Archive for August, 2009

Influx from Myanmar creates headache for China - Los Angeles Times

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

Influx from Myanmar creates headache for China - Los Angeles TimesReporting from New Delhi - An uneasy calm settled over northern Myanmar today as Kokang fighters and refugees continued to cross the border into southern China in the wake of a military operation in the northern part of the country also known as […]

Australia to tighten visa rules for students - Deccan Herald

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

Faced with sharp increase in student visa applications, Australia is set to tighten its visa policy to ensure bonafide and genuine candidates come to the country for higher studies. The Department of Immigration and Citizenship is strengthening [Immigration ]

Blitz on foreign students to screen out visa fraud - Sydney Morning Herald

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

Blitz on foreign students to screen out visa fraud - Sydney Morning HeraldINDIAN students will face greater screening as the Government cracks down on visa fraud and scrutinises the ability of students to finance life in Australia. The changes, announced yesterday by the Immigration Minister, Chris Evans, also apply to
Seventeen arrested Filipinos […]

US senator meets Suu Kyi, Myanmar junta leader - Antara Interactive

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

Yangon (ANTARA News/Reuters) - U.S. Senator Jim Webb met Myanmar top military leader Than Shwe and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday and announced the release of an American jailed for visiting the Nobel peace laureate. Webb met Than [Immigration ]

Sheriff’s office does not profit from detainees - WTOP Radio

Friday, August 14th, 2009

Four inmates pass the time with a game of cards inside a housing pod in the Frederick County Adult Detention Center. (Frederick News-Post/Bill Green) For more than two years, the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office has participated in a lucrative [Immigration ]
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Immigration is in the news again, or […]

AP IMPACT: Busts of Corrupt US Border Police Rise - ABC News

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

Corruption along the U.S.-Mexican border takes many forms. It can start as simply as a smuggler’s $50 gift to the child of a reluctant federal agent, quickly escalating to out-and-out bribes. “Everyone does it,” the agent, now in prison, recalls [Immigration ]
DALLAS — The number of petitions from employers trying to bring […]

Eight killed in Yemen clashes - Gulf Times

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

Eight killed in Yemen clashes - Gulf TimesEight gunmen were killed in clashes in northern Yemen between Zaidi Shia rebels and Sunni tribesmen, local sources said yesterday. The overnight fighting between rebels and tribesmen described as Salafists took place in the border area of Baqim
The Wagah syndrome: Pakistanis accuse India of terror […]

Visa trouble foils Norway-North Korea friendly - Cleveland Plain Dealer

Friday, August 7th, 2009

(AP) — OSLO - Next week’s planned friendly match between Norway and North Korea’s women’s football teams has been canceled after Norwegian immigration officials refused to give the visitors entry visas. “They (the North Korean team) did not present [Immigration ]
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on that it has […]

Bonkers! Cabinet colleague’s view on acting PM Harman as she swipes at - Daily Mail

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

‘Enjoying power’: Acting Prime Minister Harriet Harman has been accused of ‘going bonkers’ Harriet Harman was last night accused of going ‘literally bonkers’ by Cabinet colleagues after launching a fresh feminist outburst against men. Labour’s deputy [Immigration ]
Eric Wargotz, president of the County Commission for Queen Anne’s County, is running for U.S. […]