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Failed Strategies: Mexico Lawmakers Call to Improve Drug Policies with US
 The News
Deputies from different parties agreed on Sunday that the meeting between security cabinets of Mexico and the United States must influence both countries to assume their respective responsibilities during the battle against drug trafficking.
Journalists Murdered in Mexico and Honduras
 Roy Greenslade
Still more journalists are being murdered in Mexico, making it the most dangerous country for reporters in 2010. Drug cartels appear to be killing journalists with impunity.
$1 Million Doesn't Cut It for US Retirement
 Joe Mont
Conventional wisdom says you need to save $1 million for retirement. That target may be easy to remember, but it falls short of the true cost of what's required for post-career comfort. Longer life spans, the threat of inflation and the uncertain future of Social Security benefits make this long-touted savings advice inadequate for most, advisers say.
Still a Long Way to Go for Black Women in Latin America
 Patricia Grogg
Although it is rich in natural resources, the northwest Colombian Pacific coastal region of Chocó, where nearly all of the population is black, is the country's poorest region.
Obama Missed Self-Imposed Immigration Deadline
 Darlene Superville
President Barack Obama promised to make overhauling the immigration system a top priority in his first year as president. He’s now in Year Two, and the odds that he’ll get to sign a bill before the November midterm elections appear long.
Fear Grips Mexican Border Families Amid Violence
 Alicia A. Caldwell
Parents in Ciudad Juarez, just across the border from El Paso, Texas, are afraid to venture into the streets amid a turf war between two powerful drug cartels that has left more than 4,500 people dead during the past two years.
 Game Show Contestants Laugh as They 'Kill' a Man in Bizarre French TV Torture Experiment
 Daily Mail UK
With a glamorous hostess, a roaring crowd and an enthusiastic group of contestants, it has all the trappings of a traditional television quiz show. But fake game show Zone Xtreme - which airs in France today - has a very sinister twist.
Death Penalty: On Trial for Their Lives - by Public Opinion
 Gustavo Capdevila
The death penalty remains an apparently fixed feature in many societies because it enjoys the approval or consent of a large majority of the population, or is based on supposed ancestral values or traditions.
To Rob a Country, Own a Bank
 The Real News Network
William Black, author of "Best way to rob a bank is to own one" talks about deliberate fraud on Wall St.
March 20, We the People Will Take a Stand
 IndictBushNow.org
On Saturday, March 20, former Attorney General Ramsey Clark will address thousands in Washington, D.C., in what will be the largest protest in recent times against the criminal wars in Iraq and Afghanistan launched by the Bush administration.
Pledging Allegiance to God
 Stephen Rohde
In 1954, at the height of the cold war, the US Congress amended the phrase "one Nation indivisible" in the 62 year-old Pledge of Allegiance to read "one Nation, under God, indivisible." Last week, over a blistering 160-page dissent, the Ninth Circuit held that the state-directed, teacher-led, daily recitation of the amended Pledge by children in public schools did not violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
Over Half Your News is Spin
 Crikey
Today Crikey launches an investigation six months in the making. Spinning the Media is an investigation in conjunction with the University of Technology (UTS) Sydney into the role PR plays in making the media.
Mexico Is Warned on Drug Detector
 Marc Lacey
The British government has notified Mexico that a handheld device widely used by the Mexican military and police to search for drugs and explosives may be ineffective, British officials said.
 Grief, Rage Fuel Juarez Mothers' Search For Justice
 Jason Beaubien
As Mexican President Felipe Calderon's drug war pushes into its fourth year, the border city of Juarez has become one of the most violent places on earth. Ciudad Juarez is shouldering unfathomable sorrow, and the most public face of the suffering is the city's mothers.
Two Drug Slayings in Mexico Rock U.S. Consulate
 Marc Lacey & Ginger Thompson
Gunmen believed to be linked to drug traffickers shot a pregnant American consulate worker and her husband to death in the violence-racked border town of Ciudad Juárez over the weekend, leaving their baby wailing in the back seat of their car, the authorities said Sunday.
Mexico Says Customs Agency has Fueled Crime
 Victor Mayen
Mexico’s Customs Agency has become a serious problem for the economy and national security amid the smuggling of illegal merchandise, arms and illegal substances, Congress says.
The Angst and Ordeals of Immigration Law in the U.S.
 Kent Paterson
While ample attention has been placed on the dramatic increase in immigrant detention since the Bush administration, NMSU professor, Alison Newby, traced the phenomenon to the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act and the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, both of which passed in 1996.
Wars Sending U.S. Into Ruin
 The Real News Network
U.S. President Barack Obama calls the $3.8-trillion US budget he just sent to Congress a major step in restoring America’s economic health. In fact, it’s another potent fix given to a sick patient deeply addicted to the dangerous drug — debt.
US AIDS Fund Flat-Lining, Groups Complain
 Sananda Sahoo
The debate between those who favour investment in AIDS treatment and those who favour investment in its prevention came to the forefront Thursday at a U.S House of Representatives hearing on U.S. investments in HIV/AIDS in Africa.
Carlos Slim Helu: In the Money, but Who Would Know it?
 Paul Harris
Until recently, articles introducing the Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim have often run under some variation of the headline: "The richest man you've never heard of." That is unlikely to be the case for much longer.
Targeted by Drug Cartels, Reporters in Mexico Retreat
 Marc Lacey
Does a shootout actually happen if the newspapers print nothing about it, the radio and television stations broadcast nothing, and the authorities never confirm that it occurred?
Mexicans See Gangs, Drug Trafficking in their Communities
 Jesus Rios & Julie Ray
The torture and murder of a top anti-drug official and his associates near Cancun, Mexico, a few weeks ago is another macabre reminder of the epidemic of drug-related crime that continues to threaten Mexico's stability.
New US Border Violence Erupts with Mexico Cartel Rift
 Christopher Sherman & Olga R. Rodriguez
Reynosa and other cities near the eastern end of the U.S. border escaped the worst of Mexico's bloody drug war for years, but now the bodies are piling up, several journalists are reportedly missing or dead and once-busy streets are empty after dark.
Mexico Consumers on the Offensive
 Emilio Godoy
Mexican consumers are currently facing a combination of price rises, economic recession and lack of legal protection in the face of abuses committed by providers of goods and services.
European Parliament Asks Mexico to Support Primary Victims
 The News
The European Parliament declared this week that it will support Mexico in its fight against violence, and requested that the Mexican government continues to work at protecting the primary victims of violence: women, journalists and human rights activists.
Clinton's Latin American Tour
 The Real News Network
Mark Weisbrot reports back on Hillary Clinton's 6-country tour of Latin America. While seeking to repair the US image, her campaigns for the recognition of the controversial Honduran government, and the sanctioning of Iran, didn't win over her hosts.
World's Richest Man, Carlos Slim, a Born Wheeler-Dealer
 Noel Randewich
Mexico's Carlos Slim, named the world's richest man on Wednesday, first showed a talent for business as a 10-year-old kid when he filled his pockets with pesos selling drinks and snacks to his family.
Gay Marriage in Mexico and the Baja Paradox
 Mariana Martínez
Baja California has been brought forward into the national debate over gay marriage, after PAN Governor José Guadalupe Osuna Millán and his Jalisco counterpart decided to sue the Supreme Court claiming the same-sex unions legalized in Mexico City since March 4th are unconstitutional.
Russia Criticizes U.S., NATO Over Afghan Drug Trafficking Fight
 Associated Press
Russia's envoy to NATO has sharply criticized the alliance's shift away from fighting drug trafficking in Afghanistan, saying the resulting surge in heroin smuggling is endangering Russia's national security.
War in a Box
 Norman Solomon
The event on the House floor Wednesday afternoon was monumental - the first major Congressional debate about US military operations in Afghanistan since lawmakers authorized the invasion of that country in autumn 2001. But, as Rep. Patrick Kennedy noted with disgust on Wednesday, the House press gallery was nearly empty.
Cananea Mine Battle Reveals Anti-Labor Offensive in Mexico, United States
 Kent Paterson
Overshadowed by narco-violence, another showdown with far-reaching consequences is unfolding near the Mexico-U.S. border.
Abortion in Latin America - Still Illegal, Still Killing, Despite Growing Awareness
 Estrella Gutiérrez
Although most of the governments in Latin America today are described as progressive, abortion is only legal in one country, while in five countries it is banned under all circumstances, even when the mother's life is at risk.
Press Group: 8 Reporters Kidnapped in Reynosa, Mexico
 Mark Stevenson
Eight journalists were kidnapped in a northern Mexican border city over a period of two weeks in a wave of abductions unprecedented in the Western Hemisphere, the Inter-American Press Association reported.
French Bread Spiked with LSD in CIA Experiment
 Henry Samuel
A 50-year mystery over the 'cursed bread' of Pont-Saint-Esprit, which left residents suffering hallucinations, has been solved after a writer discovered the US had spiked the bread with LSD as part of an experiment.
Mexico High Court Shields PGR
The News
he Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a controversial reform that will make it more difficult for the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) to obtain information about ongoing criminal cases.
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