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OFW overstaying in Saudi jail to be sent home—DFA
Overseas Filipino worker Jose Jonathan Botor Bigas, who should have been sent home after serving his sentence of one year imprisonment and 250 lashes in August 2008, is set to be repatriated, the Philippine embassy in Riyadh said. Full story
Israel delays expulsion of 1,200 children of foreign workers
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has delayed until the end of the school year the expulsion of 1,200 children of foreigners working illegally in Israel, his office said on Sunday.
Egypt arrests 20 islamists--police
CAIRO - Egyptian authorities detained Saturday 20 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood, the largest and most organized opposition group in the country, a security official and the group said.



