OTTAWA, Feb 25 (APP/AFP): Canada’s Liberals moved Thursday to end the stripping of citizenship of dual nationals convicted of terrorism, treason or spying, or who belong to any group fighting the nation. The amendment to the Citizenship Act — which will also restore the citizenship of the only person ever stripped of it after being […]
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Canada moves to repeal law that revokes citizenship in terror cases
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Turkish plane drops off drunken passengers in Bosnia
SARAJEVO, Feb 25 (APP/AFP): A plane on a flight from Istanbul to Rome operated by the Turkish firm Pegasus Airlines made an unscheduled stop at Sarajevo Thursday to evacuate five drunken passengers who had insulted crew members, police said. “The plane made an unscheduled landing at Sarajevo airport,” a border police spokeswoman told AFP. “Police […]
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At least 9 dead in suicide bombings at Baghdad Shiite mosque: police
BAGHDAD, Feb 25, (APP/AFP) – At least nine people were killed on Thursday in a double suicide bombing targeting a mosque frequented by Shiite worshippers in the northwest of the Iraqi capital, police said. “Two suicide bombers wearing explosive belts blew themselves up in front of the Rasul al-Azam (mosque) in the Shaala district” of […]
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China gearing up for East Asia dominance – U.S. commander
China(APP/ANP): is “changing the operational landscape” in the South China Sea by deploying missiles and radar as part of an effort to militarily dominate East Asia, a senior U.S. military official said on Tuesday. China is “clearly militarizing the South China (Sea),” said Admiral Harry Harris, head of the U.S. Pacific Command, adding: “You’d have […]
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Trump wins Nevada Republican caucuses: US networks
LAS VEGAS:(APP/ANP) Donald Trump won Tuesday’s Republican presidential caucuses in Nevada, US networks projected, giving the billionaire businessman his third straight win in the race for the White House. CNN and Fox News projected that Trump had won 42 percent of the vote in the Silver State, with Florida Senator Marco Rubio coming in second […]
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S.Korea military warns of ‘stern punishment’ for Pyongyang
SEOUL, (APP/AFP): South Korea’s military warned North Korea on Wednesday to halt all “provocations”, saying its reckless actions would only speed up the “collapse of its dictatorial system.” The verbal volley comes a day after North Korea’s military supreme command, angry over upcoming joint US-South Korean exercises, threatened to attack Seoul’s presidential Blue House. “We […]