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                    [ArticleID] => 928704
                    [Title] => UN whistleblower asks US to withhold UN payments
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A United Nations whistleblower who won his case alleging corruption in the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Kosovo but received only 2 percent of the $2.2 million he sought in damages and costs asked the U.S. government Monday to withhold 15 percent of its payments to the global organization.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-09 08:02:10 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 270774 [Title] => Increase in US visa fees clarified [Summary] => The US Embassy in Manila clarified yesterday that the American government has increased visa fees, but not for non-immigrant visas.

US Embassy spokesperson Karen Kelley belied reports that the fee for a non-immigrant visa was raised from $100 to $200.

"The visa fee for non-immigrants remains at $100. I do not believe there has been an increase in the non-immigrant visa fee," Kelley said.

Last Wednesday, Sen. Richard Gordon asked the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to make representations with the US government to reduce the new visa fees.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
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