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A former leader of the banned Babbar Khalsa terrorist group has been ordered to appear at an immigration hearing to decide whether he should be admissible into Canada. HT Image Gurmej Singh Gill arrived in Vancouver to visit relatives in late November and was to return to his home in the British city of Birmingham Dec 22. But he was ordered to appear before an immigration and refugee board adjudicator due to his alleged link to the banned outfit, the Vancouver Sun reported Tuesday. Melissa Anderson, communications adviser in Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, said Monday that Gill s admissibility hearing that was scheduled for Jan 27 has been postponed and it is yet to be rescheduled. She added that it would likely be held in late February or early March. Anderson said Gill was referred for the hearing under Section 34 1 f of the Canadian act which says a person is inadmissible to Canada if he or she is a member of an organisation that, there are reasonable
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stanley cup n officials. He was arrested at Vancouver airport in August 2001 when he arrived for his son s wedding in Surrey in Canada s British Colombia province and was sent back to Britain without attending the festivities. Gill earlier said he renounced his membership in the Babbar Khalsa International in Jsyb Zardari wants India in Friends of Democratic Pakistan group
North Korea on Monday marked the birthday of leader Kim Jong-Il with effusive praise for its great father, renewed threats against South Korea and an apparent vow to go ahead with a rocket launch. HT Image North Korean state media said streets, bridges and buildings were festooned with flowers -- especially the Kimjongilia national bloom -- and a range of celebratory rallies and events including synchronised swimming was staged. The swim performers impressively represented... the people s boundless reverence for Kim Jong-Il, the Korean Central News Agency KCNA said. Across the heavily fortified bo
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stanley cup ngly strong threats from the North against Seoul s conservative government. At a national meeting on Sunday to celebrate the birthday, de facto head of state Kim Yong-Nam warned of decisive actions against South Korea if it continued to challenge Pyongyang. He is the highest-level official to threaten the South since relations soured last year when President Lee Myung-Bak took office in Seoul. The North last month announced it was scrapping peace accords with the South, including an agreement on their disputed sea border. There is also i
