PHNOM PENH, (APP/AFP) – An outspoken Cambodian opposition lawmaker faces up to five years in prison after he was charged Tuesday with “inciting revolt” by criticising government border maps, officials said. Um Sam An, a dual Cambodian-US national, was arrested late Sunday in Siem Reap province after returning from overseas. He was a prominent campaigner […]
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Cambodian opposition MP faces jail term for ‘inciting revolt’
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Obama, Fed chief discuss growth, Wall Street reform
WASHINGTON, (APP/AFP): President Barack Obama and Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen discussed the outlook for economic growth and progress from Wall Street reform during a meeting Monday, the White House said. Obama met with Yellen in the Oval Office “as part of an ongoing dialogue on the state of the economy,” it said in a […]
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Brazil’s Rousseff: ex-guerrilla in epic impeachment battle
RIO DE JANEIRO, (APP/AFP): When she was being tortured under Brazil’s military dictatorship, Dilma Rousseff could never have imagined becoming the country’s first female president. But four decades on from those dark days in 1970, when Rousseff belonged to a violent Marxist underground group, she did indeed rise to the top — only to face […]
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Cameron faces MPs over offshore dealings row
LONDON, (APP/AFP) – British Prime Minister David Cameron braced for a parliamentary grilling on Monday over his offshore dealings revealed by the Panama Papers leak as he announced plans to criminalise firms whose staff facilitate tax evasion. Cameron was forced to publish his tax returns over the weekend after admitting he held shares in his […]
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French defence minister in Iraq for talks on anti-IS war
BAGHDAD, (APP/AFP) – French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian arrived in Baghdad Monday on an unannounced visit for talks with Iraqi officials on the war against the Islamic State group. Le Drian discussed the campaign against IS, in which France is playing a major role, with President Fuad Masum and parliament speaker Salim al-Juburi,their offices […]
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Two blasts outside police station in south Russia: police
MOSCOW, (APP/AFP) – At least two blasts went off outside a police station in southern Russia but there were no immediate reports of casualties, a police spokesman told AFP. “At least two explosions went off outside the entrance to a district police station in the village of Novoselitskoye in the Stavropol region,” the spokesman said.