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Bolivia: Senator's asylum bid embarrasses Morales
An opposition senator's decision to seek exile in the Brazilian Embassy aims to embarrass President Evo Morales ahead of an Organization of American States' meeting in the Andean country, Bolivia's government said Thursday.But Sen. Roger Pinto of Bolivia's small right-wing opposition bloc in congress said he has sought political asylum because of political persecution that made him fear for his life,

South Africa struggling with asylum seekers
South Africa, which receives more individual asylum requests than any other country, announced Thursday it is taking steps to cope with the influx.

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EggUp.com to keep a check on movie piracy ties up with Karnataka film ind
Film piracy has become a global concern with the growing number of free movie downloads from the Internet.

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UN: Asylum requests to rich countries rose in 2011
Afghans topped the list of asylum claimants to the world's richest countries in 2011, followed by Chinese and Iraqis, the U.N. refugee agency reported Tuesday.

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UN urges probe into death of Afghan asylum-seeker
The United Nations refugee agency on Friday called on Indonesian authorities to carry out a swift and thorough investigation into the reported death of an Afghan asylum-seeker following a failed escape attempt from a detention facility in the country.

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African migrants tortured in Egypt's Sinai desert

The young man from Sudan holds his arms close to his sides, as if still at the mercy of smugglers who he says poured hot melted plastic over his back, whipped him with wires and beat him with

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