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BEIJING // On Christmas Eve, North Korean TV had a special programme celebrating the 18th anniversary of the countrys leader, Kim Jong Il, assuming the commander-in-chief post of the nations army. The programme also featured two soldiers, Son Yong Ho and ...

When John Spears gets home from his sales job in New York, he sits down at his computer with a bottle of beer and starts patrolling the US border. And to do it, he does not need to stir from his sofa. He is one of tens of thousands of people around the ...

MANILA, Philippines - The Bureau of Immigration (BI) recently arrested two American nationals wanted by federal authorities in the United States for fraud and other criminal offenses. BI Commissioner Marcelino Libanan said in a statement that Jeffrey Tye ...

SEOUL, South Korea ? A Christian missionary from the U.S. has entered North Korea carrying a letter to leader Kim Jong Il to call attention to the tens of thousands of political prisoners believed held in the communist state, an activist said today. ...

A Christian missionary from the U.S. has entered North Korea carrying a letter to leader Kim Jong Il in order to call attention to the tens of thousands of political prisoners believed held in the communist state, an... ...

PEJ News-By Jacqueline Stevens- 'If you don't have enough evidence to charge someone criminally but you think he's illegal, we can make him disappear.' Those chilling words were spoken by James Pendergraph, then executive director of Immigration and ...

A Christian missionary from the U.S. has enteredNorth Korea in order to highlight the plight of tens of thousands of political prisoners estimated to be held in the communist state, a human rights activist said Saturday. ...

On the last Sunday before Christmas, from an altar flanked by Advent candles and potted poinsettias, the Rev. Clarence L. Johnson preached to the Mills Grove Christian Church about the Nativity. A precise and measured man, Mr. Johnson departed just once ...

Soldiers patrolled the streets and searched vehicles for drugs and weapons in Culiacan, Mexico. LAREDO, Tex. The streets of Laredo are awash in money, stacks of grimy bills laced with cocaine, wrapped in plastic and stowed in secret compartments built ...

Soldiers patrolled the streets and searched vehicles for drugs and weapons in Culiacan, Mexico. ...

The biggest border crossing south of Winnipeg into the United States is refusing to admit travellers because a snow storm has closed the highway on the North Dakota side. 'There's no place for people to drive, so we've been sending them back up the ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- Applications for H-1B, the favorite work visa for high-tech employers in the United States, finally reached the annual cap this week after a slow start in the year because of the economic recession, local media reported ...

An American diplomatic vehicle allegedly tried to run over an Israeli security guard at a border checkpoint in Israel last month, setting off a diplomatic scuffle that is straining relations between the two nations, the Jerusalem Post reported. In an ...

NVARSappointment.com, one of the oldest and most reputed companies in the field of US visa appointment booking in Canada, has launched a blog that provides regular updates about US visa and immigration issues that affect those who are visiting or ...

After months of muted response, applications for H-1B work visa to the US, popular among Indian professionals, have reached their Congress-mandated cap of 65,000, with the last two months witnessing a spike in demand. The US Citizenship and Immigration ...

KHOST PROVINCE, Afghanistan, Dec. 23, 2009 ' On a rugged mountaintop bordering Pakistan, less than two miles from Northern Waziristan, sits Combat Outpost Chergotah in Afghanistan's Khost province. Here, U.S. Army soldiers work with Afghan border ...

Allaying concerns of the US and Britain over the new tourist visa regulations in India, the government has balanced security concerns with the convenience of tourists, but has incorporated extra layers of safeguards to avoid a repeat of 26/11 suspect ...

India has recently tightened its rules for long-term tourist visas. The move will affect thousands of foreigners living in the country or planning lengthy stays. Tourists on five or 10-year visas will have to leave the country every six months, and will ...

Tags: Americans, Assylum, court, Jihaad, muslims, terror attacks Lahore: A Pakistani court on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking asylum in the name of 'holy war' for five American Muslim youths recently arrested in the country for allegedly planning ...

Lahore: A Pakistani court today dismissed a petition seeking asylum in the name of 'holy war' for five American Muslim youths recently arrested in the country for allegedly planning terror attacks, saying that it was not the duty of the judiciary to ...