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US Lawmakers Invested in Iraq, Afghanistan Wars
 Abid Aslam
U.S. lawmakers have a financial interest in military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, a review of their accounts has revealed.
FARC Found to Have Cast a Wide Net
 Tyler Bridges
On the run at home, Latin America's oldest guerrilla group has sought to expand its web outside of Colombia. But recent police seizures and arrests in neighboring nations have left the FARC insurgents isolated, unable to overcome their reputation as a terrorist group that finances its activities through extortion, kidnapping and cocaine trafficking.
Stigma Clings Stubbornly to Women Living With HIV/AIDS
 Susan Blumenthal
HIV-positive women in the United States face strikingly high levels of stigma, according to survey results released today by amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research.
A History of Olympic Troubles
 Zeenews
The controversy surrounding the Beijing Olympics may come as shocking news for those people who don’t want politics to be mixed with sports. But the fact is that there were numerous instances in the past, where people used Olympics either as a mark of protest to raise human rights issues or to gain political mileage.
In Mexico, 'Emo' Subculture Won't be Subdued
 Marion Lloyd
Maybe it's the tight black jeans and dark make-up. Or the moody poses. Whatever the case, the dramatic dress style of urban music followers known as "emos" has struck a nerve in Mexico's macho society.
US Border Drone Patrols Raise Privacy Concerns
 Associated Press
The drones are part of an extensive, and expanding, program to secure U.S. borders. But critics say that the aerial surveillance might abuse Americans' privacy.
The Indian Vote: When Candidates Come Calling
 Victor Merina
The presidential candidates are gone. The national media have vanished. The public spotlight on the country's most sparsely populated state is only a flickering election memory.
Antonio O. Garza Visits Ciudad Juarez
 PVNN
Despite valiant attempts by Mexican law enforcement in Ciudad Juarez, crime and violence is rapidly increasing. Concerned about the reports of increased violence and crime in the area, Ambassador Antonio O. Garza visited the area on April 4th.
In Mexico, Refusing to Take Men for An Answer
 Héctor Tobar & María Antonieta Uribe
Many years ago, when she was still a tiny girl in braids, and not the professional she is today, Eufrosina Cruz heard the story of how her father married off her sister to a stranger at age 12: She wondered if a man might come to claim her too.
Illegal Immigrants Often Die Anonymously
 Ace Stryker
The foreigner is buried in a small-town cemetery, against a barbed-wire fence in an unmarked plot set aside for poor people. He might be Mexican. He might be Guatemalan. But he's simply called No. 8.
Mexico Readies for Battle on Oil Privatization
 Emile Schepers
The right-wing government of President Felipe Calderon is about to present a plan which opponents fear will entail the privatization of Mexico’s government-owned petroleum industry.
The People Say 'Why?'
 Sara Burnett
How things went from bad to worse in slaying of University of Colorado student David Parrish last week in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
'Education Revolution' Falls Short in Mexico
 Marion Lloyd
Soaring dropout rates. Pitiful scores in math and science. A proliferation of so-called "trash universities" that offer diplomas but little learning. By all accounts, Mexico's education system is in serious trouble.
 Making Peace with Los Emos
 LATimes
Suddenly, emos are the talk of the town in Mexico City. For the uninitiated, emos are a category of black-clad teenager known for their marked emotionalism - thus the name - and a sexually ambiguous fashion style that combines the dark look of Goth with childlike touches of pink and other bright colors (think Tim Burton meets Hello Kitty.)
Divided by Death and the Mexican Border
 Anna Gorman
Illegal immigrant families are torn apart when someone dies. At a time when most families come together to grieve, families are separated - by their initial decision to illegally cross the border, by their desire to bury relatives back home, and by their fear of never being able to return if they travel to Mexico.
Bill Richardson Asks, “Where is America?”
 Talk Radio News
The Organization of American States welcomed the governor of New Mexico and former Presidential candidate, Bill Richardson, to speak as part of their lecture series. The discussion om “Immigration and Hemispheric Affairs” focused mainly on immigration and economical ties between Latin America and the United States.
Mexican President Could Free Martin
 Charles Rusnell
The Mexican president could legally expel jailed Canadian Brenda Martin at any time, but is unlikely to do so unless Canada makes it the case a major political issue, a Mexican legal expert says.
As Jobs Vanish, Food Stamp Use Is at Record Pace
 Erik Eckholm
Driven by a painful mix of layoffs and rising food and fuel prices, the number of Americans receiving food stamps is projected to reach 28 million in the coming year, the highest level since the aid program began in the 1960s.
Slain Student's Accused Murderer Released
 David Schoetz
A Mexican police official has been suspended after one suspect in the fatal shooting of a U.S. college student last week walked out of a Puerto Vallarta jail Friday and remains on the run.
Mexico Gov't: Pemex Needs Outside Help
 Jessica Bernstein-Wax
Mexico's state-owned oil company must work with outside firms to boost sagging production and gain access to better equipment, the federal Energy Department and Petroleos Mexicanos said in a report issued Sunday.
Tensions Rise as World Faces Short Rations
 Russell Blinch & Brian Love
A food crisis threatens the world sparked by soaring prices, rapid dietary changes and record biofuel production. Despite unprecedented levels of agricultural output, farmers are struggling to keep pace with massive global demand.
Theft From Charities Costing Billions
 Stephanie Strom
A new report based on data from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, found the overall cost of fraud at $40 billion for 2006, or some 13 percent of the roughly $300 billion given to charity that year.
Drug Cartels Turn More to Terrorist Tactics
 Alfredo Corchado
The use of training camps is just one tactic that Mexican drug cartels are borrowing from international terrorists, U.S. and Mexican officials say.
Increased Knowledge About Global Warming Leads to Apathy, Study Shows
 Kelli Levey
The more you know the less you care – at least that seems to be the case with global warming. A telephone survey of 1,093 Americans by two Texas A&M University political scientists and a former colleague indicates that trend.
Call For New 9/11 Investigation Reaches Crescendo
 Paul Joseph Watson
Calls for a new 9/11 inquiry are reaching a crescendo, with well-respected authorities and celebrities alike adding their voices to the cause, as the official 9/11 story crumbles under the weight of revelations of White House ties to the 9/11 Commission, and other cover-ups on behalf of authorities staffed with investigating the attacks.
New Evidence Suggests Second Shooter Killed RFK
 David Edwards & Nick Juliano
Forty years after Democratic rising star Robert F. Kennedy was killed at a Los Angeles hotel during his presidential run, new evidence suggests the man serving a life sentence for his murder did not fire the shots that killed the charismatic senator.
Mexico's Emo-Bashing Problem
 Ioan Grillo
A new wave of violence against this urban tribe that has sprung up in Mexico in the last decade. The emo subculture probably existed in your high school before the term even bloomed, the latest movement on a continuum represented by goths in the '80s and alternative rockers in the '90s. In short: the kids jocks have been beating up for decades.
US Mexican Border Drug War Kills More than War on Terror in Afghanistan
 Michael Webster
Murders and kidnappings on both sides of the border have significantly increased in recent years. The violence along the U.S.-Mexican border has increased so dramatically that the Juárez Mayor José Reyes Ferriz asked Mexican President Felipe Calderón to send more help.
Mexico Asks US to Respect ICJ Decision
 Prensa Latina
Mexico asked the US courts respect for the decision of the International Court of Justice on the case of 51 Mexican citizens sentenced to death in the US.
UN Rejects Water as Basic Human Right
 Mike De Souza
The Harper government can declare victory after a United Nations meeting rejected calls for water to be recognized as a basic human right.
US Supreme Court Rejects International Law, Ruling Against Mexicans on Death Row
 Bill Van Auken
In an extraordinary ruling that epitomizes the lawlessness and arrogance of Washington’s conduct on the world stage, the US Supreme Court rejected an appeal on behalf of 51 Mexican nationals, most of them condemned to death, finding that American state courts are not bound by international law.
 Bolivia: Coca Yes, Cocaine No
 Roberto Guerra & Ruxandra Guidi
The United Nations' International Narcotics Control Board recently made the announcement that Peru and Bolivia should, once and for all, outlaw the chewing of coca. Those are fighting words in Bolivia, where coca leaves have been grown and used in their natural form for thousands of years.
Bill's Semen Stains Become Campaign Issue
 Capitol Hill Blue
Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky's infamous semen-stained blue dress has emerged as a campaign issue in the increasingly dirty fight for the Presidency between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Deep-Freeze on Cuba Could be Thawing
 W. T. Whitney Jr.
Do 50 years of U.S. intransigence toward Cuba mean we are stuck in a political ice age on the issue, immune from change, or is that era already ending?
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