A new University of British Columbia study finds that job applicants with English names have a greater chance of getting interviews than those with Chinese, Indian or Pakistani names.
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EU nations on Tuesday agreed to greatly extend their anti-piracy naval operations against Somali pirates as far as the Seychelles, European diplomats said.
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The German-owned cargo ship MV PATRIOT with 17 mostly Ukrainian crew members including a Polish captain.has been released, Germany's Foreign Ministry finally confirmed only Tuesday.
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Ethiopia rejected on Monday a U.S. government human rights report published in February that accused security forces in the Horn of Africa nation of politically motivated killings.
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Drought and continuing violence are driving Somalia’s humanitarian needs upward, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said, adding that only one-third of the nearly $1 billion in funds sought for the country have been received so far.
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The European Union is considering expanding its anti-piracy operations to the Indian Ocean, bloc officials said Monday as they released figures showing that its Atalanta mission off the coast of Somalia has already led to the arrest of 52 suspects.
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The Somali Government reached an agreement with the DAMEN shipyards group,Netherlands in a recent meeting between members from the Somali government and DAMEN shipyards group of Roterdam, Netherlands.
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The Canadian frigate HMCS Winnipeg likely deterred a Somali pirate attack against the Maltese cargo ship MV Sea Pride in the Gulf of Aden on the weekend, NATO said Monday.
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Inbound travel declined 1.0% to 2.2 million trips while Canadian trips abroad decreased by 0.7% to 3.9 million. United States residents made 1.0 million overnight trips to Canada in March, down 0.6%.
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I can see migrants are the source of many problems," says Maria Nafpliotou, an employee at a music store in the city centre. "Nobody is happy to see them living around here, but I doubt slaying them is a solution."
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