Australia abandons asylum policy

Is Australia being superior to International Amnesty? Why don't just put a sign board "NO PLACE FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS""The new Australian government has abandoned the country's controversial policy of jailing all...

Attack on Asylum Center in Norway

Over twenty people were left injured at the Nordbybraaten center for asylum seekers when a group of men with bats and iron bars attacked the facility. This is the second attack this week."The center's director, Ole Morten Lyng, says 40 to 50 men were involved in the "planned"...

British treatment of asylum seekers never been worse

Diane Abbott has recently become more known for her  safe sofa media pundit role of late than for her championing of the underdog that she was once famous for so good to see her pushing on this abuse of...

Jumping Season Opens With Fatality

" For thrill-seekers, it's a 65-foot free-fall rite of passage. For law enforcement, it's the root of an endless cat-and-mouse game that too often ends in a 911 call. "

Australia to deport 16 Indonesian asylum seekers

"The three families, including 10 children, came from the Indonesian island of Roti, where fishermen have blamed an Australian crackdown on illegal fishing for destroying their livelihoods. But Immigration Minister Chris Evans said his department had found the rescued group...

Asylum 4 hide in Blair motor

"FOUR asylum seekers sneaked into Britain yesterday — on the back of a lorry carrying Tony Blair’s new official car. Police found the men hiding in the vehicle’s container after it was delivered to a cop garage in South London. When the sealed doors were opened, the...

Germany to open job market for eastern Europe sooner than expected?

Despite the more than 3 million unemployed people living in Germany, it may be necessary to open the job market for labourers from Eastern Europe, the "new" members of the European Union. While there may still be...

Woman with a boa and a bad laugh sells website for $23m US

The "woman with a boa and a dream and a bad laugh "  has just sold her company for $23 million and is now laughing all the way to the bank.Craig Newmark just posted a squib on his blog that his friend Laurel...

"CANNABIS GARDENERS" ARE JAILED

"Three men who were hired as "cannabis gardeners" in a £230,000-a-year drugs factory have been jailed. They were hired hands recruited to cultivate and harvest skunk - a super-strength variety of the drug - at a...

Austria Finds Stolen Stradivarius

The worlds most expensive and the best violins are made by Stradivarius. Stolen last month by Georgian asylum seekers and now successfully recovered by the Austrian police.  "A rare Stradivarius violin worth an estimated 2.5m euros ($3.4m) has been returned to its owner...

Job Seekers Trapped in Vice Ring

"It is a crime that touches all generations and continents. And concerns are growing that Northern Ireland is finding a particular place on the human-smuggling world map. When they leave their homes in eastern Europe, they put their trust in people they believe will lead...

Dalai Lama Visits Chicago

The Dalai Lama continues his Free Tibet campaign, stopping in Chicago, IL before making his way down to Australia."With trademark humility, a hearty laugh and simple suggestions for cultivating compassion in...

Minister Pledges fast But Fair Asylum System: New Asylum Teams For West Londo...

"7 February 2007 A new Home Office facility to accelerate asylum decisions and increase integration of refugees and removal of failed asylum seekers was officially opened today near Heathrow Airport by the Immigration Minister Liam Byrne."

India's real-X-action

"From bedroom to public eye, things are turning smutty in the land of Kamasutra. Smutty magazines with vulgar pictures stashed surreptitiously by the neighbourhood vendors are passé. Today, easy access is the name of the game. Its multiple manifestations aided by technology...

The Seekers - The Carnival Is Over

The Seekers were a group of Australian folk-influenced popular musicians who formed in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in 1962. They were the first Australian popular music group to achieve significant chart and sales success in the United Kingdom and the United...

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