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There are scores of political prisoners behind bars in Vietnam, many of whom were jailed for posting content on Facebook.

The alleged threats against inspector Nishantha Silva came after the November 16 election of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was also under investigation by him.

According to the university, police retrieved video footage from existing university cameras of the offender who was seen walking behind George on Saturday.

Troops recovered the pair after a firefight with gunmen from the Abu Sayyaf group on the restive southern island of Jolo, which is a stronghold of the kidnap-for-ransom gang that has been behind some of the worst attacks in the Philippines.

The US Congress on Wednesday passed the legislation that would force the Trump administration to assess whether political unrest in the vital global financial hub justify changing its unique treatment under the US law.

The Democrats are alleging that Trump's call with his Ukrainian counterpart was irregular and inappropriate and abuse of his office for political gain.

But his remarks were a rejoinder to statements made hours earlier by Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who told a gathering of dignitaries in Beijing that China wanted a deal but was "not afraid" to fight back if needed.

A judge alleged that Rifaat Assad and the others, including eight sons, have laundered money taken out of Syria in several European countries since the 1980s.

Chinese Premier Xi Jinping said that he wanted to work for a 'phase one' agreement on the basis of mutual respect and equality.

Rejecting the Chinese claim, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Samuel Brownback reiterated that it was an issue that should be taken up in international bodies.

Anti-government demonstrators have spread from their main protest camp in Tahrir (Liberation) Square onto three bridges linking the banks of the river Tigris.

Until Aramco prices its IPO, Alibaba ranks as the world's largest ECM deal this year, ahead of Uber's New York IPO which raised $8.1 billion and paid banks fees of $106 million.

North Korea did not specify what constituted such a policy, but North Korea's foreign ministry said on Sunday that a recent United Nations resolution on its human rights was a US-led 'political provocation'.

Aung San Suu Kyi will lead a team to The Hague, Netherlands, to defend the national interest of Myanmar, according to a statement posted on the Facebook page of her office.

Those expecting to see ancient fertility sculptures, medieval chastity belts or Victorian-era vibrators on display should know that the young, crowd-funded venture includes no such artifacts.

The internationally-acclaimed Avalon Group founded by AB Moosa snr 80 years ago holds several records, including being the first in the country to show a film from what has now come to be known as Bollywood.