Caribbean immigrants in the United States--health and health care: the need for a social agenda.
Immigration is a cornerstone of the American experience. From the founding fathers and mothers to the political asylum seekers today, America has been a beacon to many from around the globe. However, the immigrant experience in America has been uneven with regard to which groups are readily incorporated into...

ARAB AFFAIRS - Sept 16 - Lawmakers Seek Unified GCC Stance On Iran.
Kuwaiti and Bahraini MPs have rejected Iran's denial of spy networks, telling Gulf News that there is strong evidence of the illicit activities of Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the Gulf. On Sept 16, Iranian Defence Minister Mustafa Mohammad Najar said accusations that Iran was running a spy network in...

Bolante fears for life, files petition for political asylum.
Byline: JOSEPH G. LARIOSA CHICAGO, Illinois (JGL) - Citing threats on his life, former Philippine Department of Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn "Joc-Joc" I. Bolante told the Immigration Court last Thursday that he is filing for political asylum to avoid political persecution in his homeland. During his...

Bolante cannot be extradited -- DoJ; Nor is he entitled to a political asylum, says Pimentel.
Byline: MARIO CASAYURAN, GENALYN D. KABILING, CHARISSA M. LUCI, and GABRIEL S. MABUTAS Any effort to have former Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn "Joc-Joc" Bolante extradited at this point in time would be futile in the absence of criminal charges in court against him, Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez told...

Gyanendra sends asylum feelers.
Byline: Nirmala Ganapathy NEW DELHI: Even as the Maoists' demand for King Gyanendra to abdicate gets louder, some ruling party MPs with links to the Narayanhiti Palace have received feelers from the king and his advisers on the possibility of seeking asylum in India. The...

Poisoned by Polonium: The Litvinenko File.
Poisoned by Polonium: The Litvinenko File Produced by Olga Konskaya; directed by Andrei Nekrasov; written by Nekrasov and Konskaya; cinematography by Sergei Tsikhanovich and Marcus Winterbauer; edited by Konskaya and Nekrasov; music and vocals by Irina Bogushevskaya; with Alexander Litvinenko, Boris Berezovsky, Andre Glucksmann, Marina Litvinenko, Andrei Lugovoi, Anna...

India didn't misread Nepal situation: Pranab.
NEW DELHI: Even as India looks to actively engage with Maoists in Nepal, external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday tried to scotch speculation that the UPA government was caught unawares by the erstwhile guerrillas emerging victorious in the recent constituent assembly polls there. "No question of...

Clark's excellent choice for Armenian studies chair.
COLUMN: EDITORIAL FOOTNOTE; IN OUR OPINION Clark University's choice of a Turkish-born professor, Taner Akcam, as chairman of Armenian genocide studies is a welcome demonstration of a firm commitment to free inquiry, academic fairness and historical truth. Mr. Akcam has for more than 20 years...

Bolante asylum bid nixed?
Byline: JOSEPH G. LARIOSA CHICAGO, Illinois, United States -- The petition of former Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn "Joc-Joc" I. Bolante for political asylum was denied by the Chicago, Illinois Immigration Court, an employee of the law firm handling Bolante's case told this reporter. The employee, who...

Prisoners in camp Kim: strange, secretive, and desperately poor, North Korea tests the limits of social control.
PYONGYANG -- Here is the locked ward of the political asylum, the place where politics has actually become an official state religion, and power is worshipped, directly and literally, in the form of a colossal bronze idol to which the people come and bow with every sign of reverence....