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the problem, and right now the situation is getting critical. some 1500 people from syria and african crisis regions are in the area ready to cross the english channel. the ferry from calais stops in dover over 25 times a day. anyone approaching the port area of the frenchtown, these young men like this at the motorway exit. some 1500 refugees a day try to climb aboard trucks to smuggle themselves into britain. in the end, we truck drivers are the one to get into trouble, especially with customs officials. we have to pay hefty fines if they find one of them. our loads often get damage, and the french bullies take no action at all against the migrants. and the french police take no action at all against the migrants will stop the more refugees appear. many drivers have observed them using even riskier methods. they open truck doors in broad daylight when the drivers stopped briefly in traffic jams. the migrants desperation is stronger than any fear of injury. ....
snowden s asylum application, but within a week they are expected to clear him to enter russia. snowden worked as a contractor for the national security agency. earlier this year, he exposed secret government surveillance programs to the media. u.s. authorities have charged him with espionage. snowden traveled to hong kong, then to moscow, after making the revelations. he stayed in an airport there since late last month. the national security agency is facing some legal heat because of the revelations snowden made about how it gathers intelligence. a coalition of u.s. advocacy groups is suing the nsa. it includes human rights watch and groups representing muslims, environmental activists and others. representatives of the coalition filed the suit with the federal district court in california. they re demanding the nsa halt its checked of phone communications and destroy any information it has stored. it argued the nsa is spying on ordinary u.s. citizens and they say t ....
authorities policing the panama canal discovered the weapons last week hidden amidst sacks of sugar. the foreign ministry confirmed in a statement that the ship was carrying weapons bound for north korea. the spokesperson says the soviet era missile parts needed to be repaired. they said the shipment was not a breach of u.n. security council sanctions. the crew of the freighter was trying to return home from cuba through the canal. the 35 crew members resisted efforts to redirect the ship into port. investigators detained them. spokesperson for north korea s foreign ministry says the ship was transporting the weapons for return to cuba as part of a legitimate contract. ministry officials are demanding that authorities in panama release the ship and its crew. earlier gene otani spoke with an expert about the discovery. neil ashdon is an analyst covering the asia-pacific for ihs country risk, a think tank based in london. neil, you identify the cargo as a surface to a ....
hello there. welcome to newsline. it s wednesday, january 30th. i m catherine kobayashi i tokyo. the team managing the transition of power in south korea has been thrown into disarray. president-elect park geun-hye nominated kim yong joon last week for prime minister, but now he s withdrawn his name. wim served as chief of the constitutional court and he led park s transition team. but allegations surfaced that his two sons were exempted from military service for invalid reasons. and many south koreans have criticized him for his extensive property holdings. kim reportedly apologized to the public and to park for causing trouble. park will become the country s first female president next month. park has been warning the outgoing president not to abuse his power. but park his lee myung bak has ignored her advice. he pardoned political allies, friends, and others who had been convicted of corruption. park and lee have been rivals since vying for their party s presiden ....
in agreement that in the face of such barbarism, the international community cannot be silent and that failing to respond to this attack would only increase the risk of more attacks. and the possibility other countries would use these weapons as well. sweden believes that syria s matters concerning international peace and security should be handled by the united nations, but i also understand the potential consequences of letting a violation like this go unanswered. obama says he believes the u.s. congress will approve military action. he said that with such congressional support, his administration will be able to send a stronger message to syria. members of the u.s. senate foreign relations committee have passed a resolution approving a military strike. the resolution is agreed to and is ordered favorably reported by the committee. members agreed that the action should exclude ground troops and not exceed 90 days. the resolution now goes on to the full senat ....