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Nicaragua grants asylum to former President Martinelli of Panama

Panama’s former President Ricardo Martinelli has received political asylum from Nicaragua days after Panama’s Supreme Court denied his appeal over a money laundering conviction that carried a 10-year sentence.Martinelli’s attorney Shirley Castañeda said outside the Nicaraguan embassy Wednesday that “his political asylum had already been granted.” Asked why Martinelli had…

Pakistan prepares for pivotal election as one of the leading candidates serves jail time

Pakistan heads to the polls Thursday with one of the leading candidates languishing in prison as some reports claim that voter enthusiasm is lacking among the country’s nearly 128 million voters. Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has been barred from contesting the national parliamentary elections. Khan…

Man arrested for peddling business cards with free cocaine samples stapled on

A Canadian man was arrested over the weekend for allegedly peddling business cards with free samples of cocaine, police said. Seyyed Amir Razavi, 30, is charged with trafficking a controlled substance, possession for the purpose of trafficking, and possession of proceeds of crime under $5,000.  The investigation began on Christmas Eve…

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev re-elected in landslide

Preliminary results of Azerbaijan’s presidential elections Wednesday showed a landslide victory for incumbent President Ilham Aliyev, whose re-election was widely expected following his government’s swift reclaiming of a region formerly controlled by ethnic Armenian separatists.With nearly 55% of the ballots counted, Aliyev, 62, was winning the race with 92.1% of…