Harvard student in immigration case spared deportation

Harvard student in immigration case spared deportation

Harvard student in immigration case spared deportation

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 09:00 PM PDT

An undocumented Harvard University student whose detention by immigration authorities has drawn wide attention is no longer facing deportation to Mexico, officials said.


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U.S. lawyer departs Rwanda after bail is granted

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 09:00 PM PDT

NAIROBI -- An American lawyer accused of minimizing Rwanda's 1994 genocide arrived in Nairobi late Saturday after Rwanda granted him bail on medical grounds.


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Santos highly favored in Colombia vote (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 10:58 PM PDT

Electoral workers walk through a room filled with cardboard voting tables and other materials at a polling center prepared for the next day's vote, in Cali, Colombia, Saturday, June 19, 2010. Colombians will hold a presidential runoff election on June 20. (AP Photo/Christian Escobar Mora)AP - A once-tight presidential race threatened to turn into a rout Sunday, with polls showing a huge lead for former Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos.

Senior Tamil rebel to 'assist' Sri Lanka govt (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 10:53 PM PDT

Sri Lankan Tamil children watch TV at the Manik Farm refugee camp on the outskirts of the northern Sri Lankan town of Vavuniya in 2009. A senior leader of Sri Lanka's defeated Tamil Tiger rebels has agreed to help the government in its post-war reconstruction efforts, a state-run newspaper reported Sunday.(AFP/File/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi)AFP - A senior leader of Sri Lanka's defeated Tamil Tiger rebels has agreed to help the government in its post-war reconstruction efforts, a state-run newspaper reported Sunday.

Iran hangs head of Sunni Muslim rebel group

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 10:39 PM PDT

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran hanged the convicted leader of a Sunni Muslim rebel group on Sunday for his involvement in "terrorist" attacks in the Islamic state, state television reported.

Poles head to presidential polls

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 10:41 PM PDT

Elections moved up after the death of Lech Kacyzynski in a plane crash in April.


Santos seen winning Colombian presidency

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 10:27 PM PDT

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombians will vote on Sunday in a presidential run-off that former Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos was expected to win after vowing to continue the incumbent president's policies on security and the economy.

De Villepin creates political party

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 10:26 PM PDT

Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has launched a new political party, fuelling speculation he will run for president.


De Villepin creates political party

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 10:26 PM PDT

Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has launched a new political party, fuelling speculation he will run for president.


Cracks appear in England team over Capello's tactics (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 10:11 PM PDT

(L-R) England's goalkeeper David James, midfielder Shaun Wright-Phillips and striker Wayne Rooney walk off the pitch at the end of the 2010 World Cup group C first round football match between England and Algeria on June 18.(AFP/Philippe Desmazes)AFP - England goalkeeper David James has fuelled speculation of mounting discontent in the Three Lions' World Cup camp by publicly disputing Fabio Capello's assertion that the squad played with fear in their goalless draw with Algeria.

Flooding deaths rise to 132 in southern China (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 09:52 PM PDT

In this Friday, June 18, 2010 photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, soldiers transfer an old woman trapped by the flood water at Songxi Town of Qingliu County, southeast China's Fujian Province. The Ministry of Civil Affairs said Friday emergency rescuers had been dispatched across southern China to help the 2.6 million people affected by the flooding, which has caused $400 million in damages. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Lu Lijie) ** NO SALES **AP - Massive flooding in southern China has killed 132 people and forced 860,000 to flee their homes, and more storms were forecast, the government said Sunday.

Mexican author Carlos Monsivais dies at age 72 (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 09:13 PM PDT

** FILE ** In this Nov. 25, 2006 file photo, Mexican writer Carlos Monsivais looks on during the opening ceremony of the Guadalajara International Book Fair in Guadalajara, Mexico. Monsivais died Saturday, June 19, 2010, at age 72, of a lung disease. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias,file)AP - Renowned Mexican journalist, critic and political activist Carlos Monsivais died Saturday at 72.

China's Xi hopes to strengthen Australia ties (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 10:31 PM PDT

Victorian Premier John Brumby (L) shakes hands with China's Vice President Xi Jinping at Australian Football League (AFL) house in Melbourne. Xi said he hoped his stay in Australia, the first high-level visit since the jailing in Shanghai of a Rio Tinto mining executive, would lead to a stronger bond with the key trade partner.(AFP/POOL/David Crosling)AFP - China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping said he hoped his stay in Australia, the first high-level visit since the jailing in Shanghai of a Rio Tinto mining executive, would lead to a stronger bond with the key trade partner.

Australian burglar nabbed by sweet tooth (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 09:01 PM PDT

An Australian thief has been undone by his habit of stealing treats from his victims' fridges, after police used the DNA he left on a half-eaten doughnut and empty bottles to catch him. Jamie Scott McKillop left an empty can of Coke in one house he robbed(AFP/Toshifumi Kitamura)AFP - An Australian thief has been undone by his habit of stealing treats from his victims' fridges, after police used the DNA he left on a half-eaten doughnut and empty bottles to catch him.

Mexican police: Mayor of Guadalupe killed by gunmen

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 07:34 PM PDT

A group of armed gunmen shot and killed the mayor of Guadalupe, in Mexico's state of Chihuahua, early Saturday, a Mexican federal police spokesman said.

Obama praises China's move to allow its currency to float

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 04:56 PM PDT

President Barack Obama welcomed Saturday's news that China's central bank will allow its national currency to float ahead of the G-20 summit in Toronto, Canada, next week.

Poland holds presidential poll

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 10:35 AM PDT

WARSAW -Poles vote Sunday in an election forced by the air-crash death of conservative president Lech Kaczynski, with his identical twin bidding to replace him but trailing the ruling liberals' candidate.

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Iran hangs Sunni group leader

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 09:50 PM PDT

Court says Abdolmalek Rigi of Jundallah ordered the murders of tens of people.


Budget threatens tax hikes and big spending cuts (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 08:54 PM PDT

An emergency budget due Tuesday promises big spending cuts and tax hikes as Prime Minister David Cameron's coalition attacks a record deficit.(AFP/File/Carl Court)AFP - An emergency budget due Tuesday promises big spending cuts and tax hikes as Prime Minister David Cameron's coalition attacks a record deficit.

Jundallah insurgent leader hanged in Iran (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 08:36 PM PDT

An Iranian opposition supporter holds a picture of Neda Agha Soltan as he takes part in an anti-government demonstration at Tehran University, 2009. The killer of Agha-Soltan, whose shooting death during a street protest against last summer's Iranian election was flashed around the world on the Internet, must be brought to justice, Amnesty International demanded.(AFP/File)AP - Leader of the Jundallah insurgent group, Abdulmalik Rigi was hanged Sunday after months of interrogation and trial, the official IRNA news agency reported.
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