Political Asylum
NKorean loggers in Russia making defection bids
Mar 20, 2010 01:15 EDT
3rd North Korean logger attempts to defect in Russia, propelled by dream of 'freedom of life'. The North Korean's note, scrawled in pen, was simple: "I want to go to South Korea. Why? To find freedom. Freedom of religion, freedom of life."
Cuba hijacker from 1968 pleads guilty in NY court
Mar 18, 2010 12:52 EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A fugitive who avoided prosecution for more than four decades after hijacking a Pan American flight in 1968 and diverting it to Cuba pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges including kidnapping and aircraft piracy.
Serbia wants 'neutral' Kosovo status at Balkans-EU summit
Mar 17, 2010 14:05 EDT
Serbia on Wednesday said the status of Kosovo, which broke free from Belgrade in 2008, should be presented in a neutral way at international meets such as the EU-Balkans summit this weekend.
Inquest blames Afghans over refugee boat blast
Mar 17, 2010 03:38 EDT
Three Afghan asylum-seekers deliberately set fire to a people-smuggling boat that blew up off Australia last April, killing five and injuring dozens, an inquest found on Wednesday.
Egypt detains Israeli reporter tracking migrants
Mar 15, 2010 10:00 EDT
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has detained an Israeli journalist who was trying to follow the route of African migrants seeking to cross illegally into Israel, security sources said on Monday.
Egypt arrests Israeli journalist along the border
Mar 15, 2010 09:14 EDT
Israeli journalist investigating immigration arrested by Egyptian officials along the border. Egyptian security officials arrested an Israeli journalist as he tried to sneak across the porous Israeli-Egyptian border with African migrants, his newspaper reported Monday.
Egypt arrests Israeli journalist along the border
Mar 15, 2010 09:14 EDT
Egyptian security officials arrested an Israeli journalist as he tried to sneak across the porous Israeli-Egyptian border with African migrants, his newspaper reported Monday.
March in Scotland for dead Russian asylum seekers
Mar 13, 2010 13:56 EST
Protesters marched through Glasgow on Saturday in memory of three Russian asylum seekers who apparently jumped to their deaths from a tower block after being refused permission to remain.
East Sudan, a first step for Eritrea's Europe-bound migrants
Mar 10, 2010 12:02 EST
Fleeing a military regime, thousands of young Eritreans stream into neighbouring east Sudan, the first stage of their long migration to Europe, Israel -- or even Khartoum.
Indonesia president confirms Bali mastermind killed in raid
Mar 10, 2010 11:16 EST
Indonesia's president Wednesday confirmed the killing by police of a suspected Bali bombing mastermind and, in a historic speech to Australia's parliament, vowed to hunt down Islamist extremists.
Russian tycoon wins libel case over radiation murder
Mar 10, 2010 10:29 EST
Exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky won £150,000 ($220,000, 165,000 euros) in libel damages on Wednesday over a claim he was linked to the murder of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko.
Oligarch wins suit against Russian broadcaster
Mar 10, 2010 09:27 EST
Oligarch Boris Berezovsky wins libel case against Russian broadcaster in London. Self-exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky has won his libel case against a Kremlin-owned broadcaster that aired allegations he masterminded the murder of a former KGB agent in London.
Russian tycoon wins libel case over radiation murder
Mar 10, 2010 08:11 EST
Exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky won 150,000 pounds in libel damages Wednesday over a claim he was linked to the murder of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko.
Russian tycoon wins libel case on Litvinenko murder
Mar 10, 2010 06:09 EST
Exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky won 150,000 pounds libel damages Wednesday over a claim he was linked to the murder of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko.
Indonesia confirms Bali bomb mastermind killed
Mar 10, 2010 05:06 EST
Indonesia's president on Wednesday confirmed that a bombmaker believed to be behind the Bali bombings was killed in a Jakarta raid and vowed to keep hunting extremists in a landmark address to Australia's parliament.
Indonesia confirms Bali bomber killed in raid
Mar 10, 2010 02:02 EST
Indonesia's leader Wednesday confirmed that a suspected Bali bombing mastermind was killed in a Jakarta raid and vowed to keep hunting extremists in a landmark address to Australia's parliament.
Indonesia confirms Bali bomber killed
Mar 09, 2010 23:18 EST
Indonesia's president confirmed Wednesday that a suspected Bali bombing mastermind with a 10-million-dollar bounty on his head had been killed, as Australia lauded Jakarta's drive to fight extremists.
Indonesia, Australia pledge on people smuggling
Mar 09, 2010 21:45 EST
Indonesia and Australia on Wednesday agreed to beef up efforts to combat people smuggling, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said, following a spike in asylum seekers reaching Australia.
Boyfriend of killed Iran protest icon talks
Mar 09, 2010 21:41 EST
The boyfriend of an Iranian woman, who became an opposition icon after images of her death at a Tehran protest spread across the Internet, says the event has turned him into a staunch activist.
NKoreans seek asylum at South consulate: activist
Mar 09, 2010 06:28 EST
2 NKoreans enter SKorean consulate in Russia, seek asylum in the US, activist says. Two North Koreans who fled poor conditions at a Russian logging camp and later worked odd jobs sought asylum Tuesday at the South Korean consulate in an eastern Russian city, according to a human rights activist and news reports.
