29

Cambodia's troubled Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal said Monday that striking employees have agreed to return to work after they were promised they would receive their December salaries this week. But, the translators and transcribers warned that they would walk out again on April 1st, if their contracts are not renewed by the end of the month. They walked out on March 4th, after not being paid since November. The United Nations pays the wages of the international employees, the Cambodian ...

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Voice of America: CANADA PRISON ESCAPE

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CANADA PRISON ESCAPE
Mar 18th 2013, 06:15

Canadian authorities say two Quebec prison inmates who made a daring broad daylight escape, climbing a rope into a hovering helicopter, have been recaptured. Police said early Monday they have detained four people in connection with the escape. Canada's The Globe and Mail newspaper reports the helicopter was hijacked Sunday afternoon from a tour company in Mont-Tremblant by two men posing as tourists. Once the helicopter was aloft, the men held a gun on the pilot, ordering him to fly to ...

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Voice of America: Diaspora Group Criticizes Nigerian President’s Pardons

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Diaspora Group Criticizes Nigerian President's Pardons
Mar 18th 2013, 05:20

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan's pardons last week of four individuals, including former Bayelsa State Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, continue to stir negative reaction. US State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland described the pardons as a setback in the fight against corruption.  The Council of Ogoni Professionals International, a Nigerian Diaspora group in the United States, also disagreed with the pardons.  Council member Anslem John-Miller said, instead of ...

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Voice of America: Cambodia Tribunal Workers End Strike

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Cambodia Tribunal Workers End Strike
Mar 18th 2013, 06:29

Cambodia's troubled Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal said Monday that striking employees have agreed to return to work after they were promised they would receive their December salaries this week. But, the translators and transcribers warned that they would walk out again on April 1st, if their contracts are not renewed by the end of the month. They walked out on March 4th, after not being paid since November. The United Nations pays the wages of the international employees, the Cambodian ...

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Voice of America: Diaspora Group Criticizes Nigerian President’s Pardons

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Diaspora Group Criticizes Nigerian President's Pardons
Mar 18th 2013, 05:20

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan's pardons last week of four individuals, including former Bayelsa State Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, continue to stir negative reaction. US State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland described the pardons as a setback in the fight against corruption.  The Council of Ogoni Professionals International, a Nigerian Diaspora group in the United States, also disagreed with the pardons.  Council member Anslem John-Miller said, instead of ...

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Voice of America: Diaspora Group Criticizes Nigerian President’s Pardons

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Diaspora Group Criticizes Nigerian President's Pardons
Mar 18th 2013, 05:20

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan's pardons last week of four individuals, including former Bayelsa State Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, continue to stir negative reaction. US State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland described the pardons as a setback in the fight against corruption.  The Council of Ogoni Professionals International, a Nigerian Diaspora group in the United States, also disagreed with the pardons.  Council member Anslem John-Miller said, instead of ...

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Voice of America: CANADA PRISON ESCAPE

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CANADA PRISON ESCAPE
Mar 18th 2013, 05:02

Canadian authorities say two Quebec prison inmates have made a daring broad daylight escape, climbing a rope into a hovering helicopter. Police said late Sunday they have arrested at least three people, including one of the inmates, in connection with the escape. Police said they have surrounded the second fugitive. It was not immediately clear where the police found the escapees. Canada's The Globe and Mail newspaper reports the helicopter was hijacked Sunday afternoon from a tour ...

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Voice of America: Diaspora Group Criticizes Nigerian President’s Pardons

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Diaspora Group Criticizes Nigerian President's Pardons
Mar 18th 2013, 05:20

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan's pardons last week of four individuals, including former Bayelsa State Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, continue to stir negative reaction. US State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland described the pardons as a setback in the fight against corruption.  The Council of Ogoni Professionals International, a Nigerian Diaspora group in the United States, also disagreed with the pardons.  Council member Anslem John-Miller said, instead of ...

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Voice of America: CANADA PRISON ESCAPE

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CANADA PRISON ESCAPE
Mar 18th 2013, 05:02

Canadian authorities say two Quebec prison inmates have made a daring broad daylight escape, climbing a rope into a hovering helicopter. Police said late Sunday they have arrested at least three people, including one of the inmates, in connection with the escape. Police said they have surrounded the second fugitive. It was not immediately clear where the police found the escapees. Canada's The Globe and Mail newspaper reports the helicopter was hijacked Sunday afternoon from a tour ...

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Voice of America: Australia Eases Sanctions, Grants Aid to Burma

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Australia Eases Sanctions, Grants Aid to Burma
Mar 18th 2013, 04:43

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced that Canberra will ease restrictions on defense cooperation with Burma and grant the once-isolated country an aid package. After meeting in Canberra Monday with visiting Burmese President Thein Sein, Ms. Gillard said its arms embargo on Burma would remain, but there would be an easing of restrictions in areas such as peacekeeping, humanitarian and disaster activities. She added that her government would also provide additional aid worth $20 ...

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Voice of America: CANADA PRISON ESCAPE

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CANADA PRISON ESCAPE
Mar 18th 2013, 05:02

Canadian authorities say two Quebec prison inmates have made a daring broad daylight escape, climbing a rope into a hovering helicopter. Police said late Sunday they have arrested at least three people, including one of the inmates, in connection with the escape. Police said they have surrounded the second fugitive. It was not immediately clear where the police found the escapees. Canada's The Globe and Mail newspaper reports the helicopter was hijacked Sunday afternoon from a tour ...

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Voice of America: Australia Eases Sanctions, Grants Aid to Burma

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Australia Eases Sanctions, Grants Aid to Burma
Mar 18th 2013, 04:43

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced that Canberra will ease restrictions on defense cooperation with Burma and grant the once-isolated country an aid package. After meeting in Canberra Monday with visiting Burmese President Thein Sein, Ms. Gillard said its arms embargo on Burma would remain, but there would be an easing of restrictions in areas such as peacekeeping, humanitarian and disaster activities. She added that her government would also provide additional aid worth $20 ...

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Voice of America: CANADA PRISON ESCAPE

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CANADA PRISON ESCAPE
Mar 18th 2013, 05:02

Canadian authorities say two Quebec prison inmates have made a daring broad daylight escape, climbing a rope into a hovering helicopter. Police said late Sunday they have arrested at least three people, including one of the inmates, in connection with the escape. Police said they have surrounded the second fugitive. It was not immediately clear where the police found the escapees. Canada's The Globe and Mail newspaper reports the helicopter was hijacked Sunday afternoon from a tour ...

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Voice of America: Australia Eases Sanctions, Grants Aid to Burma

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Australia Eases Sanctions, Grants Aid to Burma
Mar 18th 2013, 04:43

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced that Canberra will ease restrictions on defense cooperation with Burma and grant the once-isolated country an aid package. After meeting in Canberra Monday with visiting Burmese President Thein Sein, Ms. Gillard said its arms embargo on Burma would remain, but there would be an easing of restrictions in areas such as peacekeeping, humanitarian and disaster activities. She added that her government would also provide additional aid worth $20 ...

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Voice of America: CANADA PRISON ESCAPE

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CANADA PRISON ESCAPE
Mar 18th 2013, 05:02

Canadian authorities say two Quebec prison inmates have made a daring broad daylight escape, climbing a rope into a hovering helicopter. Police said late Sunday they have arrested at least three people, including one of the inmates, in connection with the escape. Police said they have surrounded the second fugitive. It was not immediately clear where the police found the escapees. Canada's The Globe and Mail newspaper reports the helicopter was hijacked Sunday afternoon from a tour ...

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Voice of America: Australia Eases Sanctions, Grants Aid to Burma

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Australia Eases Sanctions, Grants Aid to Burma
Mar 18th 2013, 04:43

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced that Canberra will ease restrictions on defense cooperation with Burma and grant the once-isolated country an aid package. After meeting in Canberra Monday with visiting Burmese President Thein Sein, Ms. Gillard said its arms embargo on Burma would remain, but there would be an easing of restrictions in areas such as peacekeeping, humanitarian and disaster activities. She added that her government would also provide additional aid worth $20 ...

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Australia Eases Sanctions, Grants Aid to Burma
Mar 18th 2013, 04:43

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced that Canberra will ease restrictions on defense cooperation with Burma and grant the once-isolated country an aid package. After meeting in Canberra Monday with visiting Burmese President Thein Sein, Ms. Gillard said its arms embargo on Burma would remain, but there would be an easing of restrictions in areas such as peacekeeping, humanitarian and disaster activities. She added that her government would also provide additional aid worth $20 ...

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Voice of America: Al-Qaida Group Claims Iraq Ministry Attack

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Al-Qaida Group Claims Iraq Ministry Attack
Mar 17th 2013, 08:55

Al-Qaida's Iraqi affiliate group has claimed responsibility for a coordinated attack on a ministry in the capital that killed at least 25 people. The Islamic State of Iraq said in a statement online it ordered the assault last week on the Justice Ministry, near Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, home to several government buildings and Western embassies. The bombings happened one week before the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and a month before Iraq's first ...

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Voice of America: North Korea Threatens Japan with Attack

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North Korea Threatens Japan with Attack
Mar 17th 2013, 09:18

North Korea has lashed out at Japan for calling for "independent additional sanctions" against Pyongyang. The North's official Korean Central News Agency carried a statement from the Foreign Ministry Sunday saying that it would be a fatal mistake for Japan if it thinks it will be safe when a war breaks out on the Korean Peninsula. The statement warned that the Japanese would face a horrible strike if they collude with the United States. The article appeared days after U.S. ...

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Voice of America: China's Premier Rejects US Hacking Accusations

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China's Premier Rejects US Hacking Accusations
Mar 17th 2013, 08:41

New Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has rejected U.S. accusations of hacking and says the two countries should not make groundless accusations against each other and should work together to contribute to cyber security. Speaking to reporters after the close of the National People's Congress Sunday, Mr. Li said China itself is a major target of computer hacking and does not support such activities. New U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew is heading to China this week for economic talks that are ...

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Voice of America: Al-Qaida Group Claims Iraq Ministry Attack

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Al-Qaida Group Claims Iraq Ministry Attack
Mar 17th 2013, 08:55

Al-Qaida's Iraqi affiliate group has claimed responsibility for a coordinated attack on a ministry in the capital that killed at least 25 people. The Islamic State of Iraq said in a statement online it ordered the assault last week on the Justice Ministry, near Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, home to several government buildings and Western embassies. The bombings happened one week before the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and a month before Iraq's first ...

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Al-Qaida Group Claims Iraq Ministry Attack
Mar 17th 2013, 08:55

Al-Qaida's Iraqi affiliate group has claimed responsibility for a coordinated attack on a ministry in the capital that killed at least 25 people. The Islamic State of Iraq said in a statement online it ordered the assault last week on the Justice Ministry, near Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, home to several government buildings and Western embassies. The bombings happened one week before the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and a month before Iraq's first ...

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