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No North Korean athletes have defected during the Olympics, although one defected in 1991 during a world judo championship in Spain.
No North Korean athletes have defected during an Olympics, although one defected in 1991 during a world judo championship in Spain.
A women's ice hockey player defected in 1997 and a judo athlete defected while at a competition in Spain in 1999.
Only two GOP electors — both from Texas — defected.
He has "gone native" — which is why he defected.
Another North Korean border guard defected to South Korea across the demilitarized zone Thursday, the low ranking soldier enjoying a much easier crossing than his former comrade who defected five weeks ago.
Ultimately she "rose in rebellion" and defected to the West.
Scores of Venezuelan soldiers defected to Colombian territory that day.
In 1995, the brothers defected with their wives to Amman.
Many theories emerged as to why the Kamel brothers defected.
Thae said he defected with his wife and two sons.
Last week, 13 North Korean nationals defected to the South.
The next day we realised he had defected to Russia.
More than 350 ballplayers have defected from Cuba since 2014.
Democrats are seeking to block the confirmation but another defected.
Other North Korean athletes who defected tell a similar story.
Thousands of Arab rebels have already defected to other groups.
Around 228,220 North Koreans have successfully defected to the South.
I used to be his prime minister before I defected.
Rhode Island voters have defected to independents in recent elections.
Thousands of conservatives then defected to form a new church.
A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea early Thursday.
As of Thursday, an astounding total of 567 had defected.
One reportedly worked on economic matters in the embassy of an African country and defected in May 2015 with his family, while another diplomat was reported to have defected from an Asian nation in February.
The Karolyis defected to the United States from Romania in 1981.
Pontecorvo, having defected, died peacefully in his Moscow bed in 1993.
South Korea's National Intelligence Service did not confirm if he defected.
Then, having finally found a home in night clubs, Hopkins defected.
Gourriel, 32, was a star in Cuba who defected in February.
He was once considered Cuba's top prospect but defected in February.
Gurriel defected last February during the Caribbean Series in Santo Domingo.
Until Arnold defected, Washington always had a high opinion of him.
A North Korean soldier last defected through the area in 2007.
He defected to the U.N.-backed government in August last year.
She has defected for a life of security, happiness, and freedom.
Two years later, Abdu defected while on a trip to Australia.
Some Soviet artists defected during this period, but not Mr. Jansons.
The Poplar Bluff company said it raised prices but customers defected.
Few Democrats defected from their party; the dissenters included moderate Rep.
Bob Corker (R-TN) defected — the only Republican to do so.
The official has since defected from the Emirates and fled the country.
The Defected guys and myself narrowed it down to 11 or 12.
According to the ministry, 1,127 people defected from North Korea last year.
This story has been updated to correct the date Fernando Díaz defected.
Efforts to reach the Popular Force lawmakers who defected were not successful.
More than 350 Cuban ballplayers have defected since the start of 2014.
About half of its MPs have defected since the election in 2014.
Every Republican voted no, and only two Democrats defected from the majority.
One GOP senator — Bob Corker of Tennessee — defected over budget deficit concerns.
"I'm certain that's the same spot where the soldier defected," Kim said.
Cuba Adeiny Hechavarria (shortstop) and Aroldis Chapman (pitcher) both defected from Cuba.
Ms. Park defected in 27, when she was 230, with her mother.
And in August 2014, only 11 Republicans defected in a similar vote.
He also said he had no idea how the staff had defected.
Fou's parents hanged themselves soon after (he had already defected to London).
They've rarely defected from the president in large numbers for key votes.
Any movement is monitored – ala the North Korean soldier who recently defected.
Díaz also heard the call, and defected from the military on March 1.
Despairing at patronage from their own parties, opposition politicians have defected in droves.
Since then, however, almost all of those who have defected to En Marche!
They had defected from a loose, Saudi-backed coalition that looks increasingly shaky.
The South has said the restaurant workers defected on their own free will.
Most, including Mr Chapman, defected from the communist island, often in harrowing circumstances.
Prior to the conference, two former senior party officials defected to the Tories.
What happened then was Marcos's generals defected and asked Fernando Marcos to resign.
Only two Trump electors defected, leaving Trump with a comfortable 21625-vote cushion.
Dresnok was among a handful of US soldiers who defected to North Korea.
And while it failed on health care because three Republicans defected, with Sen.
Gourriel defected with his younger brother, Lourdes Gourriel Jr., an infielder and outfielder.
More than 29,000 North Koreans have defected to the South since the 1990s.
Bitter regrets Lee, who now resides in South Korea, defected alone in 2015.
Sanders' prized 2016 Iowa caucus director, Brendan Summers, has already defected to Sen.
Prominent members of the caucus defected from the Ryan bill, with one, Rep.
He was Mr. Litvinenko's superior officer at the time he defected to Britain.
Just two Republican electors defected, while the other five voted against Hillary Clinton.
A North Korean soldier last defected at the heavily guarded location in 2007.
It also called for sparing civilians and those who defected to the rebels.
Younis defected while he was recovering from his leg wound at the hospital.
The representative that defected from the Republican party and I'd say mid afternoon.
The second story was before Ted Olson defected and started supporting gay marriage.
Eighteen of its 106 elected MPs have defected from the party since 2013.
Kepler also speaks Polish; his dad defected from Poland during the Cold War.
Soon afterward they sold their belongings and left home—though Lyford defected in 1993.
He defected from Cuba in 2011 and became a major leaguer a year later.
He also defected to the Libertarian Party to run with Gary Johnson in 2016.
Overall, an estimated 1,275 North Koreans defected in 2015, the lowest number since 2002.
Diaz, 25, was signed by the Cardinals in 2007 after he defected from Cuba.
Then they talked to a pilot who had defected from the Syrian air force.
Lifestage was shut down two years ago, and Sayman defected to Google shortly afterward.
She defected to Iran in 2013 and presumably still lives there, U.S. officials said.
More conservatives defected from the plan than moderates, because it didn't undo Obamacare enough.
He defected in 2014, when, according to court papers, he stopped paying franchise fees.
They connect North Koreans to relatives who have defected abroad, mostly to South Korea.
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The sharp, resolute woman that spoke the most on the show has since defected.
That's clear in the words and timing of Republican leaders who defected from Trump.
Ms. Witt defected to Iran and remains beyond the reach of law enforcement officials.
Think Martina Navratilova, the Czech tennis player, who defected during the 2298 U.S. Open.
She never defected because she and her husband feared for their relatives in Czechoslovakia.
As I've written before, I would be very surprised if any Senate Republicans defected.
In the 28500 vote, only four Democrats and four Republicans defected from their parties.
Though seven electors defected, they chose someone other than Mr. Trump or Mrs. Clinton.
But financing remained elusive, and many players defected or pursued jobs as teaching professionals.
She is a native of the city and defected to South Korea in 2002.
Shahram Amiri's execution comes at the end of an almost decade-long history, in which Amiri reportedly defected to the US of his own accord, defected back to Iran with the Iranian government's support, and was then imprisoned for spying and ultimately executed.
In December the tiny African state of São Tomé & Príncipe defected to the Chinese camp.
In December 2008, three years after being sent back to North Korea, he defected again.
The colonel had defected last year, according to Yonhap, but CNN cannot independently confirm this.
She's not made to feel welcome in the typical clothing retail environment, so she's defected.
It was about seven years after Navratilova had defected to the United States from Czechoslovakia.
Just two moderate Democrats ultimately defected, including Van Drew, who was first elected in November.
The star outfielder Alexei Bell recently defected and held a showcase for scouts in Mexico.
He defected in 1992 to the United Kingdom after the fall of the Soviet Union.
She started to move into Raniere's inner circle when two confidants died and another defected.
Today, having defected to South Korea, he uses his talents to satirize his repressive homeland.
He had defected and called on the army to stop supporting Venezuela's dictator, Nicolás Maduro.
According to reports, North Korea's deputy ambassador in London has also defected with his family.
The North says they were abducted by the South, but it says they defected freely.
South Korea's Unification Ministry said the North Koreans had defected of their own free will.
There is no indication that the defected vaccines were among those shipped to other countries.
Farage planned to make news by announcing that a Conservative donor had defected to ukip .
José Luis Silva Silva, defected and said he stands with Guaido in the power struggle.
The unnamed soldier is the third to have defected from North Korea's military this year.
Trouble escalated for the Mercado family when one sister's boyfriend defected to a different gang.
Rebel officials said on Wednesday Brigadier General Talal Silo had defected, without giving a reason.
Li defected to the United States and became one of the world's most acclaimed dancers.
Three of the lawmakers are sticking with PML-N but one has defected to PTI.
Richter and Ema defected to the West in 1961, shortly before the Wall went up.
A year later, he appeared in the United States, having reportedly defected to the CIA.
The last time a North Korean soldier had defected across the JSA was in 2007.
Mike Lee of Utah and Jerry Moran of Kansas — defected and effectively killed the vote.
They had no choice, but in 1979, on a skating tour in Switzerland, they defected.
Witt defected to Iran in 2013, according to prosecutors, and is presumably still living there.
Last year, four North Korean soldiers defected to South Korea through the heavily armed border.
Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, defected from the Soviet Union in 1967, leaving behind two children.
Many of the 13 Republicans who defected in the House were adamant in their arguments.
Gabriela Cuevas, who defected from the conservative National Action Party in January to support Lopez Obrador.
An Australian senator defected from the ruling Liberal National coalition to set up a rival party.
Both eventually defected from Cuba and successfully realized their Major League dreams in the United States.
SEOUL (Reuters) - A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea on Thursday, South Korea's military said.
One worshipper explains that he defected from his old church because it was rigid and traditional.
On Saturday, Venezuela's top military diplomat in Washington, Colonel Jose Luis Silva, defected from Maduro's government.
He defected in 2016 as deputy chief of mission at the North Korean Embassy in London.
More recently eight of them have defected to form what they call the Independent Group (TIG).
A North Korean soldier successfully defected to South Korea Monday with a gunshot wound, per Reuters.
After Egypt defected from the Soviet camp, America oversaw the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty of 1979.
The South Korean government maintains that the 12 young women defected of their own free will.
Ms. Goldstein's move followed those of three other Cravath partners who defected to Kirkland since 221.
Many of the rebel leaders were apprehended and rank-and-file soldiers defected, weakening the group.
Two university-age sons living with him and his wife in London also defected with him.
Czechoslovakian by birth, Drobny defected in 1949 and settled on Egyptian citizenship before securing British papers.
Witt defected to Iran and is currently a fugitive wanted by the FBI for alleged espionage.
The first batter, Tampa Bay outfielder Dayron Varona — who defected from Cuba in 2013 — popped out.
The morning they defected, my grandfather showed up at the train station, as they had feared.
José Luis Silva Silva, defected on Saturday, saying he stands with Guaidó in the power struggle.
Monday was the first time since 2007 a North Korean soldier had defected across the JSA.
Ms. Goldstein's move followed those of three other Cravath partners who defected to Kirkland since 221.
Ms. Hwangbo, the hockey player, defected to South Korea through China with her family in 1997.
Written by David Hare, the movie opens around 1961, after Rudy has defected to the West.
Three Democrats defected from their party to support taking away grants from the sanctuary localities: Reps.
"North Korea has the best control system in the world," said Choi, the doctor who defected.
Chuka Umunna, a former Labour MP who defected, hopes to take Westminster for the Lib Dems.
A Chinese spy has reportedly defected to Australia, offering its government a cache of intelligence secrets
The House passed the tax measure 227-205 without any Democratic votes, while 13 Republicans defected.
When Cespedes defected from Cuba, his financial adviser introduced him to Vega, who sold Cespedes a Mercedes.
There was an effort to sideline the senior officers who defected from Assad's army at the beginning.
Since North Korea started facing famines in the 1990s, about 30,000 citizens have defected from the country.
Thae Yong Ho was the number two in North Korea's London embassy before he defected last summer.
Most of the serving staff of a North Korean restaurant in Ningbo, China, had defected en masse.
Trump's plan to keep Michigan in his column includes luring back suburban voters who defected in 2018.
A Rwandan officer assured him that the garrison commander had defected and radioed him to prove it.
Their ranks also contained plenty of extremist elements, and some fighters defected to groups like ISIS, too.
McConnell needs to hold every remaining gettable vote, now that Susan Collins and Rand Paul have defected.
Armed forces that defected to Guaidó's side clashed with the national guard, and gunfire was reportedly exchanged.
It's not clear how or why he defected, but the South Korean military said it will investigate.
So for instance, you know that soldier who defected on November 13th across the military demarcation line?
Reckoning that Jokowi's government was no longer serious about reform, Mr Sudirman defected to Mr Prabowo's camp.
Later on Saturday, AFP reported that 60 Venezuelan security officials defected and crossed the border to Colombia.
After Upton defected, Collins said he didn't think more money would be enough to persuade moderate holdouts.
Shahram Amiri defected to the U.S. at the height of Western efforts to thwart Iran's nuclear program.
Arch-rival Oracle has also announced layoffs and some of its top talent has defected to Google.
Arch-rival Oracle has also announced layoffs and some of its top talent has defected to Google .
Among them are Ariel Serrano and Wilmian Hernandez, dancers who defected to the United States in 1993.
These Sun Belt states have shifted mainly because white college-educated conservatives have defected from the president.
These Sun Belt states have shifted mainly because white college-educated conservatives have defected from the president.
So did Andy McKean, the longest-serving Republican in the Iowa legislature, when he defected in April.
Fearing his ties to the United States would get him killed, the Iraqi informant defected to Iran.
Around here, some have defected from the suburban Redskins, back across the D.C. line to the Nationals.
"If people defected earlier in their career, you might find an entire graduating class benched," he said.
He was 32 and had defected six months earlier from Cuba to sign with the Houston Astros.
In the Senate, up next after the House passes their version, only Johnson has defected so far.
Some who have defected were never signed and reside in other Caribbean nations, waiting for a chance.
Five legislators from Mr. Wickremesinghe's party have already defected to Mr. Rajapaksa and been granted cabinet posts.
The House last week narrowly passed its version of a budget, but not before 18 Republicans defected.
The North Korean soldier defected through Panmunjom, a village that straddles the border between the two Koreas.
Pyongyang said they were abducted, while Seoul has said the workers defected of their own free will.
It has one of the lowest enrollment rates in the country, since all but one insurer defected.
Defections: Colombia's customs agency said Sunday that 104 members of Venezuela's security forces had defected, entering Colombia.
Malong was unreachable by phone, but his wife Lucy Ayak distanced her husband from the defected commander.
Separately, a former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence agent was charged with espionage after she defected to Iran.
People from Wonsan, even those who have defected, say they have largely happy memories of the place.
A North Korean solider defected into the South in November, barely surviving gunshots from other North Korean soldiers.
The names of the now-defected foreign fighters in this story have been changed to protect their identities.
Six Apple employees have defected to Rivian, too, including at least two from its secretive "Special Projects" team.
The lawmaker told Reuters Johnson had realized his bid would fail after lawmakers defected from his campaign overnight.
Khattiya Sawatdiphol, a renegade who had defected to the protesters, and asked him what he would do next.
Like most newspapers, and especially tabloids, their circulation has fallen relentlessly as readers have defected to online media.
But he has cancer and several of his ablest lieutenants have defected from his Movement for Democratic Change.
He defected to Vietnam during the disastrous rule of Pol Pot, later returning to help overthrow the regime.
Republican Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska defected from the GOP to oppose DeVos.
Then, on the eve of the 1996 Olympics, he was gone—defected from the team hotel outside Atlanta.
Among the Cuban boxing champions who defected to compete professionally are Guillermo Rigondeaux, Erislandy Lara and Luis Ortiz.
This week three other centrist parties spurned offers of plush ministerial posts and defected from her governing coalition.
Jeong said it was unprecedented that such a group had defected from the same North Korean restaurant abroad.
The fighters, some who seemed to have surrendered and some who perhaps had defected, resumed pacing the compound.
Yulieski Gourriel, a third baseman who defected in February from Cuba, was declared a free agent on Monday.
But the bosses of Under Armour, a sporting-goods outfit, and Intel, a computer-chip giant, defected, too.
In 1997, I defected as a naïve 17-year-old girl who simply wanted to explore the world.
As a result, some of their party members have defected into other political groups or been expelled altogether.
Thae was posted abroad with his immediate family when he defected from North Korea's British embassy in 2016.
I later defected from Communist Yugoslavia, moved to California, raised a family, and started my own pharmaceutical company.
The GOP barely scraped up enough votes to pass their partisan budget, as 2628 on their side defected.
Many of the Republicans who have defected on the votes come from swing states or liberal-leaning states.
"Today a North Korean soldier defected through our military's general outpost in the centre-western region," Roh said.
The pair defected to the United States in 1998 and now go by different names for their safety.
Earlier this year, 113 women from a Chinese branch made break for it and defected to South Korea.
Four North Korean soldiers even defected across the border this year, the highest total in almost 20 years.
Amazon, which often doesn't disclose the identity of its customers, issued a statement implying that Apple hadn't defected.
But the right has not sought greater fairness in mainstream institutions; it has defected to create its own.
They both joined the Bolshoi, but when the company toured to the United States in 1993, they defected.
Cuba has punished those who have defected by barring them from returning to the island for eight years.
After years of strong sales, the Cruze was flagging as consumers defected to trucks and sport-utility vehicles.
She defected from Czechoslovakia, at 18, and fended for herself on tour for six years without a country.
One is Abdel Majid Barakat, a former data manager of the Central Crisis Management Cell who eventually defected.
Just as they'd done to her brother after he defected, the family would block her from their lives.
John McCain of Arizona defected from GOP leadership because of his objections to the unorthodox legislative process, Sen.
Thousands of Syrian government troops had defected by then, joining ragtag brigades of local farmers, students, and hairdressers.
North Korea's No. 2 ambassador to the United Kingdom also defected to South Korea last week, infuriating Pyongyang.
He defected to Canada in 1974 before moving to the United States to join the New York City Ballet.
This new agenda is needed to win back Obama voters who defected to Trump, especially working-class Midwestern voters.
After winning a pair of Olympic gold medals, Rigondeaux defected from his native Cuba and went professional in 2009.
But it didn't work: Few troops defected to join Guaidó's side, thereby not allowing him to forcibly topple Maduro.
But it didn't work: Few troops defected to join Guaidó's side, so he was unable to forcibly topple Maduro.
Amiri, an Iranian scientist, defected to the U.S. at the height of Western efforts to thwart Iran's nuclear program.
Pyongyang, North Korea (CNN)Thae Yong Ho says he defected from North Korea for the future of his family.
Many FSA fighters defected to jihadist groups that had more stable funding and that were better trained and equipped.
No, and especially not to the blue collar workers, formerly reliable Democrat voters, who defected to elect President Trump.
But his influence has waned after two out of three senators defected from 2014, citing difficulties working with Palmer.
On Monday, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters an army general had defected and fled to Colombia.
The sergeant said he had defected because he disagreed with the way opposition protests were being repressed in Venezuela.
Some six dozen Venezuelan military officers have defected across the border in recent weeks, according to the Brazilian army.
Jeon defected to South Korea in January 2014, and is believed to have returned to North Korea last month.
He defected at the start of the uprising in February 2011 and became the military chief of the rebellion.
Hundreds of members have defected this year, and discontent is widespread among those who remain, particularly lower-ranking troops.
That happened when North Korean soldiers shot and wounded a North Korean soldier as he defected across their border.
Litvinenko was a former FSB officer who defected to the UK in 2001 after accusing his superiors of corruption.
Robow defected to the government in August after the U.S. government removed a $5 million bounty for his capture.
It later broke with its revolutionary comrades and defected to Iraq, and the patronage of its president, Saddam Hussein.
Until then, no active player on the national team, the best of the best in the country, had defected.
Yes, some have defected from Trump, but most cases can be attributed to self-preservation rather than moral clarity.
According to unconfirmed reports in the South Korean press, Jo has defected and is seeking asylum in the West.
In March, a gunman shot and killed a former member of the Russian Parliament who had defected to Ukraine.
Tens of thousands of North Koreans have defected to the south over recent decades, but most travel via China.
Only two Trump electors defected from him, with one voting for John Kasich and the other for Ron Paul.
Shin defected with her entire family in 2000; her mother and sister have appeared alongside her on the program.
Manuel Cristopher Figuera, an intelligence chief who defected recently to support Juan Guaidó, the head of Venezuela's National Assembly.
Some members of the PRI have already defected to Mr. López Obrador's party, fearful of the drubbing to come.
In several instances, the legal troubles of Congress members seemed to evaporate after they defected to the ruling party.
A year ago, Christine Lagarde, then the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, also defected from the conference.
Defected stormtrooper Finn and the scavenger Rey are caught up in the Resistance's search for the missing Luke Skywalker.
"The Russian Five" was the name given to the group of players who defected from Russia to play hockey.
Then, Tuesday, Mitch McConnell's plan to repeal much of Obamacare without a replacement also fell apart as senators defected.
North Korea says South Korea abducted the waitresses, but Seoul has said they defected of their own free will.
Since famine hit the North in the mid-2914s, more than 13,21 North Koreans have defected to the South.
Mr. Pelton was not unmasked until he was compromised by Vitaly Yurchenko, a K.G.B. officer who defected in 1985.
The UK's Conservative Party lost its working majority Tuesday, after a member of parliament defected to the Liberal Democrats.
In a further blow to The Republicans, three other party heavyweights defected to Macron's Republic on the Move party.
One of its eight lawmakers on Monday defected to a splinter party established by her former deputy in September.
He was never able to replace those trained troops, many of whom defected to the rebels, with trained troops.
"The White Crow", currently in production, is a biopic of Rudolf Nureyev, a Russian ballet dancer who defected in 1961.
IAG defected to Boeing medium-haul jets with a draft order for 3803 of the grounded 737 MAX last month.
When he defected to UKIP from the Conservatives in 2014 he hoped to mould it into a grassroots, libertarian outfit.
More than a dozen senators defected from Nigeria's ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, to join the People's Democratic Party.
The HNC is led by defected Syrian Prime Minister Riyadh Hijab, and its negotiating delegation is headed by Brig. Gen.
The Pentagon acknowledged in 1996 that at least four American servicemen had defected to North Korea over the decades: Pvt.
They tell the stories of notorious spies like Kim Philby, a British intelligence officer who defected to Russia in 1963.
Dresnok's father, the infamous Joe Dresnok, was a US private who defected across the DMZ from South Korea in 3.43.
The school term ended on July 22, according its website, around the same time Thae is believed to have defected.
Conservatives see them as Hollywood's Dirty Harrys—at-times-literal gun-toting renegades who've defected from the liberal Hollywood establishment.
People we've lost in 2016 Fernández was born in Santa Clara, Cuba, and defected to the United States in 2008.
Simba Makoni, a decent former finance minister who defected from Zanu-PF, won 8% of the presidential vote in 2008.
He may also have feared falling foul of Mr Berlusconi's formidable media power, including three TV channels, had he defected.
As this mass violence was perpetuated by the government, some officers defected from the military, later forming the armed opposition.
As MPs from the ruling party defected to the opposition, the government lost its majority in the Majlis, or parliament.
The following year, in spring 2015, seven members of Kony's inner circle defected, attempting to kill him in the process.
He said about 150 fighters who defected were allowed into the Elite Force, but only after undergoing a "repentance" program.
The country's ambassador to South Africa, Ahmed Ibeto, also defected to the PDP after resigning his post, the PDP said.
Sirisena previously defected from the SLFP, then led by Rajapaksa, in 2014 to join an opposition coalition that ousted Rajapaksa.
Democrats were looking for a third Republican to join them in sinking DeVos's nomination, but no other GOP senators defected.
The number two at the North Korean embassy in London defected to South Korea and was placed under government protection.
She is said to have defected to Iran in late August 2013, and U.S. officials believe she remains in Iran.
Tshibangu was once a military commander in the central Congolese region of Kasai, but defected in 2012 and moved eastwards.
"Is there alcohol in North Korea?" people would ask the former North Korean soldier, who defected in 2010, aged 29.
Nearly 30,000 people from North Korea have defected to the South since the end of the Korean War in 1953.
A North Korean soldier defected by crossing the Demilitarized Zone last June, the first to do so in three years.
However, the president can't count on those good job numbers to retain blue states that defected to him last time.
Two additional members of Venezuela's National Guard defected to Brazil late on Saturday, a Brazilian army colonel said on Sunday.
In 2008 he defected to Ukip, becoming its first MP before standing as an independent candidate in the 2010 election.
Fernandez attended Alonso after he defected from Cuba and before he became a first round pick and future MLB star.
He had defected from the Nusra Front with the leader's tacit blessing, claiming to have left his old life behind.
During the electoral vote on Monday, seven electors defected, breaking with the results of the popular vote in their states.
Long before he defected, Gurriel proved to big league scouts that a Cuban hitter could anchor a big league lineup.
"All have been raped by the previous government," said Mr. Mahathir, who defected from the governing alliance two years ago.
Quickly enough, four N.B.L teams, including the Minneapolis Lakers, defected, and the two leagues then agreed to merge in 1949.
The Karolyis, who defected from Romania to the US in 1981, are both former head coaches of US Olympic teams.
None of the candidates who this year defected to the Liberal Democrats from other parties succeeded in getting re-elected.
But factions of defected officers have said they are plotting returns from elsewhere in the region to support Mr. Guaidó.
Only two Trump electors, both from Texas, defected, with one voting for John Kasich and the other for Ron Paul.
In recent months, dozens of Shabab fighters have defected to the Islamic State, which has a history of bringing down aircraft.
Immediately following the presser though, you would have thought that Trump actually would have defected to Russia given the mass hysteria.
His actions sparked a nationwide uprising and eventually a civil war with armed rebels -- many of whom defected from the military.
Sirisena was health minister in Rajapaksa's Cabinet when he defected to join Wickremesinghe and challenge Rajapaksa in the 2015 presidential election.
After years of hounding Malaysia's political opposition, Dr. Mahathir, 92, defected from the governing coalition to partner with his former enemies.
It has accused the South of kidnapping 13 employees of a restaurant in China who defected to the South in April.
Four years later, to Mr Museveni's surprise and fury, a fifth of his army defected overnight, taking their weapons with them.
On Friday, news quickly spread throughout the universe that a crucial member of Taylor Swift's squad had defected from the group.
The onetime public face of Verizon—famous for asking "can you hear me now?" in its ads—has defected to Sprint.
Later that year a poll put UKIP at 24% and two Tory MPs, Douglas Carswell and Mark Reckless, defected to it.
In April, most of the serving staff of a North Korean restaurant in Ningbo, China, defected en masse to South Korea.
According to Sports Illustrated, Fernandez saved his mother from drowning when the family defected from Cuba when he was a teenager.
Last year Atiku Abubakar, a former vice-president and serial party-switcher, defected back to the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP).
He told CNN he defected because he could not miss the opportunity to "cut off this slavery chain" for his sons.
He said about 150 fighters who defected were allowed into the Elite Force, but only after they underwent a "repentance" program.
But the U.S. believes that the group includes mainly individuals who defected from Tehrik-e Taliban (TTP) and the Afghan Taliban.
In the end, that meant more Democratic electors defected than Republicans, despite a coordinated effort by some to block his victory.
The South immediately dismissed the offer as propaganda and reiterated that the North Koreans had defected of their own free will.
Aetna's announcement on Tuesday follows the lead of the nation's largest health insurer, UnitedHealthcare, which defected from the group last year.
Candidates from opposition parties that recently defected from the majority were rejected by the courts following objections from the ruling coalition.
Anna Soubry, Heidi Allen, and Sarah Wollaston, and Sam Gyimah all defected from the Conservatives earlier this year for similar reasons.
The first time Cespedes picked up a golf club was a little over four years ago, after he defected from Cuba.
SEOUL, South Korea — A colonel belonging to North Korea's spy agency recently defected to South Korea, the South announced on Monday.
He is one of the highest-ranking North Korean military officers known to have defected to South Korea in recent decades.
More than 28,700 North Koreans have defected to the South since a deadly famine in their country in the mid-1990s.
A high-ranking air force general has defected to the opposition and is calling on his colleagues to officially back Guaidó.
North Korea says the 12 waitresses were abducted, and a manager who defected with them tricked them into making the journey.
The book focuses on refugees—activists, aid workers, beauticians, defected officers—who are by and large opposed to the Assad regime.
In Season 3, Molly has defected to a black-owned law firm, but still has trouble garnering the respect she deserves.
He identified another as Rahmatullah Wardak, a former Hezb-i-Islami insurgent who had defected to the Taliban, Mr. Agha said.
Thousands of al-Nusra fighters defected to ISIS regardless, and since then the two groups have repeatedly clashed on the battlefield.
Tony Avella, a Queens senator who defected to the I.D.C. in 2014, serves as chairman of the Children and Families Committee.
The final vote total was 224-194, and while Democrats were broadly united, eight moderate members of the caucus ultimately defected.
A quarter of Republicans were moderates in 2018, and 30 percent defected to the Democrats or stayed home in the midterms.
Many voters defected to the centre-right People's Party (öVP), which until Ibiza-gate was the FPö's senior partner in government.
Several GOP senators defected in votes over the summer and fall, joining Democrats to ensure the failure of the repeal effort.
But Mr. Thae said there were holes in the surveillance, although he declined to divulge details of how he had defected.
In 2016, the No. 2 diplomat in Britain, Thae Yong-ho, defected to South Korea, expressing disillusionment with Mr. Kim's government.
Thirteen North Korean restaurant workers based in an unnamed country have defected to South Korea, according to the government in Seoul.
Factions of officers who have defected say they are plotting returns from their makeshift headquarters in Peru, Colombia and other countries.
In 2012 he is believed to have defected from the regime and fled to Jordan before making his way to Europe.
Even though he defected early on, he could, by some bureaucratic oversight, still be designated a security risk to the United States.
His populist agenda explains why millions of once traditional Democratic voters defected in 93 to him -- and may well again in 2020.
In the mountainous state of Arunachal Pradesh last year, 43 Congress deputies defected en masse to join a new, BJP-allied party.
"Rogério 237", the leader of an ADA faction, has defected to Comando Vermelho, a rival gang, splitting the favela into two territories.
After the courts banned the new outfit (and Mr Newin defected from it), a third Thaksinite party won the next two elections.
North Korea: Diplomat who defected to South Korea a 'criminal' The defection comes amid a particularly tense time in North-South relations.
Among the highest-level defections to date were a former DPRK ambassador to Egypt who defected to the United States in 1997.
The low-ranking North Korean soldier defected across the heavily militarised border between North and South Korea at around 8:04 a.m.
The U.S. government claims that Witt traveled to Iran in 2012 for a conference and then defected to the country in 2013.
A Khmer Rouge officer himself, Hun Sen defected to neighboring Vietnam, with whose army he returned to help oust his former comrades.
Thae, the defected diplomat from the North, said this week that Kim senses weakness in the US and South Korea right now.
Following the announcement, he reportedly began shopping for a buyer for the firm and several employees defected to competitors and Capitol Hill.
Like Hwangbo, Choi defected to South Korea before she could get a chance to compete at the highest level for the North.
McConnell could only lose two senators and still pass the bill, and Maine's Susan Collins and Kentucky's Rand Paul had already defected.
He defected by leaving his guard post and heading towards the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between the North and South, The Guardian reports.
We've had the largely white, working class, "Reagan Democrats" of the Midwest who, despite being lifelong Democrats, defected to support President Reagan.
He is a former commander in the Khmer Rouge who later defected from the group whose genocide devastated Cambodia in the 1970s.
Those blue-collar workers who defected to vote for Trump are also suspicious of trade deals such as NAFTA and the TPP.
Thousands of North Koreans have defected to South Korea in recent years, but the women's defection as a group was highly unusual.
As the protests went on, some police units defected and joined the protests, and military officials called on Mr. Morales to resign.
As the protests went on, some police units defected and joined the protests, and military officials called on Mr. Morales to resign.
Previously, he was head of a Tajik police unit but defected to ISIS in 2015 and left the same year for Syria.
Shahram Amiri defected to the U.S., returned to Iran in 214 and mysteriously disappeared — until Sunday, when an official announced his death.
A Chinese spy has reportedly defected to Australia, bringing with him a massive cache of intelligence secrets from the notoriously secretive country.
Philippe will provide a counterweight to the Socialist Party legislators who have defected to REM and its 'neither left nor right' cause.
But coalition officials say only a very small "handful" of Maghawir al-Thawra fighters have defected from the coalition's counter-ISIS effort.
In another case last March, an assassin shot and killed a former member of the Russian Parliament who had defected to Ukraine.
But in 29, he defected to South Korea, after the authorities learned of his plan to send his mother there, he said.
Those seem to be the voters Ryan is talking about; an older coalition of white working-class voters that defected to Trump.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party lost its parliamentary majority Tuesday after a member of parliament defected to the Liberal Democrats.
Navratilova, who defected and became a U.S. citizen, had her political differences with Novotna, but they grew very close later in life.
But now Mr. Isac earns half of what he did when he started, as riders have defected to Uber and other competitors.
North Korean soldiers who had defected in the past often said they had fled hunger or abuse in their front-line units.
Oscar Wallace (Christopher Heyerdahl), a terrorist and former academic who defected to Russia, confirms the pull of Payam later in the episode.
A Chinese spy has defected to Australia, offering a bevy of secrets on Chinese intelligence operations, according to Australian newspaper The Age.
Khan had defected to crosstown rival UBS and Bouée reportedly feared that he might try to poach Credit Suisse employees and clients.
Jannah tells Finn earlier in the film that she was a First Order stormtrooper who defected along with a bunch of others.
And Colombia's migration authorities said 23 members of the security forces had crossed the border and defected from Mr. Maduro's authoritarian regime.
The military officers say they had interrogated some Venezuelans who had defected from armed groups and identified Venezuelan nationals killed in combat.
" Another page highlights Benedict Arnold, a general who defected to the British army, whom "Trump" describes as one of his "favorite breakfasts.
But when the electors gathered across the country Monday, this plot backfired embarrassingly — more electors defected from Hillary Clinton than from Trump.
But some political candidates have reportedly defected from Sharif's PML-N party because they claim they've received intimidating threats from military officials.
However, many of the regions that defected from the Democrats to support Mr Trump in 2016 returned to their liberal roots this year.
About 60% of those who voted for UKIP in 2015 defected to the Conservatives, according to a post-election survey by Lord Ashcroft.
While Joe Biden is trying to shore up the old coalition of white working-class voters that defected to Trump, candidates like Sens.
"The war was lost only because he was betrayed," she laments, citing a close lieutenant who defected with several thousand fighters in 2004.
A whole bunch of Samsung fans defected to the iPhone last year when the seemingly perfect Galaxy Note 7 literally started blowing up.
Last August, Thae disappeared from North Korea's embassy in London where he was serving as deputy ambassador, and promptly defected to South Korea.
Most interesting, though, was the revelation on Monday that a high-level military officer who held the rank of colonel defected in 2015.
No, I think there is hope because, as we were talking about before the podcast, there were a number of Republicans who defected.
After an extensive investigation, police filed charges against defected followers Rudy Hannon, 72, and Sorek Minery, 42, two former members of The Work.
US officials have said that Amiri willingly defected but then changed his mind, choosing to return to Iran to be with his family.
The most senior diplomat to flee the regime was a former DPRK ambassador to Egypt who defected to the United States in 1997.
Thae Yong Ho, the most senior North Korean diplomat to have defected, says such steps are like painting an old car for resale.
By the end of the day more than 60 members of the armed forces and police had defected, according to Colombia's migration service.
But for some unexplained reason, Tikka defected from the Inferni, and took the wand necessary for the Dark Lord's resurrection along with her.
"I used to think of North Korea as a scary place, especially after soldiers defected through the DMZ," the 12-year-old said.
In November, a North Korean soldier defected to the South in Panmunjom, fleeing through a hail of gunfire by fellow North Korean soldiers.
Bloc leader Blanchet said in an interview that voters who defected in previous elections were fed up with the New Democrats and Liberals.
Judo competitors Popole Misenga and Yolande Mabika defected from the Congolese judo team during an international competition in Brazil to ask for asylum.
But after a series of purges, he defected with his family in late 2014 and now lives in the greater Washington, D.C. area.
Frustrated with the Blazers' handling of his ailing feet, the star center had defected to the San Diego Clippers before the season began.
Venezuela's military is key to tipping the political balance between Maduro and Guaidó, who admits that too few troops defected that fateful Tuesday.
Ultimately, only two Republican electors — both in Texas — defected while five Democrat electors  did in an effort to rally around an alternative candidate.
She is widely viewed as the most moderate Republican senator, and famously defected from her party to help sink Obamacare repeal last year.
That's especially true for founders who have board members that once worked for Social Capital but who have since defected to other firms.
When Ms. Pillard moved to Elite, several of her high-profile Ford clients, among them Janice Dickinson and Beverly Johnson, defected as well.
He deserted his post and defected to Turkey, where he used his skills as an anti-aircraft expert to help train Syrian rebels.
One theory comes from Kim Joo-il, a former member of the North Korean military who defected and moved to London in 2007.
Britain's Prime Minister lost his majority in parliament on Tuesday as Conservative lawmaker Phillip Lee defected to the pro-European Liberal Democrat party.
" Fares Bayoush, a negotiator from an American-backed rebel group who defected from the Syrian Army, said, "He is the one who misunderstood.
He and Mr. Kovaleski parted in August 1954, when the State Department publicly revealed that Mr. Rastvorov had defected and been granted asylum.
Doctors who have defected in recent years often speak of poor working conditions and shortages of everything from medicine to basic healthcare supplies.
He had defected from this one because he has had enough of only ever being invited by the embassy for this one occasion.
The Zetas originated from a team of élite commandos who defected from Mexico's armed forces, so the cartel was prone to paramilitary affectation.
Only a handful of Democrats defected, leaving Republicans to choose between allowing the president's nominee to fail or bulldozing long-held Senate practice.
Nearly all of them traveled through China, but some have defected through the heavily guarded land or maritime borders separating the two Koreas.
Esteban Yanez Rodriguez of the Venezuelan air force's high command said he has defected from Maduro's military and declared his support for Guaido.
Lieutenant Colonel Chan Garang, an ally of former army chief Paul Malong, defected to join the largest rebel group fighting Kiir, he said.
Defections on the border More than 60 Venezuelan security forces defected to Colombia,Trujillo said in a news conference from Cucuta on Saturday.
"You arrived with vitamins and some pills for blood pressure" or the like, said Dr. Ramírez, who defected to Ecuador after six years.
On Monday, the South's Unification and Defense Ministries said a North Korean army colonel defected last year and had been granted political asylum.
A former stalwart of the ruling Chavismo movement, Falcon, a former mayor and state governor, defected from the governing Socialist Party in 2010.
Guaido, however, admitted last week that not enough of the security forces have defected to his side to help in efforts to oust Maduro.
An American who allegedly defected from the Islamic State group was captured in Iraq by the Kurdish peshmerga militia, according to Kurdish news wires.
Tavares, who defected from Renault, where he was second-in-command, pledged to cut labour costs, inventory and model line-ups to restore profitability. .
Zayd, who said he defected from the Syrian Army to the opposition in 2012, described a program that was rife with inconsistencies and incompetencies.
Manfred Güllner at Forsa, a pollster, notes that voters who have defected from the CDU have slightly stronger centrist tendencies than those who remain.
That's why Facebook's product manager for Live, Vadim Lavrusik, defected from the social network to start his own video streaming iOS app called Alively.
Tavares, who defected from Renault, where he was second-in-command, pledged to cut labor costs, inventory and model line-ups to restore profitability.
Last year, a group of 13 of them working at a North Korean restaurant in the Chinese city of Ningbo defected to South Korea.
The drills also come less than a week after North Korea's No. 2 ambassador to the United Kingdom defected to South Korea, infuriating Pyongyang.
South Korea welcomed the women and described them as having defected of their own free will after growing fed up with their totalitarian government.
But when he defected from President Robert Mugabe's party to join the opposition a few months ago, he immediately put his farm at risk.
A Chinese spy has reportedly defected to Australia, offering up a trove of intelligence secrets about China&aposs operations in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
A few South Korean news outlets also reported on Monday that a North Korean diplomat stationed in Africa defected to the South last May.
None of the Senate Democrats — Johnson's erstwhile party before joining the Union ticket in 1864 — voted to remove him, but a few Republicans defected.
The North Korean who defected this week raced in a vehicle toward the demarcation line in the Joint Security Area around 3:15 p.m.
Around 30,000 North Koreans have successfully defected to the South in total, but far fewer are getting out under the reign of Mr. Kim.
SEOUL, South Korea — A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea on Saturday morning, fleeing across the countries' heavily armed land border, officials said.
In 1951, Philby tipped off two other British traitors, Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean, that the jig was up, and they defected to Moscow.
While a bill passed the House, the latest effort collapsed this week when enough Senate Republicans defected to deprive Mr. Trump of a majority.
The F.B.I. in 1955 learned that Mr. Seborer had defected to the Soviet bloc, the study said, but kept the information under tight security.
An official said the ministry could not confirm whether they had entered South Korea, how many workers had defected, and where they currently were.
When he defected to Renamo, Mr. Emerson wrote, the Frelimo authorities said Mr. Dhlakama had been dismissed for corruption and misconduct — allegations he denied.
Biden in particular has asserted that he can win back the traditionally Democratic white, working-class voters who defected to Trump's side in 2016.
Earlier this month, Venezuela's ruling Socialist Party seized control of the National Assembly and swore in an allied politician who defected from Guaido's camp.
John McCain famously defected and cast his deciding vote against repeal, the Republicans and the administration have basically been flat-footed on the issue.
Instead, he is now openly at war with his own members of Parliament, nine of whom have defected in the space of two weeks.
Of course, now he's defected and will play in the majors soon, but back then when we spoke to him, the fear was real.
But Kim is determined to develop nuclear weapons by the end of 2017 "at all costs," according to a high-profile North Korean who defected.
Just this week, the family expected to be its principal funders, the Mercer family of New York, defected to a rival nonprofit, Making America Great.
Bands sang songs praising Hun Sen, the world's longest serving prime minister, a former Khmer Rouge commander who eventually defected from Pol Pot's murderous regime.
The move to impeach the speaker gathered momentum after 10 Yameen loyalists in the 85-member legislature defected and joined the opposition to unseat him.
New Hampshire resident Anne Lichtener views Sanders' anti-establishment credentials as an advantage in winning back blue-collar voters who defected to Trump in 2016.
And Brittany Kaiser is a senior Cambridge Analytica employee who defected in the scandal's early days, revealing parts of the company's internal workings after leaving.
A North Korean nuclear scientist who defected from the Hermit Kingdom reportedly committed suicide inside his prison cell after he was forcibly returned by China.
New Hampshire resident Anne Lichtener views Sanders anti-establishment credentials as an advantage in winning back blue-collar voters who defected to Trump in 2016.
Sanders's supporters have not defected in any meaningful numbers to Gabbard over the course of the campaign, and there's no reason to expect they should.
Almost half of Hungary's 143-strong delegation defected at the Melbourne Olympics of 1956, shortly after Soviet forces had quashed a revolution in their country.
The housewife, DJ, rebel fighter, and orphan are led by army officer Chike Ameobi, who defected from the army after being ordered to kill civilians.
It was announced on Wednesday that Thae had defected to South Korea, along with his family -- the highest profile diplomatic defection in the country's history.
Twenty-three members of the security forces defected on Saturday, including 18 members of the National Guard and two police officers, Colombia's migration authority said.
"There's no doubt the most effective people to talk to present-day jihadis are former jihadis -- those who defected or changed their minds," he said.
That strategy didn't work so well with health care, when three Republicans defected on the "skinny" bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
One of them married her twin sister, who defected in the 1960s shortly after Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution and founded the Pennsylvania Academy of Ballet.
Dresnok defected to North Korea in 1962 in a daring dash across the heavily fortified demilitarized zone that divides the totalitarian country from South Korea.
Last month, eleven members of parliament from both main parties defected to form the Independent Group, in large part dismayed by the handling of Brexit.
A Kansas state lawmaker who left the GOP to become a Democrat said she defected because of the Republican Party's stance on public education funding.
JD.com said that over 100 Chinese brands defected last year due to pressure from its main rival, an assertion Alibaba and some brands have contested.
ADP buying Ceridian would deliver a "best in class product" to ADP and help win back hundreds of customers who have recently defected, Ackman said.
"Spy Nation" chronicles one such case, the story of Yu Woo-sung, an ethnic Chinese from North Korea who defected to the South in 2004.
Several C.D.U. members have defected to the upstart, far-right Alternative for Germany Party, which upholds the biblical family model and rejects marriage for all.
Representative Martha Roby of Alabama, who defected from Mr. Trump on Saturday, said she would contribute significant money to help Republicans hold their House majority.
Another North Korean soldier who defected to the South spoke to CNN in November about the harsh conditions endured by military servicemen in North Korea.
And Cory Bernardi, the South Australian senator who defected from the Liberals last year to form his own party was among those to complain loudest.
Jose Contreras, who later defected to the United States, pitched eight scoreless innings in relief for Cuba, allowing only two hits and striking out 10.
According to some estimates, hundreds of Cuban players across Latin America have defected over the last year and are seeking contracts with major league franchises.
Avrich includes a photograph of dealer Larry Gagosian with his arm around Schnabel who, last spring, defected from his powerhouse gallery to join rival Pace.
Thae Yong Ho, North Korea's former deputy ambassador to London who has defected to the South, told Reuters he was not surprised by the news.
At the same time, migration was also the reason a more nationalist faction inside the conservatives defected to the far right in the Bavarian vote.
Others have defected to other parties or simply left, though the PML-N leadership says that those desertions have come under pressure from the military.
Through countless extra hitting drills and conversations, Ward, who is from Alabama, and Puig, who defected from Cuba in 13, have formed a close bond.
"There will need to be some questioning on why he defected after his treatment is over," ministry spokesman Baik Tae-hyun told a regular briefing.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson lost his working majority in parliament when one of his Conservative lawmakers defected to the pro-European Union Liberal Democrats.
Many voters in the latter group defected to vote for Democrats in the midterm elections or stayed home, helping deliver the House into Democratic hands.
The last time a North Korean successfully defected through the area was in December last year when two soldiers crossed the line several weeks apart.
Iran accused the US of abducting Amiri, but American officials at the time said Amiri had defected of his own accord and provided "useful" information.
We also found old videos of K.G.B. agents who had defected to the West and divulged incredible details about their careers as purveyors of disinformation.
Manny Diaz, the former mayor of Miami and a paid board member at Bloomberg Philanthropies, defected from Mr. Biden to Mr. Bloomberg several weeks later.
The heart of Union City's Cuban neighborhood is 43rd Street, which was renamed Celia Cruz Way for the Cuban-born singer who defected in 1960.
Most recently, GOP mega-donor Meg Whitman and sitting Republican Congressman Richard Hanna have publicly defected, shifting their ballot box allegiances from Trump to Clinton.
The White House has repeatedly pressured auto company chief executives to support his plan, yet not one has publicly endorsed it, and several have defected.
But when Sergey Tretyakov, the station chief for Russian intelligence in New York, defected, in 2000, he revealed that Moscow's active measures had never subsided.
It was our first introduction to this master sergeant in the Syrian army who had defected to escape the horrors of the war in Syria.
South Korea has not said where the 13 were before entering the country, although media reports have said they defected via a Southeast Asian nation.
Several business leaders had defected from their advisory council roles after Trump's highly controversial comments in the wake of a white nationalist rally in Virginia.
More than 350 Cuban ballplayers have defected since the start of 2014, including more than 170 in 2015 alone, according to Cuban journalist Francys Romero.
When he defected three months ago, Cancino sent his girlfriend and mother into hiding, thinking he'd be back to rescue them in the near future.
Ju, who defected to the South in 2011, said she also made a living by selling banned South Korean and U.S. products in the underground economy.
Amama Mbabazi, Mr. Museveni's former second in command, defected last year after a reported falling out and joined Mr. Besigye in challenging the president on Thursday.
The announcement of the Rays lineup for the March exhibition solidified another homecoming: that of Dayron Varona, a Cuban-born outfielder who defected three years ago.
In addition, the recall reports omitted important details such as estimated percentage of defected units affected by the recall and its recall plans, the agency said.
Sterling took a knock after three lawmakers defected from British Prime Minister Theresa May's ruling Conservative party in a move that could undermine her Brexit strategy.
Before players like Hull and sixty-some odd others defected to the WHA, NHL players were bound to their teams for life via the reserve clause.
North Korean soldiers keep watch near where a North Korean had recently defected, at the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone on Nov. 230.
Today, officials in the South announced a senior colonel with the North Korean Reconnaissance General Bureau -- let's just call them the North's spy masters -- had defected.
Jihad Makdissi, the longtime spokesman for the Syrian Foreign Ministry before he defected in late 2012, said he would not attend the first round of talks.
Vine, meanwhile, never built tools for users to monetize their followings, and so the most industrious Viners defected to YouTube even before the service shut down.
Finally, there's a Martian marine named Bobbie Draper (Frankie Adams), who defected to Earth after her soldiers were killed by a new breed of protomolecule weapons.
Khosrowshahi has vowed to "do the right thing," repair the damage from previous missteps and lure back alienated riders who defected to rivals such as Lyft.
In numerous statements, they defected from his sinking campaign, underscoring that Trump's casual championing of sexual assault is unacceptable and does not reflect their party's values.
When Super Mario 64 finally arrived — in my school, at least — the Sega side was deserted, its troops having defected to Nintendo or Sony months before.
Shahram Amiri, an Iranian scientist who defected and gave America information about the country's illicit nuclear-weapons programme, was hanged for treason, the Iranian government said.
The departure of Dugan, who defected to Facebook from Google in April, 2016, comes two months after CEO as head of all the company's hardware efforts.
Song Chul-min, 27, who defected in 2010, said it was "really good to see" Kim Jong Un crossing the military demarcation line between the Koreas.
Begin with the Obama connection, along with the reminder of Biden's appeal to the kind of blue-collar Democrats who defected to Donald Trump in 2016.
"For example, whole factions of the Tehrik-e-Taliban have defected to ISK as well as other groups like the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan," Jadoon added.
Though some 60 members of security forces defected into Colombia on Saturday, according to that country's authorities, the National Guard at the frontier crossings held firm.
In many cases, spies who once worked for the United States have defected and joined divulged information to Iran in exchange for safety, money, and gifts.
JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar has fired a minister who he said had defected to his long-time rival President Salva Kiir's party.
Before Arocha defected, a few players managed to make it to the United States, but none had been active players on the high-profile national team.
Johnson's Conservative Party on Tuesday lost its parliamentary majority after Phillip Lee, a 27-year veteran of the House of Commons, defected to the Liberal Democrats.
His intelligence police chief has defected, and the United States claims that top officials, including the defense minister and chief justice, were involved in the plot.
Several hundred soldiers have defected and left the country for Brazil or Colombia in recent weeks but not in numbers high enough to threaten Maduro's grip.
There were months of mass demonstrations, provoking him to sanction violence against protesters, which cost him support as senior military and government officials and diplomats defected.
And get this: They wrote into the bankruptcy agreement that the executives who defected to Contura could not be held liable if Alpha goes belly up.
The man who fired the pistol, Muhammad al-Dajani, from Gaza City, was a Hamas fighter who defected to the Islamic State from Hamas's military wing.
The North Korean soldier was shot several times by his fellow soldiers as he defected to South Korea in November by running across the Demilitarized Zone.
Dr. Matos and three other doctors who defected from Cuba's contentious medical diplomacy program in Brazil accuse PAHO in the lawsuit of aiding in human trafficking.
Carlos Vecchio, the opposition's envoy to the United States, said that those who defected from Maduro's government would continue to be employed under Guaido's interim government.
In addition to those particular parts of Mr. Sanders's strength, he is also well-positioned to win back those voters who defected in 2016 because Mrs.
In the House, not a single Republican defected to vote in favor of the articles of impeachment, and the Senate could well see a similar dynamic.
Mr. Peralta, who defected to the conference from the minority Democrats in January, was made vice chairman of the Energy and Telecommunications Committee on March 7.
Ten Republicans defected in a vote that was delayed for two days by insufficient lawmakers present for quorum calls, according to the Illinois State Journal-Register.
It was in 2014 that Mr. Banks gave up on the Conservatives and defected to UKIP, giving it what was then the equivalent of about $150,000.
Chuka Umunna, who defected from Labour (via Change UK) this summer, suggested that 200 seats would be in contention if the party got a 5% swing.
Some Kinesis buyers have defected to the Model 01 from Keyboardio, a company run by former Microsoft program manager Jesse Vincent and his wife, Kaia Dekker.
But, embarrassingly for the government, members of the national soccer team have repeatedly defected after games abroad: Angola in 22006, Kenya in 20093, Uganda in 22009.
Embarrassingly for the Eritrean government, members of the national soccer team have repeatedly defected after games abroad: Angola in 2007, Kenya in 2009, Uganda in 2012.
Three of the 52 Republican senators defected in a dramatic floor vote on a procedural measure for the plan, sinking it by a 49-51 vote.
Jeff Jennings, a longtime employee of VMware, which Greene co-founded and once led, defected to Google Cloud as vice president of customer engineering last month.
Finally, in February 153, Gurriel and his brother Lourdes Jr. — who would sign with Toronto — defected from the Dominican Republic after playing in the Caribbean Series.
According to the study, there were 114 North Koreans from Kilju living in South Korea who have defected since the North's first nuclear test in 2006.
Also, several prominent members of the rival National Women's Hockey League, which has five teams in the United States, defected to the Canadian league this season.
Van Drew, who voted as a Democrat on Wednesday evening, was one of three Democrats who defected and voted against one or both of the articles.
Instead, many voters defected to the extremes on left and right: The populist Alternative for Germany broke into the Parliament for the first time, finishing third.
The 47-year-old defected to Japan in 2011, and unlike Kawasaki, she soon realized that her escape had consequences for those she had to leave behind.
Moscow had outed Poteyev as a traitor who exposed a network of undercover agents, including the glamorous Anna Chapman, before he defected to the US in 27.
Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said, a reference to the three Republican moderate senators who defected from the bill and killed it, taking a line similar to Trump.
READ: It looks a lot like North Korea's ambassador to Italy has defected Despite the impasse, plans are underway for a second summit between Trump and Kim.
After many of its MPs defected, Mr Maehara in effect disbanded the party on September 28th, telling its MPs to run as independents or join other parties.
An SPD-Green coalition has ruled the state for four years, but lost its majority when a Greens lawmaker defected to the CDU, triggering a snap election.
People from the reclusive and impoverished North have occasionally defected to the rich, democratic South by fishing boat, crossing the disputed maritime border between the two sides.
Critics of the CIA program, including some U.S. officials, have also said some of the armed and trained rebels defected to Islamic State and other radical groups.
Police units defected in La Paz and in at least five other major cities, and officers were reported to have abandoned their posts outside the presidential palace.
But the real concern of Labour parliamentarians was not their leader's lukewarm effort for Remain, but the way large numbers of Labour voters defected from the party.
Seoul, South Korea (CNN)North Korea's top diplomat in Italy has been missing for weeks, a South Korean lawmaker said, raising suspicions that he may have defected.
Though conservative industry experts have spoken out strongly against the rule, the conservative cavalry in Congress has been reluctant to join and, in many cases, has defected.
Those who have recently defected from the Shabab said it was very dangerous to show any interest in the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL.
Another agent recently cut ties with a player who defected; the agent said he had received a death threat from the player's trainer in the Dominican Republic.
A record 150 Cuban ballplayers defected in 2015, draining Cuba of its best talent and exposing athletes to danger by putting them in the hands of smugglers.
In Venezuela, Trump officials have occasionally offered incentives to officers who defected, but there has apparently been no budget for a wider effort to convert the military.
Reporters saw signs of chronic hunger in North Korea as recently as 2013, but people who have defected say the food supply has improved in recent years.
North Korea has remained silent on the issue, while no unusual activity has been detected at the border where the soldier defected, the South's Unification Ministry said.
Macy's closed more than 2139 stores since 245 and cut thousands of jobs as mall traffic plummeted and customers defected to off-price and fast-fashion sellers.
Johnson had already lost his majority by the time it came to actually vote — former Conservative MP Phillip Lee defected to the Liberal Democrats on live television.
"I have had the opportunity to speak to North Korean soldiers who have defected to South Korea — and you cannot imagine how indoctrinated they are," he continued.
Since a famine hit their totalitarian homeland in the mid-22014s, more than 30,000 North Koreans have defected to South Korea, most of them fleeing through China.
About six months ago there was a point where I thought I'd made a breakthrough, but my contact at the embassy over there defected to the South.
The third potential leg of a Biden coalition is in the suburbs, specifically communities where college-educated voters who traditionally prefer Republicans have defected under Mr. Trump.
Meanwhile in Moscow, the Kremlin is glorifying the spycraft of another era with a flurry to tributes to Kim Philby, a British spy who defected in 1963.
North Korea has said the fishermen defected, although several who have fled North Korea in recent years said they were given no option but to stay there.
Some 30,000 North Koreans have defected, mostly in the past two decades, and mostly by traveling a highly dangerous route through China and eventually to South Korea.
His promotion comes as the bank and its major shareholders debate the path forward for Deutsche's investment banking unit, where revenues have slowed and key staff defected.
Hun Sen himself is a former Khmer Rouge guerrilla who defected to the regime's eventual conquerors, Vietnam, and he has been in power since the mid-1980s.
It also has historic significance: the traitor Benedict Arnold escaped this way as he defected to the British after his plot to surrender West Point was discovered.
Only one, Senator Susan Collins of Maine, defected on a single Democratic proposal, to afford more time for each side to respond to motions in the trial.
Collins, a stickler on reductions to government health care, previously defected from the party to sink Republicans' efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act over the summer.
The Americans who were Republicans a year or two ago, who have now defected, won't even have their unhappiness picked up in these polls, softening the result.
On his first trip to Russia, in the late 1980s, le Carré was told he could meet with Philby, who had defected and was living in Moscow.
About two dozen senior commanders from Mullah Mansour's Pashtun tribe have defected to the Afghan government or moved into Afghanistan in fear of further retribution from Pakistan.
That may change after influential former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad quit the ruling party last year, formed his own party — called Bersatu — and defected to the opposition.
In some cases, these users have even defected to Apple Music, calling Spotify's watch app a mere "remote control," as it still hasn't even implemented offline support.
Some of the players who defected in 2008 have reconstituted their team in the Netherlands, and Arefaine and his teammates talked dreamily of their compatriots' new lives.
At the time, the C.I.A. was not certain, since Lee Harvey Oswald had defected to Russia and then returned to the United States before killing Mr. Kennedy.
A longtime Labour activist who once ran Ms. De Piero's district office, he defected from the party after falling out with colleagues over his vote for Brexit.
Garang said he defected because allies of Malong's were being badly treated, troops had not been paid for seven months and other tribes were being discriminated against.
Voters also defected to the anti-immigrant, far-right Alternative for Germany party, giving it about 10 percent — enough to enter Bavaria's Parliament for the first time.
Though details of the encounter remain murky, an eyewitness reported that the decisive moment came when a Ky loyalist defected, admitting disenchantment with the campaign's underhanded excesses.
Instead, he talked at length about how his dad defected from Cuba on an improvised boat and how he ate a raw seabird so he didn't starve.
Last year, a local Social Democratic city politician and member of 26 years, Guido Reil, defected to the AfD and took a lot of votes with him.
The brief sports détente came to an abrupt end that same year when a North Korean attending a judo championship in Barcelona, Spain, defected to South Korea.
Then, one morning in August 2012, they learned from a television news report that Azizeh's brother, a high-ranking official in Assad's military, had defected overnight to Jordan.
The militant group, also known as Daesh, established a new foothold in the province last year when Hekmat defected from the Taliban, attracting the attention of U.S. forces.
If you have any relative who's done something like defected or become some sort of dissident, the entire family is punished down to the third degree of cousins.
The same couldn't be said for the other side of the aisle, where not a single Republicans defected, unless you count former Republican-turned-independent from Michigan, Rep.
The resistance of Senate Republicans pushed the General Assembly into an extended overtime; it was not until two members defected in the early spring that passage seemed likely.
Analysts said concerns over political instability following President Maithripala Sirisena's decision to suspend the parliament last month after 16 legislators from his ruling coalition defected, dented market sentiment.
The company closed more than 25.36 stores since 2015 and cut thousands of jobs as mall traffic plummeted and customers defected to off-price and fast-fashion sellers.
When asked why Thae may have defected to South Korea, rather than the United Kingdom where he was posted, Park said he may have been offered more incentives.
Media outlets from Juba also reported that a senior commander in the army who is allied with Malong has also defected with the aim of launching a rebellion.
The answer, it seems, is because Apple recently defected from traditional quartz-based clocks in its phones in favor of clocks that are also made of MEMS silicon.
" It was made by mysterious long-time user 'mastavis', who added that the 'product' was "not in working condition", "had never worked," and was "genetically defected and corrupt.
Another North Korean soldier defected across the border in December, and South Korean border guards fired warning shots along the DMZ at an apparent North Korean search party.
On Monday, the president named new cabinet ministers, putting Rajapaksa in charge of finance and giving portfolios to four lawmakers who defected from supporting Wickremesinghe to back Rajapaksa.
Kohl's is working to lure back department store customers that have defected to online, fast-fashion and off-price sellers and pull out of an industry-wide slump.
But starting in the 1970s, the two parties have become more polarized, as white Southern Democrats jumped ship to the Republicans and liberal Republicans defected to the Democrats.
It's been two decades since artist Sun Mu defected from North Korea, and his depictions of the country he left behind have only become more provocative with time.
In 2005, Alexander Litvinenko, a Russian intelligence agent who defected to London, recorded an interview with investigators detailing his inside knowledge of the Kremlin's ties to organized crime.
Hosting the convention in Milwaukee enables the Democratic Party to reaffirm, in principle, their understanding of a white working class Middle America that defected to the Republican Party.
Mr. Hifter, 75, was a former army general under Colonel el-Qaddafi who defected and lived in Northern Virginia as a C.I.A. client for more than a decade.
Enough scientists defected to the United States, through academic conferences and other routes, to hinder Iran's nuclear weapons program, the ex-officer familiar with the operation told me.
In the Midwestern battlegrounds, the flood of white, working-class defections to Mr. Trump overwhelmed the smaller stream of white, college-educated voters who defected from the Republicans.
And then, a Soviet pilot defected to Japan with his MiG-25 in 1976, and NATO learned that the Foxbat was actually sort of horrible at air superiority.
"For example, whole factions of the Tehrik-e-Taliban have defected to ISK as well as other groups like the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan," Jadoon previously told Insider.
A North Korean soldier crossed the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) late Wednesday night and defected to South Korean forces, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Thursday.
Biden's campaign strategy centers on winning back white, working-class voters who largely defected from the Democratic Party in 2016 and helped propel Trump to the White House.
An American soldier who crossed the demilitarized zone and defected to North Korea in 1962 died in November of last year, according to two of his adult sons.
Last year, 12 waitresses and a manager working in a restaurant in Ningbo, China, defected en masse, so the control over workers' lives is reportedly even tighter now.
In raucous scenes Tuesday night that left Johnson humiliated, 20193 members of his party voted to defy his Brexit strategy, while another lawmaker defected to an opposition party.
In 2017, a North Korean soldier defected to South Korea through the heavily guarded zone separating the two countries, leading to gunfire on both sides of the border.
She also rebooted the dormant Suburban Caucus to push a policy agenda aimed at suburban voters — including all those affluent, educated white women who defected to the Democrats.
Puig's success as a rookie and sophomore—in addition to the continued success of Yoenis Cespedes, who had defected in 2012—created an irrational market for Cuban players.
In the general election, roughly one Sanders supporter in 10 ended up voting for Donald Trump, and many young voters defected for third-party candidates, possibly costing Mrs.
I interviewed a Chinese diplomat who defected to Australia, other dissidents across Canada and the United States, a radio host in Taiwan, a book publisher in Hong Kong.
As center-left parties embraced the middle-class liberal consensus, a coalition of working-class voters and social conservatives were cut adrift and defected to the populist right.
But a few North Korean soldiers and civilians have defected by crossing the DMZ, undeterred by minefields, sentry posts and tall fences topped with barbed wire, some electrified.
" Though a number of Republicans defected, the fiscal package passed with a majority of Republican votes, which Mr. King called "a good vote of confidence for Paul Ryan.
Mr. Heo said he decided to speak out because after he defected, President Park was impeached and the intelligence agency never gave him the rewards it had promised.
In doing so, it will also redirect passengers who have defected to the ride-hailing apps for convenience and cost back to the yellow cabs they left behind.
Mitt Romney -- who has an independent power base and may be looking to his own place in history -- defected and voted to convict the President of impeachable crimes.
In 2015, three of the five North Korean sailors aboard a ship defected to South Korea after their vessel was found adrift and sinking in South Korean waters.
Clinton's bid for the White house, have defected from the Democrats and intend to vote for Jill Stein of the Green Party (who has no chance of winning).
Representative Justin Amash of Michigan, a member of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus, made headlines this year when he defected from his party over opposition to Trump.
Justin Amash of Michigan, who defected from the Republican Party over his opposition to Trump and now identifies as an Independent, voted in favor of the first article.
Justin Amash, who recently defected from the Republican Party, as one of the impeachment managers in a potential Senate trial for President Donald Trump, The Washington Post reported.
"What we're worried about is that some activists could be charged," said Chen Yonglin, a former official at the Chinese Consulate in Sydney, Australia, who defected in 2005.
The 30-second video highlights Richland County Council Vice Chairwoman Dalhi Myers, who raised eyebrows last month when she defected from Biden and announced her support for Sanders.
Two senior North Korean officials, including one army colonel who specialized in espionage against the South, defected to South Korea in 20103, the Seoul government said on Monday.
Players who defected had to wait eight years before they could return to Cuba for a visit and gave up any hope of playing for Cuba's national team.
According to accounts of the incident, Markov, who defected to the West in 1969, was waiting for a bus when he felt a sharp sting in his thigh.
According to accounts of the incident, Markov, who defected to the West in 20153, was waiting for a bus when he felt a sharp sting in his thigh.
Bart Hernandez, a baseball agent known for representing players who defected from Cuba, was charged with human trafficking by a federal grand jury in Miami today, according to ESPN.
They "defected", in Indian political argot, by resigning—ditching their comrades in the Congress party and Mr Kumaraswamy's provincial party, in favour of Mr Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
South Korea said two weeks ago that 13 North Korean workers at a restaurant run by the North in China had defected, in a case it described as unprecedented.
Tom Fallows, Express's founder, quickly defected to Uber, and late last year, the team another lost another key executive, Brian Elliott, who departed for the greener pastures of Slack.
But her successor will be charged with the difficult task of uniting the party, giving it some direction and winning back voters who defected to the anti-immigrant AfD.
Unsurprisingly, many "good" militant leaders end up switching to the "bad" militants' side -- including Mast Gul, who defected from a Kashmir militant group to the Pakistani Taliban in 2014.
Designed for 4K setups, Scorpio boasts some impressive specs, but will it be enough to win back Xbox gamers who defected to #TeamPlayStation4 after the rough Xbox One launch?
Analysts said market sentiment was dented by concerns over political instability following President Maithripala Sirisena's decision to suspend parliament last month after 16 legislators from his ruling coalition defected.
Seoul (CNN)A North Korean soldier defected Thursday after crossing the border and entering South Korea, according to a press release from the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Analysts said concerns over political instability following President Maithripala Sirisena's decision to suspend the parliament last month after 16 legislators from his ruling coalition defected also weighed on sentiment.
It would also vindicate party loyalists who stuck with her even as dozens of their colleagues defected to create a new party in anticipation of an early presidential election.
Bukola Saraki, the country's third most senior politician, defected to rejoin the People's Democratic Party (PDP), becoming the most high-profile figure to leave the All Progressives Congress (APC).
According to media reports and some analysts, Baleedi may have recently defected from Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) to become the chief of Islamic State's Yemen branch.
SEOUL (Reuters) - A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea on Saturday, the South Korean military said, but there were no unusual movements by North Korea's military in response.
Another scene in the ballet, which is choreographed by Yuri Posokhov, depicts Nureyev visiting a drag act in Paris, soon after arriving there having defected from the Soviet Union.
The NY Yankees fireballer -- nicknamed the "Cuban Missle" -- defected from Cuba (by way of the Netherlands) back in 2009 ... and has made it his mission to get full citizenship.
SEOUL (Reuters) - Two North Koreans defected to South Korea early on Saturday and were found in the Yellow Sea, Seoul-based news agency Yonhap reported, citing a government source.
Gurriel, who defected from Cuba after the Caribbean Series in February with his brother, 22-year-old Lourdes Gurriel Jr., ­­ a top outfield prospect, has been training in Miami.
On Tuesday, five technology bankers, most with decades at Credit Suisse, defected to Jefferies, according to six people briefed on the moves, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
As riders defected from Uber, Lyft went from underdog to formidable competitor, raising $20153 billion and growing its share of the American market to more than thirty per cent.
Back in September, police deployed tear gas at campaign rallies for Mbabazi — a longtime Museveni ally and former prime minister who defected from the ruling National Resistance Movement party.
The Defense and Unification Ministries of South Korea would confirm only that a colonel from the North's General Bureau of Reconnaissance had recently defected, declining to provide further details.
The revelations followed South Korea's confirmation on Friday that 13 North Koreans working for a North Korean government-run restaurant abroad had defected to the South a day earlier.
But unlike many other Cuban musicians who have defected during their trips overseas, the members of Zeus have chosen to remain in their homeland, for better or for worse.
We only see him use it once in the film and when he does, it's on an Imperial pilot who's defected and already told the insurgents everything he knows.
The dissident writer Georgi Markov defected from his communist homeland of Bulgaria in 1969 to start a new life in London, where he became a reporter for the BBC.
Sterling's recovery came as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson lost his working majority in parliament when one of his Conservative lawmakers defected to the pro-European Union Liberal Democrats.
The most energy the party put last year into actually reducing spending and deficits was its attempted repeal of the Affordable Care Act, which failed after three Republicans defected.
Although more than 32,000 North Koreans have defected to South Korea, most have done so through China, eventually making their way to a South Korean embassy in another country.
Grace Blakeley, another Labour member, said Mr. Corbyn would never explicitly support a government Brexit proposal, but might watch as Labour lawmakers defected to get behind such a deal.
According to a 1986 article in The Los Angeles Times, intelligence officers believed that Captain Hughes had either defected to the Soviet Union or been captured by Russian agents.
When Arnold defected, the shock was great across the whole patriot spectrum, but especially for Washington, because here was his blue-eyed boy, if you like, doing the unthinkable.
But Ko Chong-song, a North Korea official who defected in the early 1990s, indicated in a 2001 book that it was the center of secret military chemical work.
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, a conductor who defected from his native Poland in 1960 to take charge of the Minnesota Orchestra for the next 19 years, died on Tuesday in Minneapolis.
But he defected soon afterward and joined a dissident group opposed to the dominant movement, Frelimo (Mozambique Liberation Front), led by Samora Machel, the first president of independent Mozambique.
Simultaneously, secular FSA militias hostile to the jihadist takeover of the Syrian rebellion defected to the SDF, or were forced out by the al-Qaeda faction Jabhat al-Nusra.
The team was mindful that since Cespedes defected from Cuba and reached the major leagues in 2012, he had landed on the disabled list four times with leg problems.
Justin Amash of Michigan, who defected from the Republican Party over his objections to Trump, tweeted soon after emphasizing that the power to declare war lies with Congress. Sen.
He had kept in touch with several players who defected in Uganda, and after they resettled, in Holland, he had asked them for advice on how to get asylum.
Of the 213 people, 21 have chosen to return home to the North, two defected to South Korea and the five picked up on Saturday are still being questioned.
Mr. Levinson's fate may have become entangled with that of a top Iranian spy who reportedly defected to the West in late 2006, not long before Mr. Levinson vanished.
Alexei Morozov, the man the Jenningses and Tuan are befriending, is an agricultural scientist who defected and is advising the American government about the Soviet Union's problems with food.
In other developments: • 274 service personnel from different branches of the Venezuelan armed forces have defected to Colombia, Migración Colombia, Colombia's immigration agency, said in a statement Monday evening.
Balaguera was among hundreds of Venezuelan soldiers who defected to Colombia during a Guaido-led attempt to bring humanitarian aid into the country through Colombia and Brazil in February.
According to his sister, he decided he didn't want to be part of Maduro's regime and defected, walking to Colombia on foot and then flying to the United States.
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Three lawmakers from Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena's party defected to the government of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday after a dispute between the two leaders.
After the North Korean soldier defected last month, South Korea began broadcasting the news to other soldiers posted along the border in the North, using propaganda loudspeakers, Yonhap reported.
"There was oxygen, but they didn't let me use it," said Dr. Arias, who defected from the Cuban government's medical program late last year and now lives in Chile.
One impulse is to try to win back white-working class whites, particularly in key Rust Belt states, who voted for Barack Obama and the defected to Donald Trump.
Had the British won, we might now be taught about a fight between brave British emancipators and indigenous slaveholders, with the black slaves who defected to the British-loyalist side seen as self-emancipators, as the blacks who defected to the Union Army are now, and with Washington's and Jefferson's rhetoric of liberty shown the same disdain we have for the not-very-different libertarian and individualist rhetoric of their heirs in the Confederacy.
The duo — who defected from Romania in 1981 — have coached legends from Mary Lou Retton to Kerri Strug, and Martha oversaw both the 2012 and 2016 gold-medal winning teams.
Trump is further handicapped by the fact that a huge chunk of the Republican national security establishment, alarmed by his volatile temperament and rudimentary knowledge, defected en masse to Clinton.
In a high-profile incident earlier this year, the entire staff of a North Korean-owned restaurant in the Chinese port city of Ningbo defected en masse to South Korea.
Thae Yong Ho became the highest-ranking North Korean diplomat to flee the isolated country when he defected to the South in August, in an embarrassing blow to the North.
Filipinos love a winner: most of PDP-Laban's 114 members of the House of Representatives belonged to other parties when they were elected, but defected after Mr Duterte became president.
Another theory is that the Al-Shabaab fighters could have been moving on the region to attack their members who in October defected to pledge allegiance to terror group ISIS.
Instead, these 12 women and one man defected after "feeling pressure from North Korean authorities" to send foreign currency back to their homeland, according to a South Korean government spokesman.
Thae's defection follows a string of recent such flights by North Koreans, including 12 waitresses at a North Korean restaurant in China who defected to South Korea earlier this year.
In 1997, 31 men from the Mexican army's elite airborne group defected, joining the Gulf cartel and using their tactical and logistical know-how to act as assassins and bodyguards.
On Monday night, the Republican plan to repeal and replace Obamacare died when two GOP senators defected, making a total of four who had announced their opposition to the bill.
" Thae Yong Ho, a former senior North Korean diplomat who defected to the South in 2016, said recently that the idea that the North will completely denuclearize is a "fantasy.
Analysts said market sentiment had been dented by concerns over political instability following President Maithripala Sirisena's decision to suspend parliament last month after 16 legislators from his ruling coalition defected.
Lawmakers vented their irritation to Pence shortly before six GOP senators defected to vote for a Democratic-backed bill that would open the government without funding Trump's proposed border wall.
A former senior Taliban member who has defected to the government said fighters might be inadvertently driven into the arms of IS if the government did not rehabilitate them properly.
Many left-leaning voters feel not enough is being done and have defected to the pro-environment Green Left party, which is also expected to book big gains on Wednesday.
The president also honored Ji Seong-ho, who suffered starvation and torture at the hands of the Kim regime and eventually defected to a better life in prosperous South Korea.
Popole Misenga and Yolande Bukasa Mabika, two judo practitioners who defected from the Democratic Republic of Congo at the 2013 world championships in Brazil, were also chosen for the team.
Thirty-two states, plus the District of Columbia, have opted in; Virginia is the latest state to do so, after several Republican legislators defected and joined Democrats to pass expansion.
The group's board is made up of nine corporate chief executives and lawyers who defected from a similarly focused organization within the Chamber, called the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC).
Seoul, South Korea (CNN)A young, "low-ranking" North Korean soldier defected to South Korea across the demilitarized zone (DMZ) between the two countries early Thursday morning, South Korea said.
In the wake of Clinton's defeat, Sanders's camp tended to argue that tactically, Democrats needed to do more to "win back" white working-class voters who'd defected from the party.
The plans grew to 2.1 million subscribers and Harrison said the first group of customers who moved to the plans in late 2016 had not defected when their contracts ended.
"Not just the Kim family, but ordinary North Koreans would try hard to imitate the handwriting, believing it's nice and divine," added Ahn, who defected to South Korea in 1979.
Pyongyang has previously demanded Seoul return 12 North Korean women who worked at a North Korea-run restaurant in China and defected to South Korea as a group in 2016.
"Lerna has defected from the open-source community and should be shunned by anyone who values the health of that community," Raymond wrote in a blog post on his website.
This formula failed twice in the past after Pyongyang defected from the Agreed Framework it signed with the Clinton administration and from its pledges to the Bush administration in 2005.
A major general and former senior officer of the Syrian army who defected to the rebels early in 2012, he asked that his name not be published for security reasons.
Milk Street, the culinary enterprise Christopher Kimball invented after he defected from America's Test Kitchen, has created a well-tested book that turns the Tuesday-night recipe on its head.
"Back in the day, people had injogogi to fill themselves up as a substitute for meat," said Cho Ui-sung, a North Korean who defected to the South in 2014.
Soldiers from Syria's army defected and, along with civilians who took up arms, formed rebel groups to battle the government, some of them loosely organized as the Free Syrian Army.
Those hoping for a resultant Clinton miracle win in the Electoral College vote were disappointed Monday afternoon when Donald Trump was officially elected after just four Democratic electors successfully defected.
Polling analysis conducted by both parties after the election found that a sizable share of voters who routinely voted for Republicans in the past had defected to the Democratic side.
"The country is exhausted," said Rachel Johnson, a writer (and sister of the foreign secretary, Boris Johnson) who recently defected from the Conservatives to join the pro-European Liberal Democrats.
Of all the remaining candidates, Mr. Sanders is the most likely to reclaim those Democratic voters who defected to the Green Party in search of a more progressive standard-bearer.
Only Ms. Warren has been moving up in the national polls, suggesting either that Mr. Biden's lost supporters have defected to her camp or that they have become undecided altogether.
Many of their voters have defected to the upstart centrist party Blue and White, led by former general Benny Gantz which is the main challenger to Netanyahu's right-wing Likud.
Monica Witt, who was also a former counterintelligence officer for the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, defected to Iran in 2013, according to the indictment, and remains at large.
The far more important — and largely untold — story of the election is that more Obama voters defected to third- and fourth-party candidates than the number who supported Mr. Trump.
Trained from a young age to fight for The First Order, Finn did not know life outside the Stormtrooper Corps until he defected at the start of The Force Awakens.
Park, 24, defected from North Korea with her mother at the age of 13 after the dictatorship's oppressive government imprisoned her father and left her family fearing for their lives.
It was the kind of tool famously used to kill the Bulgarian dissident author Georgi Markov on Waterloo Bridge in 1978, roughly a decade after he defected to the West.
That rule has been in the administration's cross hairs, but an attempt to reverse it in Congress failed when Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, and two other Republicans defected.
Among the under-40 Romney voters who supported Mr. Trump in 2016, 16 percent appear to have defected from the party to vote for a Democratic House candidate in 2018.
In January, Sami told a Quebec news agency he had defected from ISIS, calling it a "fake caliphate" and vowing to continue to fight the Assad regime on his own.
Seoul says more than 880 North Koreans have defected to the rich, democratic South so far this year, but the vast majority have taken a less dangerous route through China.
North Korea accused South Korea on Tuesday of abducting its citizens in China, four days after South Korea said 13 workers at a restaurant run by the North had defected.
Litvinenko, a former FSB agent who defected, was one of many opponents of the Putin regime, including journalists and opposition politicians, who have been not-so-mysteriously dispatched during his reign.
Douglas Carswell (UKIP/Conservative, Clacton, 2005-2017) Carswell became the anti-EU UK Independence Party's first elected MP when he won a by-election in 2014, having defected from the Conservatives.
Among suitors is the newly-formed Barun Party (BP), which was launched just within the past two weeks and consists of over 30 lawmakers who defected from Park's ruling Saenuri Party.
The restaurant workers, 12 women and a man, said they had defected after "feeling pressure from North Korean authorities" to send foreign currency back to their homeland, South Korean officials said.
Air Canada defected from Airbus to Boeing with an order for the 737 MAX to meet its core narrowbody needs in 2013, but still uses Airbus jets for some group operations.
Abu Faisal, 36, was an army captain before Syria's civil war began in 2011 but defected from the Syrian army in 2012 to join the fight against President Bashar al-Assad.

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