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David Cameron faces knife-edge vote on child refugee policy

Edit The Observer 24 Apr 2016
In an attempt to buy off rebels, ministers reiterated last week a pledge to admit 3,000 more migrants by 2020, most of them children, but have insisted that these will come from camps in the Middle East and north Africa – an approach that is seen as inadequate by Labour, the Liberal Democrats and charities led by Save the Children....

William McRaven: A warrior’s career sacrificed for politics

Edit Tampa Bay Online 24 Apr 2016
He was subsequently sent back overseas to Djibouti, Africa, to do a 15-month month isolated tour as the commander of all U.S. forces in the Horn of Africa ... SOCAFRICA was a relatively new command, which had been established to address the growing threat in North Africa ... Upon Losey’s arrival in Germany, the situation in North Africa changed dramatically, and the fledgling SOCAFRICA had to quickly get on wartime footing....

Poverty is a Death Sentence (Bernie Sanders)

Edit Public Technologies 24 Apr 2016
He said 15 Baltimore neighborhoods have lower life expectancies than North Korea ... He said Baltimore teenagers between the ages of 15 and 19 face poorer health conditions and a worse economic outlook than those in economically distressed cities in Nigeria, India, China, and South Africa ... Rewriting job-killing trade deals like the North American Free ......

Solar Plane Crosses Pacific, Arrives in California

Edit Voa News 24 Apr 2016
A solar-powered plane has reached the U.S ... The Solar Impulse 2 flew over San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge Saturday to the delight of many spectators ... Solar Impulse 2 will fly across the continental U.S. to New York before crossing the Atlantic Ocean to Europe or North Africa before arriving back in Abu Dhabi, where the flight originated in March 2015 ... ....

Africa's Longest-Serving President Set to Extend 37-Year Rule

Edit Bloomberg 24 Apr 2016
Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang, Africa’s longest-serving leader, is poised to extend his almost 37-year rule over the oil-rich nation in elections on Sunday that the opposition and observers say won’t be free ... Freedom House ranked Equatorial Guinea as the 11th most oppressive country in the world, with a rating shared by countries like Syria, Somalia and North Korea, in its latest annual index....

Home Office ‘shamefully’ used new refugee law to deport 700 secretly

Edit The Observer 24 Apr 2016
by Mark Townsend ... Critics said that deportations were being carried out while the government ignored the part of the regulations that allows children with relatives in the UK to seek asylum ... On Thursday, Home Office minister James Brokenshire announced Britain would take 3,000 child refugees from camps in the Middle East and north Africa, drawing criticism that the government should do more to help unaccompanied children in Europe ... ....

N. Korea claims successful test of submarine-fired missile

Edit Atlanta Journal 24 Apr 2016
North Korea said Sunday that it successfully test-fired a ballistic missile from a submarine and warned of its growing ability to cut down its enemies with a "dagger of destruction." ... Hours before the announcement, South Korean military officials said the North fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile from a submarine off its eastern coast ... "North Korea said it successfully test-fired a ballistic missile."...

N.Korea claims successful test of submarine-launched missile

Edit The Associated Press 24 Apr 2016
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea said Sunday that it had successfully test-fired a ballistic missile from a submarine and strengthened its nuclear attack capabilities, in its latest effort to expand its military might in face of pressure by its neighbors and Washington ... South Korean officials had no immediate comment on the North's claim of success ... The North last test-launched a submarine-launched ballistic missile on Dec....

Key developments in North Korean crisis

Edit The Associated Press 24 Apr 2016
North Korea says it successfully tested a submarine-launched missile, while its foreign minister tells AP his country is ready to give up further nuclear tests under conditions ... Hours before the announcement, South Korean military officials said the North fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile from a submarine off its eastern coast ... NORTH TO STOP NUKE TESTS IF ... HUMAN RIGHTS REPRESENTATIVES CAN VISIT NORTH, BUT AT OWN RISK....

Across the aisle | Let’s admit we are challenged in one eye: P Chidambaram

Edit Yahoo Daily News 24 Apr 2016
Of the BRICS countries, Brazil (-3.6) and Russia (-1.5) are expected to register negative growth and South Africa a small, positive growth of 0.7% ... At 5.2%, it is higher than the inflation of every other country tracked by The Economist magazine except South Africa (6.2), Brazil and Turkey (8.3), Russia (8.4) and Egypt (8.8) ... and South Africa....

North Korea claims successful test of submarine-fired missile

Edit The Times of India 24 Apr 2016
North Korea said on Sunday that it successfully test-fired a ballistic missile from a submarine and warned of its growing ability to cut down its enemies with a ``dagger of destruction.'' South Korea couldn't immediately confirm the claim of success in what marks Pyongyang's latest effort to expand its military might in face of pressure by its neighbors and Washington....

P Chidambaram’s column: Rajan is right; India challenged in one eye, government a bundle of nerves

Edit Yahoo Daily News 24 Apr 2016
Of the BRICS countries, Brazil (-3.6) and Russia (-1.5) are expected to register negative growth and South Africa a small, positive growth of 0.7% ... At 5.2%, it is higher than the inflation of every other country tracked by The Economist magazine except South Africa (6.2), Brazil and Turkey (8.3), Russia (8.4) and Egypt (8.8) ... and South Africa....

AP Exclusive: N. Korea to halt nuke tests if US stops drills

Edit Atlanta Journal 24 Apr 2016
North Korea is ready to halt its nuclear tests if the United States suspends its annual military exercises with South Korea, the North Korean foreign minister told The Associated Press in an interview in which he also warned that his country won't be cowed by international sanctions ... DPRK is an abbreviation for North Korea's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea....
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