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Ex-Surveillance Judge Criticizes Warrantless Taps
 Michael J. Sniffen
A federal judge who used to authorize wiretaps in terrorism and espionage cases criticized yesterday President Bush's decision to order warrantless surveillance after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
"SiCKO": The Profits of Life and Death
 Sari Gelzer
With one week till its national debut, documentary filmmaker Michael Moore has been on the move with his new film "SiCKO." Moore, along with a movement of nurses and doctors, have been rallying around the film and are using it to pressure politicians and citizens to take a stance.
Officials: Easy Money Fosters Border Corruption
 Alfredo Corchado
Along the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico divide, the lure of easy money presents an increasing temptation for American men and women in uniform, officials say. Authorities and experts say the border breeds corruption as smugglers use bribes to prey on U.S. law enforcement agents.
In Federal Survey on Sex, Men Report More Partners
 David Crary
It's a question that often prompts a boastful answer or a bashful one: How many sex partners have you had? Now the US federal government says it has authoritative statistics, documenting that men are far more likely to play the field than women.
Latin Americans Find Their Niche
 John Price
Latin America is half way through its fifth successive year of expansion, a boom that has lifted dollar-measured regional GDP by 14.8 percent per year since it bottomed out in 2002.
US House Votes to Lift Ban on Overseas Contraceptive Aid
 Anne Flaherty
The House voted narrowly Thursday to reverse a ban on contraception aid to groups overseas that offer abortions, a pillar of President Bush's foreign aid policy. Bush is likely to swiftly veto the proposal.
A Mogul in Mexico Starts to Give Away Parts of His Fortune
 Elisabeth Malkin
Carlos Slim Helú may well be the richest man in the world. And in Mexico, where 50 million people live in seemingly intractable poverty, that distinction has been drawing some heat.
US Poll: Law Enforcement Biggest Issue
 UPI
A plurality of participants in a UPI-Zogby International poll said enforcement of existing laws is the biggest immigration issue in the United States. Some 42.2 percent of those asked said enforcement of immigration laws among immigrants already in the US was their top issue.
Mexico Debates Indigenous Issues
 Prensa Latina
The Mexican Congress paid special attention to indigenous issues in recent days, when the two houses committees in charge of dealing with aboriginal problems held a joint conference.
In Venezuela, Obstacles to 21st Century Socialism
 Bernd Debusmann
President Hugo Chavez's ambitious project to bring "21st Century socialism" to Venezuela is running into obstacles - easy cash, corruption and an expanding class of citizens who are growing rich by exploiting economic distortions.
Colombia's Right Derails Gay Rights Bill
 Joshua Goodman
A landmark gay rights bill was derailed at the last minute by a bloc of conservative senators, but supporters vowed Wednesday to revive the legislation.
Maize of Deception
 Eliana Monteforte
As the Bush administration continues to push its alternative fuels agenda, it has become increasingly evident that corn-based ethanol could be as much the global villain as a boon to society.
Giuliani In Mexico City: Officials Split Over Success Of Crime Plan
 Rita Nissan
He tried zero tolerance in New York, but would that work in Mexico City? Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani was hired to bring his fighting techniques south of the border more than four years ago. But are people there any safer?
Iraq Now Ranked Second Among World's Failed States
 David Morgan
Iraq has emerged as the world's second most unstable country, behind Sudan, more than four years after President George W. Bush ordered the U.S. invasion to topple Saddam Hussein, according to a survey released on Monday.
Modern Day Barbarism
 Alan Burkhart
Each day US citizens are bombarded by news of assault, murder and mayhem; Not by Islamic terrorists, not in a war being fought in some distant nation, but right here at home. How did our society fall into such a sorry state?
Militarizing Mexico’s Drug War
 John Gibler
Seven months ago, President Felipe Calderón took office and declared war on drug traffickers, ordering 20,000 troops into the streets to put an end to drug-cartel related murders. Despite the troops, the number of drug-related murders has tripled.
Mexico's Lax Laws Allow Animal Trade to Run Wild
 Augusta Dwyer
When a lion and a Bengal tiger, kept as pets on a factory roof in a working-class suburb of Mexico City, suddenly attacked and killed their keeper last week, it came as a shock to most Mexicans. Yet it shouldn't have.
Mom Says Disabled Son Illegally Deported
 Luis Perez
Clutching a photo of her son, Maria Carvajal walks Tijuana's sweltering streets searching for the mentally disabled man she says was deported more than a month ago despite being a U.S. citizen and then disappeared in this chaotic border city.
Latino Workers Changing New Orleans' Profile
 Agence France Presse
Brass bands and jazz, crawfish po-boys and gumbo still rule in the French Quarter, where tourists flock in search of New Orleans cultural icons. But venture outside the city's historic center and the music of choice is more likely to have a Latin beat, while lunch is a stuffed tortilla.
Mexican Paramilitary Group Evolves Into Powerful Threat
 Alfredo Corchado
Even in a country accustomed to gangland violence, the news is disquieting. In coordinated strikes, armed men rob at least five casinos in four states, killing a bystander and escaping with bundles of money.
Newly Revived Proposal is Huge Shift In U.S. Immigration Policy
 Deepti Hajela
The idealized view of immigration in America has long been symbolized by the famous words adorning the Statue of Liberty: "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." But in reality, things aren't always that simple.
Burnt Offerings: The Ashes of Mexican Democracy
 John Ross
As the first anniversary approaches of Mexico's tumultuous July 2nd 2006 presidential election in which rightist Felipe Calderon nosed out leftist Andes Manuel Lopez Obrador by .58% of 41.5 million votes cast amidst allegations of spectacular fraud, the Federal Electoral Institute is poised to burn the evidence.
Flip Side of the Dream
 Bob Herbert
The summer job outlook for teenagers is beyond bleak. A modest 157,000 jobs were added to the nation's payrolls in May. But teen employment fell for the fifth consecutive month, an ominous trend as we head into the summer months when millions of additional teenagers join in the hunt for jobs.
Proposed U.S. Immigration Bill: A Challenge for Calderon
 Council on Hemispheric Affairs
The new bipartisan immigration bill unveiled in the U.S. Congress last month would provide a dual opportunity for Mexico’s new president, Felipe Calderon, to confront the “brain drain” that is robbing Mexico of much of its intellectual capital.
Deported Migrants End Up Homeless in Mexican Border Cities
 David Maung
Mexican border cities are struggling with an influx of migrants deported by the U.S. government, which has been kicking out illegal migrants at record levels, migrant relief groups say.
U.S. Long-Haul Truckers: Endangered and Dangerous
 James B. Kelleher
Fatigue and its many causes - including a condition called sleep apnea - have become a hot topic with health researchers looking to lower the number of fatal crashes of big rigs. Those accidents have risen nearly 22 percent over the past 30 years, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Iraq War, Many Diversions
 Stewart A. Alexander
While America was being distracted by the tears and fears of Ms Paris Hilton, the first weekend of June 2007 was another deadly weekend for American troops in Iraq; America lost 14 troops in a civil war that appears to be without end.
Universal Health: The Republican Plan
 Domenico Maceri
Steve Burd, president and CEO of Safeway supermarkets, is leading a coalition of 36 American companies to launch a political campaign to control healthcare costs but at the same time to cover all Californians.
Battles and Beheadings As Vicious Drug War Spirals Out of Control
 Guardian Unlimited
Every day Mexicans are bombarded with the shocking, and at times bizarre, details of a territorial struggle between rival drug-trafficking gangs, and their battle against a major military-led offensive launched six months ago by President Felipe Calderón.
Judge Won't Order US to Help Search for Wrongly Deported Man
 Sam Quinones
A federal judge Wednesday declined to order the U.S. government to help in the search for a developmentally disabled man whose family alleged that he was improperly deported earlier this year to Tijuana, Mexico.
Mexican Human Trafficking Activist Honored by US State Department
 Media-Newswire.com
Cancun, Mexico, may be a beautiful beach destination for tourists, but the city's dark side serves as the motivation for Lydia Cacho Ribeiro's crusade to fight trafficking of women and the international sex trade.
A Ruling for Justice
 NYTimes
For years, President Bush has made the grandiose claim that the Congressional authorization to attack Afghanistan after 9/11 was a declaration of a “war on terror” that gave him the power to decide who the combatants are and throw them into military prisons forever. This week, a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit utterly rejected the president’s claims.
Their Lives in Limbo, They Fight to Stay
 Yvonne Abraham
Three months after their arrests animated the national discussion over immigration reform and sparked controversy over the tactics of immigration officials, the workers largely have disappeared from public view. But away from the spotlight, a whirl of activity continues around them.
US Senate Moves to Restore Detainee Rights
 Jane Sutton
Guantanamo prisoners and other foreigners got a step closer to regaining the right to challenge their detention in the U.S. courts in a bill approved in a U.S. Senate committee late last week.
Naked Bikers Take On Global Car Culture
 Der Spiegel
What with smog and congestion, biking through the world's big cities is hard work. Thousands of cyclists - all completely naked - took to city streets on Saturday to protest world car culture.
Who Are the Cuban 5?
 freethecuban5.com
These men are poets, artists, scholars, fathers, husbands, and sons; they were arrested in September 1998, spent 17 months in solidarity confinement, and were convicted in June 2001 in a U.S. federal court for defending their country of Cuba from terrorists based in Miami.
Latest Legal Challenge to Mexico Abortion Law Pushes for Human Rights of "Conceived Persons"
 Elizabeth O’Brien
The government of Mexico will review a “Declaration of Conceived Person’s Human Rights” that may effect Mexico City’s new abortion law, reports the California Catholic Daily.
Colin Powell on Guantanamo: Close It
 Tracy Dove, Ph.D
This weekend, former Secretary of State Colin Powell came forward with his own recommendations for the Bush administration and the advice is echoed in most halls of the opposition's collective mind: do something with the prisoners at the Marine naval base on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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