Asylum
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Assange granted asylum; UK-Ecuador impasse grows
World | Aug 16, 2012, 10:01 PM ISTLondon, Aug 16: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was today granted asylum by Ecuador, leading to an unprecedented diplomatic situation between London and Quito, in whose embassy here he has been holed up to avoid extradition
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Britain warns Ecuador over giving asylum to Julian Assange
World | Aug 16, 2012, 12:14 PM ISTQuito, Ecuador, Aug 16 : Ecuador accused Britain on Wednesday of threatening to storm its London embassy to arrest Julian Assange after the U.K. issued a stern warning to the South American nation ahead of
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More Afghans Fleeing Country, Seeking Asylum Abroad
World | Jan 22, 2012, 02:47 PM ISTKabul, Jan 22: More Afghans fled the country and sought asylum abroad in 2011 than in any other year since the start of the decade-long war, suggesting that many are looking for their own exit
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Priyanka In A Private Asylum?
Bollywood | Jul 19, 2010, 10:31 AM ISTVacationing in Thailand as she brings in her birthday today, actress Priyanka Chopra is barely able to speak coherently, reports Mid Day. "I had to scream so hard for a sequence in Saat Khoon Maaf,