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Colonial Pipeline CEO Tells Why He Paid Hackers a $4.4 Million Ransom
Business, Published on 21/05/2021
» The operator of the Colonial Pipeline learned it was in trouble at daybreak on May 7, when an employee found a ransom note from hackers on a control-room computer. By that night, the company's chief executive officer came to a difficult conclusion: He had to pay.
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Afghan govt frees more Taliban prisoners, paving way for talks
AFP, Published on 04/09/2020
» KABUL - The Afghan government said Thursday it had released 400 Taliban prisoners under an exchange deal with the militants, except for "a few" opposed by foreign nations, and expected peace negotiations to start soon.
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Trump thanks Tehran as American freed in prisoner swap
AFP, Published on 08/12/2019
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump thanked Tehran for a "very fair" negotiation Saturday after an American scholar detained in the country was released in exchange for an Iranian scientist held in the United States.
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Iran marks 1979 embassy siege with anti-US fervour
AFP, Published on 04/11/2019
» TEHRAN - With anti-American slogans and effigies mocking President Donald Trump, thousands rallied outside the former US embassy in Tehran on Monday to mark the 40th anniversary of the Iran hostage crisis.
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CSD forms first hostage negotiation team
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 04/06/2019
» The Crime Suppression Division (CSD) has formed the country's first hostage negotiation team, comprising 20 male and female police officers.
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Keeping the bombs at bay
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 04/03/2019
» Trump-Kim Summit 2.0 began in a climate of optimism, with some people saying a formal end to the Korean War and complete denuclearisation of the North was in sight, but it was not to be. Disappointment quickly turned to alarm when two other nuclear-armed states -- India and Pakistan -- started sparring.
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Trump-Kim summit set for June 12 in Singapore
Associated Press, Published on 10/05/2018
» WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump will meet with North Korea's Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12, Mr Trump announced Thursday, hours after suggesting that the release of three Americans held in the North heralded a potential breakthrough toward denuclearising the Korean Peninsula.
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Surakiart has a tough task
News, Editorial, Published on 05/02/2018
» The Myanmar government continues to dig itself into deeper trouble over the crisis it created with the Rohingya. Worse, it is rapidly creating an atmosphere of belligerence. There seems plenty of means available to discuss and solve the situation via talks with neighbours and the international community. Instead, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the nation's military have only become more isolated.
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US shutdown extends into third day
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/01/2018
» WASHINGTON: Lawmakers failed to negotiate an end to the government shutdown on Sunday despite a bipartisan effort to a broker a deal, raising the political stakes as federal agencies begin closing at the start of their normal workweek.
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US Congress struggles to avoid financial shutdown
Associated Press, Published on 19/01/2018
» WASHINGTON: House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday he's confident that his GOP-controlled chamber will pass a stopgap government-wide funding bill, even as growing opposition from Senate Democrats made prospects in that chamber increasingly dicey.
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