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Archive for February, 2014
Myanmar Expels Doctors Without Borders; Accuses Group Of Dissension
By World on The Run
The Globe and Mail – Médecins sans frontières (Doctors Without Borders) has been kicked out of Myanmar after two decades of caring for sick people...
Chinese police save Hundreds Of Babies From Online Trading Racket
By World on The Run
CNN – China has smashed four child-trafficking rings and arrested more than a thousand people for using websites and instant messaging groups to trade...
Genworth Canada Announces New Mortgage Insurance Premium Rates
By World on The Run
The Wall Street Journal – Effective May 1, 2014, Genworth Canada will increase its mortgage insurance premium rates by an average of 15 per cent....
North Korea Fired 4 Suspected Missiles Into Eastern Waters
By World on the Run
The Huffington Post – North Korea fired four suspected short-range missiles into its eastern waters Thursday, South Korean defense officials said, in an apparent effort...
Gunmen Seize Crimea’s Airport
By World on the Run
Los Angeles Times – Armed Russian men in unmarked military uniforms took up positions at Crimea’s main airport in Simferopol early Friday, and there were...
Tokyo Bitcoin Exchange Bankrupt
By World on the Run
CNBC – Major bitcoin exchange Mt.Gox, has lost nearly all the virtual currency held in its systems and has filed for bankruptcy protection at a...
Yukon Avalanche Forecasts: Money Running Out
By World On The Run
CBC – In the White Pass area of the Klondike Highway in northern British Columbia, Fraser Camp is a bit like a fire hall. Three men...
Feds: Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Made ‘Statement To His Detriment’ During Sister’s Visit
By World On The Run
The Gazette – An FBI agent overheard Boston Marathon suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev make a “statement to his detriment” when his sister visited him in prison,...
African Migrants Storm Into Spanish Enclave Of Melilla
By World on The Run
BBC – More than 200 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa have broken into Spain’s North African enclave of Melilla by scaling the border fence. It is...
Optic Nerve: Millions Of Yahoo Webcam Images Intercepted By GCHQ
By World on The Run
The Guardian – Britain’s surveillance agency GCHQ, with aid from the US National Security Agency, intercepted and stored the webcam images of millions of internet...
Mattel Eyes Debt Raise After Mega Brands Buyout
By World on The Run
Reuters – Mattel said Friday it will come to the US debt market in the second quarter after announcing its US$460m acquisition of Canada’s Mega...
Christians Fleeing Syria Return To Turkey
By World on the Run
Reuters – When Louis Bandak fled the violence in Syria, he sought refuge in the country his grandfather was forced to abandon exactly 90 years...
Obama: $200M For Minority Youth
By World on the Run
The Daily Beast – On Thursday afternoon, President Obama announced his plan to help black boys beat the odds. Like he did. “I made bad...
Egypt: We’ve Cured HIV And Hep C
By World on the Run
The New York Times – As my colleagues Kareem Fahim and Mayy El Sheikh reported, the Egyptian military made the unlikely announcement last week that...
Syria Crisis: ISIS Imposes Rules On Christians In Raqqa
By World On The Run
BBC – A jihadist group in Syria has demanded that Christians in the northern city of Raqqa pay a levy in gold and accept curbs...
Myanmar Expels Doctors Without Borders; Accuses Group Of Dissension
By World on The Run
The Globe and Mail – Médecins sans frontières (Doctors Without Borders) has been kicked out of Myanmar after two decades of caring for sick people...
Chinese police save Hundreds Of Babies From Online Trading Racket
By World on The Run
CNN – China has smashed four child-trafficking rings and arrested more than a thousand people for using websites and instant messaging groups to trade...
Genworth Canada Announces New Mortgage Insurance Premium Rates
By World on The Run
The Wall Street Journal – Effective May 1, 2014, Genworth Canada will increase its mortgage insurance premium rates by an average of 15 per cent....
North Korea Fired 4 Suspected Missiles Into Eastern Waters
By World on the Run
The Huffington Post – North Korea fired four suspected short-range missiles into its eastern waters Thursday, South Korean defense officials said, in an apparent effort...
Gunmen Seize Crimea’s Airport
By World on the Run
Los Angeles Times – Armed Russian men in unmarked military uniforms took up positions at Crimea’s main airport in Simferopol early Friday, and there were...
Tokyo Bitcoin Exchange Bankrupt
By World on the Run
CNBC – Major bitcoin exchange Mt.Gox, has lost nearly all the virtual currency held in its systems and has filed for bankruptcy protection at a...
Yukon Avalanche Forecasts: Money Running Out
By World On The Run
CBC – In the White Pass area of the Klondike Highway in northern British Columbia, Fraser Camp is a bit like a fire hall. Three men...
Feds: Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Made ‘Statement To His Detriment’ During Sister’s Visit
By World On The Run
The Gazette – An FBI agent overheard Boston Marathon suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev make a “statement to his detriment” when his sister visited him in prison,...
African Migrants Storm Into Spanish Enclave Of Melilla
By World on The Run
BBC – More than 200 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa have broken into Spain’s North African enclave of Melilla by scaling the border fence. It is...
Optic Nerve: Millions Of Yahoo Webcam Images Intercepted By GCHQ
By World on The Run
The Guardian – Britain’s surveillance agency GCHQ, with aid from the US National Security Agency, intercepted and stored the webcam images of millions of internet...
Mattel Eyes Debt Raise After Mega Brands Buyout
By World on The Run
Reuters – Mattel said Friday it will come to the US debt market in the second quarter after announcing its US$460m acquisition of Canada’s Mega...
Christians Fleeing Syria Return To Turkey
By World on the Run
Reuters – When Louis Bandak fled the violence in Syria, he sought refuge in the country his grandfather was forced to abandon exactly 90 years...
Obama: $200M For Minority Youth
By World on the Run
The Daily Beast – On Thursday afternoon, President Obama announced his plan to help black boys beat the odds. Like he did. “I made bad...
Egypt: We’ve Cured HIV And Hep C
By World on the Run
The New York Times – As my colleagues Kareem Fahim and Mayy El Sheikh reported, the Egyptian military made the unlikely announcement last week that...
Syria Crisis: ISIS Imposes Rules On Christians In Raqqa
By World On The Run
BBC – A jihadist group in Syria has demanded that Christians in the northern city of Raqqa pay a levy in gold and accept curbs...