86 Tamil civilians reach security forces seeking safety - Jaffna

" Eighty-Six Tamil civilians who were able to escape LTTE's grip have reached to the security forces in Jaffna seeking safety for their lives this morning, 13 January. According to the available information, civilians have arrived at security forces controlled area...

Troops hunt for Afghan prison escapees

"Afghan and foreign troops were hunting on Saturday hundreds of prisoners, including militants, who escaped the main prison in southern Kandahar city after a raid by Taliban insurgents, the government said....

N Korea 'cracks down on escapees'

"North Korea has toughened its line on people who try to flee across the border into China, a new report by a rights watchdog says. Human Rights Watch says that even those who are trying to cross the border for the first time face years in prison. It says repatriated escapees...

N. Korea: 120 Prisoners Escape From Gulag

I ran across this translated post by blogger TigerLikesRooster from the Daily NK. Since I don't read or speak Korean, I am grateful that this blogger shared such a compelling story from behind the barbwired worker's paradise of North Korea."120 prisoners escaped en masse from...

Japanese Soldier Resurfaces in Ukraine

Just when his family gave up all hope, the MIA shows up.

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