Repatriation News
- Feds fail in attempt to avoid Sudan torture lawsuit Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 9:42AMA Montreal man who claims he was abandoned by Canada and subjected to torture in Sudan has the green light to pursue his lawsuit against the federal government.
- Punjab police clueless about Pakistani prisoner's disappearance Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 8:45AMPunjab police and Amritsar district administration remained clueless Wednesday about the whereabouts of a Pakistani prisoner who has disappeared from a jail here.
- Caterpillar Expands in Brazil; Announces Location of New Facility and Investment in Piracicaba Operations Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 6:00AMBuilding on its 50-plus-year history in Brazil and capitalizing on the expected growth in Latin America, Caterpillar Inc. is announcing today the expansion of its manufacturing operations in Brazil.
- How the Stock Market and Economy Really Work Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 5:57AMThe stock market does not work the way most people think, writes Kel Kelly. One commonly held belief is that a stock-market boom is the reflection of a progressing economy. Not so: it mostly reflects money creation.
- Q+A-French unions take to streets to fight reforms Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 5:56AMQ+A-French unions take to streets to fight reforms
- Heinz Reports Strong First-Quarter Results with a Double-Digit Increase in EPS to $0.75, Reaffirms Full Year Fiscal ... Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 4:45AMPITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE:HNZ): Fiscal 2011 First-Quarter Results 3.6% organic sales growth, reported sales up 1.6% 21st consecutive quarter of organic sales growth Emerging Markets delivered 21.9% organic sales growth (13.2% reported) and generated 17.8% of the Company’s sales Top 15 brands achieved 5.7% organic sales growth (3.3% reported) Global Ketchup organic ...
- Heinz Reports Strong First-Quarter Results with a Double-Digit Increase in EPS to $0.75, Reaffirms Full Year Fiscal ... Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 4:30AMPITTSBURGH----H.J. Heinz Company :
- Russian alleged arms dealer not to be extradited to U.S. until October 4 Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 4:06AMRussian suspected arms trader Viktor Bout will not be extradited to the United States until a hearing of the U.S. request to drop a second set of charges against him on October 4, Bout's Thai lawyer Lac Nitiwat Wichan said on Wednesday.
- DOLE: Last batch of 6 Pinoys arrive from Libya Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 2:58AMSix Filipino workers were repatriated from Libya after Philippine labor officials mediated their row with a recruitment agency over unpaid salaries and benefits.
- Trying to Be Hopeful About Peace Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 2:54AMI hope that the Israeli government or its settler movement do not engage either in provocations of their own or act to reignite passions by starting new construction or imposing new hardships on the Palestinians, says James Zogby .
- Nepal detains 2 Tibetans ahead of Tibetan Democracy Day celebration: report Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 2:38AMDharamsala, Aug 31: Nepalese police have detained two Tibetan activists posting "anti-Beijing leaflets" ahead of a planned protest against Chinese rule of their homeland, according to a media report.
- MexPro Assist Service Provides Revolutionary Travel and Legal Assistance to those who Vacation in Mexico Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 12:05AMWhether driving, taking a cruise, flying into Mexico, or even walking across the border—purchasers of MexPro Assist services will receive their own assistance services / legal services representative--available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 day per year.
- MedjetAssist Appoints Phil Traywick as New Director of Sales Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 12:01AMMedjetAssist, the nation's leading medical evacuation membership program, announced today the appointment of Phil Traywick as new Director of Sales.
- Rwanda: UN Sinks to Its Lowest, Peddles Double Genocide Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 9:00PMThe United Nations has done it again. The organization has once again shown its incompetence, bias, malice and an inexplicable grudge against a country that, against all odds, still stands strong.
- France to continue Roma repatriation, camps evacuation despite criticism Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:54PMFrance will continue to send illegal Roma migrants to their native countries and dismantle their camps despite accusations of stigmatizing travelling communities and fuelling racism, Immigration Minster Eric Besson said on Monday.
- N.L. soldier injured in IED blast dies of injuries Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:39PMA Canadian soldier who died Monday in a German hospital eight days after being wounded in Afghanistan was remembered by a relative as a church-going 'good guy' who also enjoyed a good prank.
- Nine O'Clock Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 3:42PMMeteorologists issued a rain watch which comes in force today in 30 counties, between 2:00 and 20:00. In the aforementioned interval, rain will fall in Banat, Crisana, Maramures, Transylvania, Moldavia and in all mountain areas, and the quantity of water may surpass, on wider areas, 20-25 l/sq m, and, on patches, 40-50 l/ sq m. There will be showers, possibly in torrents, complete with lighting ...
- Sarkozy's cabinet split over Roma expulsions Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 2:54PMGovernment cracks over France's expulsion of Roma gypsies broke out into the open on Monday as Bernard Kouchner, the foreign minister, said he considered resigning over the policy.
- Newfoundland soldier injured in IED blast dies of injuries Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 1:09PMA Canadian soldier wounded eight days ago while conducting a foot patrol in dangerous Panjwaii district died Monday in a German hospital.
- Canadian soldier dies after wounded in Afghanistan Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:39PMA Canadian soldier injured eight days ago while conducting a foot patrol in dangerous Panjwaii district has died in a German hospital Monday.
- France to push on with Roma repatriation Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 10:44AMPARIS (Reuters) - France will not stop its policy of repatriating Roma after almost 1,000 people were sent back to Romania and Bulgaria since a government crackdown on crime and immigration at the end of July, ministers said on Monday.
- France to push on with Roma repatriation Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 10:16AMBy John Irish
- Run-away OFW’s nightmare in Jeddah caught in video Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 8:12AMKung dati-rati, puro kwento lang ang hirap na dinaranas ng mga kababayan nating naiiwan sa deportation holding area sa Jeddah, ngayon, isang run-away OFW ang nakakuha ng video para ipakita ang masamang kundisyong tinitiis ng mga Pinoy doon. Exclusive, nagpa-Patrol, Francis Faulve. TV Patrol, Lunes, Agosto 30, 2010
- View Point: Repatriate Indian fishermen, says Pak SC Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 7:47AMSupreme Court of Pakistan informed 454 Indian fishermen (out of total 582 currently detained) have completed their sentences in Pakistani jails, should be repatriated.
- Current account deficit widens as exports slow Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 7:44AMCanada's current account deficit widened in the second quarter of this year as exports slowed and imports grew, Statistics Canada said Monday.
- Lawyer asks Thai PM to stop Bout's extradition to U.S. Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 7:33AMThe Thai defense counsel for Russian businessman Viktor Bout, awaiting extradition to the United States on charges of selling weapons to terrorists, petitioned Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Mond...
- Japanese Cartoons Take On Repatriation Of Treasures In British Museum Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 10:57AM"In Japan manga is a mainstream medium, with sales of magazines and books amounting to around $5 billion a year. They are increasingly popular abroad and starting to make their way into museum exhibitions--though in Japan itself they are still given short shrift as an art form."
- Ups & Downs Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 6:55AMI agree. It is time for Bulgaria to "repatriate" all the ethnic Turkish Muslims back to Turkey. Kashmiri Muslim demonstrators shout pro-freedom slogans they march during an anti-Indian protest in Budgam on the outskirts of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 29 August 2010 ....
- Bhutanese refugees find new homes in the East Bay Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 4:30AMBishnu Maya Mainali wondered if her sons were right about California, but it was too late to fret. She would find out soon enough. Fears of 'demographic inundation' behind crisis | Crashing the lost horizon l Slide Show: Bhutan hosts summit l Slide Show: Southern Bhutan Slide show: The Mainali Family Journey Video: The Mainali family journey Part I and II
- Thai PM may say decisive word in Bout's case - paper Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 1:34AMThai Prime Minister Abhisit Wechachiwa and the cabinet of ministers have a right to take decisive decision over the case against alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, the Bangkok-based Thai-language Daily News paper reported on late Saturday.
- A journey from conflict: Exiled from their homeland, Bhutanese refugees find new homes in the East Bay Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 12:22AMBishnu Maya Mainali wondered if her sons were right about California, but it was too late to fret. She would find out soon enough. At the end of the road, outside the barbed-wire gates, a bus waited to take her away from the refugee camp that had been home for 18 years. It was time to go to Oakland. Slide show: The Mainali Family Journey Video: The Mainali family journey Part I and II
- Towanda museum to return artifacts to Wichita tribe Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 10:03PMPieces of their past have been sitting in a window in Towanda for four years. This week, members of the Wichita tribe will pick them up and take them home.
- Travel ban to Iraq remains, but OFWs there may continue work Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 7:14PMMANILA, Philippines—The total ban against the deployment of Filipino workers to Iraq remains, but the thousands of Filipinos working in military facilities of the United States in the war-torn country may continue working there until their contracts expires.
- Indian fishermen's papers being readied Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 2:32PMIslamabad: The Pakistan Foreign Ministry has informed the Interior Ministry that 456 Indian fishermen who had completed their sentences may be released.
- Pak orders the release of 442 Indian fishermen Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 11:32AMPakistani authorities issued orders for the release and repatriation of 442 Indian fishermen in the wake of a case filed in the Supreme Court regarding their unlawful detention.
- UN labels France Roma expulsions 'racist' Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 11:30AMA UN anti-racism panel has demanded that France stop rounding up and expelling Roma people and slammed the increasingly "racist and xenophobic tone" of top politicians.
- Pak issues orders for the release of 442 Indian fishermen Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 9:31AMPakistani authorities on Saturday issued orders for the release and repatriation of 442 Indian fishermen in the wake of a case filed in the Supreme Court regarding their unlawful detention.
- James Zogby: Trying to Be Hopeful About Peace Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 7:22AMA few years back when Washington was preparing for the then highly touted Annapolis Peace Conference, I remember commenting that I was "hopeful, but not...
- Czech Foreign Minister Opposes France’s Roma Deportation Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 6:55AMThe Czech Foreign Affairs Minister Karel Schwarzenberg has opposed the repatriation of Roma from France and voiced his concerns that the policy of the French President was made on racial grounds.
- Woman on a mission Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 6:16AMIt is a small thing when compared with the Afghanistan mission in which Pte. Andrew Miller was killed, but Marita Kennedy has a mission of her own. Earlier this year Kennedy, who lives in New Liskeard, sent her beloved nephew a care package filled with candy, freezies and other goodies.[...]
- Thai premier urges U.S., Russia to resolve Bout case Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 6:03AM“Thailand is a third party in the case of Viktor Bout. The U.S. and Russia should resolve this issue,” Abhisit Vejjajiva told the Thairath newspaper in an interview published on Saturday.
- Thai premier urges U.S., Russia to resolve Bout case Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 3:34AMWashington and Moscow should resolve between themselves the case of suspected Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, the Thai prime minister said.
- Bhutanese regime and its art of lying Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 3:22AMBhutan often engages itself in telling the Bhutanese refugee stalemate is a humanitarian issue but never dared say who or what caused this issue. So far, Bhutan is very lucky as it is backed by a giant neighbour and its propaganda is sellable in the market.
- France Under Pressure to Stop Gypsy Expulsions Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 3:21AMPARIS (AP) – France came under increasing pressure to stop its mass expulsions of Gypsies when a United Nations human rights panel added its voice to the chorus of condemnation against the nation that considers itself the cradle of human rights.
- France rejects critical UN report Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 1:46AMPARIS -- France has defended itself against criticism from a United Nations committee over its Roma repatriation program.
- France dismisses UN criticism of Roma round-up Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 1:27AMFrance has dismissed as caricatured UN concerns over the expulsion of Roma gypsies, insisting the policy was legal and denying that president Nicolas Sarkozy had stigmatised the minority.
- France rejects critical UN report Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 1:27AMFrance has defended itself against criticism from a United Nations committee over its Roma repatriation programme. Hundreds of Roma have been deported this month alone.
- Over 100,000 Afghans returned home in 2010: UN Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 8:32PMNew York, Aug 28: The number of Afghan refugees voluntarily returning home from Pakistan and Iran has topped 100,000 so far this year, the United Nations reported on Friday, noting that this is almost twice as many as in 2009.
- UN Urges France To Halt Collective Gypsy Deportations Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 7:57PM(RTTNews) - The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, a UN human rights body, urged France on Friday to halt the ongoing mass deportations of Gypsies evicted from illegal camps, warning that such collective expulsions could amount to an illegal program of "collective repatriation."
- France: Roma Policy Challenged Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 7:35PMA United Nations-backed committee sharply criticized France on Friday for deporting Roma and said the government should do more to combat what it called a growing racist and xenophobic tone in the country’s public debate.
