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 ABC Under Fire for Debate Debacle
 Dan Whitcomb
Critics excoriated ABC on Thursday for its televised Democratic presidential debate, slamming the network for "shoddy, despicable" moderators who they said favored Hillary Clinton over Barack Obama and dwelled on "gossip" instead of issues.
"What You Have to Do is Fool Your Stomach"
 Oscar Avila
Mexicans feel the pain of record corn prices every day when they buy a staple of the national diet, the corn tortilla. Tortilla inflation has been severe enough to send citizens to the streets in protest.
Pope Admits Priest Sex Scandal was Mishandled
 Michael Amon
Pope Benedict XVI began the first full day of his U.S. visit being serenaded by thousands of spectators at the White House and ended it with a speech to the nation's bishops in which he admitted the sex-abuse scandal was mishandled.
Feds to Collect DNA From Anyone They Arrest
 Eileen Sullivan
The US government plans to begin collecting DNA samples from anyone arrested by a federal law-enforcement agency, a move intended to prevent violent crime but that also is raising concerns about the privacy of innocent people.
Mexico: Murder of Reporters Highlights Indigenous Divisions
 Diego Cevallos
The airwaves of "Radio Copala, the Voice That Breaks the Silence" only cover a few hectares in an indigenous region in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. But since the murder of two of the station’s four reporters, they have reached across borders.
Amnesty Details World Executions, Calls for Action
 Jeremy Lovell
At least 24 people a week were executed officially last year and a further 64 sentenced to death, Amnesty International said in a report on Tuesday, adding that this was likely to be an underestimate.
Brenda Martin Case Shows Inconsistent Treatment
 Charles Rusnell
When prominent Guadalajara lawyer Marco Antonio del Toro wandered into the courthouse on Monday, the irony of the situation was not lost on Brenda Martin, whose final hearing after more than two years imprisonment had just ended.
VA Fails to Seek Alternative Sources for Records Missing or Destroyed
 David Lord
Many Veterans are at a huge disadvantage in trying to prove entitlement to VA benefits because their records, entrusted to the custody of a federal record repository, where lost, damaged or destroyed.
Crossing the Line?
 Terry Greene Sterling
Both sides of the politically charged immigration issue see the Arizona law as a test case. Business groups and immigrants' rights activists are challenging the constitutionality of the law in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.
Putting a Spotlight on the Massacre of 1968 in Mexico City
 Reed Johnson
It was like Chicago ’68, only much bloodier, or Tiananmen Square ’89, only more shrouded in secrecy. Even today there is no definitive count of how many pro-democracy demonstrators were slaughtered by Mexican army troops in the Tlatelolco zone of this capital on Oct. 2, 1968.
Mexico Protests Snag Government's Oil Reform Plans
 Catherine Bremer
exican leftists have stormed Congress and taken to the streets in a campaign that could force President Felipe Calderon to dilute his plans to allow foreign companies a bigger role in the oil industry.
Mexicanos Sin Fronteras Protests Against Police Beatings on Southern Border
 WSQT Guerrilla Radio
On Monday, Mexicanos Sin Fronteras staged a protest at the Mexican Embassy (in the U.S.) against the Calderon government's vicious police campaign to stop Central American from crossing into Mexico.
Obama Would Ask His AG to "Immediately Review" Potential of Crimes in Bush White House
 Will Bunch
Tonight I had an opportunity to ask Barack Obama a question that is on the minds of many Americans, yet rarely rises to the surface in the great ruckus of the 2008 presidential race - and that is whether an Obama administration would seek to prosecute officials of a former Bush administration on the revelations that they greenlighted torture, or for other potential crimes that took place in the White House.
Judge's Comments Came as 'Shock' to Brenda Martin
 CTV.ca News
The lawyer representing Brenda Martin, a Canadian woman who has been imprisoned in Mexico for two years, said his client was shocked when a judge told her he could take up to 30 days to issue a ruling on her case.
Subculture Clash Among Mexico Youth
 Chris Hawley
In parts of Mexico, a spate of attacks by punks and other groups on the emos has thrown a spotlight on the rapid growth of "urban tribes" of disaffected, tech-savvy teens and young adults.
Mexican Lawyer Owns Con Man's Former Mansion
 Charles Rusnell
Canadian con man Alyn Waage yesterday said he was surprised to learn that his former Puerto Vallarta mansion is now owned by his Mexican lawyer, a close friend and advisor to former Mexican president Vicente Fox, and is for sale for $3.5-million.
Is the Costly Border Fence Worth It?
 CBS News
An estimated $1.2 billion is being spent on a border fence between the U.S. and Mexico. Lifetime maintenance could raise the price tag to $50 billion. Bill Whitaker reports on whether it's worth it.
Mexico-US: NAFTA Renegotiation - Promise or Mirage?
 Diego Cevallos
Trade unions and leftwing activists in Mexico are pleased that both U.S. presidential hopefuls for the Democratic Party have said they will withdraw their country from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) unless the treaty is renegotiated.
US Veterans Department Creates Roadblocks to Voter Registration for Injured Vets
 Steven Rosenfeld
On the same day the Pentagon's commander in Iraq told the Senate that new troop withdrawals could not considered be for months, Secretary of Veterans Affairs James B. Peake told two Democratic senators that his department will not help injured veterans at VA facilities to register to vote before the 2008 election.
Brenda Martin: The Ordeal of a Canadian Woman in a Mexican Prison
 CBC News
Brenda Martin was jailed in Mexico on money-laundering and conspiracy charges in 2006 after her former boss pleaded guilty to one of the biggest internet fraud schemes in history. The 51-year-old woman, from Trenton, Ont., maintains her innocence.
Immigrant Tells of Hard Choices
 Emilio San Pedro
Flor Crisostomo's story echoes that of many of the millions of Latin Americans who, faced with dim economic prospects, opt to leave everything and everyone they know back home to seek a better life in the United States.
McCain More Conservative Than His Image
 Associated Press
The independent label sticks to John McCain because he antagonizes fellow Republicans and likes to work with Democrats. But a different label applies to his actual record: conservative.
Will Army Presence Pacify Mexico's Most Violent City?
 Franco Ordonez
More than 200 people have been slain in Ciudad Juarez this year in what amounts to a turf war between drug cartels — the growing Sinaloa cartel and the local Juarez cartel — over lucrative smuggling routes to the United States.
Legal Immigrants, Until They Sought Citizenship
 Julia Preston
As applications for naturalization have surged, overburdened federal examiners, under pressure to make quick decisions and also weed out any security risks, prefer to err on the side of rejection, immigration lawyers and independent researchers said.
Olympics Issue Emerges as Flashpoint
 Carrie Budoff Brown
In an election year debate crowded with weighty foreign policy issues and marked by a sharp focus on the diplomatic approaches that Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton would bring to the White House, an unusual flashpoint is beginning to emerge: the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Latin American Migrants in the New Promised Lands
 Frontra NorteSur
A hot new global tourist destination, the Middle Eastern nation of Dubai is also on the prowl for Mexican workers. It's just one of the many destinations for migrants from Mexico and Latin America.
Former Mexican President Tackles Trade, Education
 Lydia McCoy
Vincente Fox is living out the dreams of his grandfather, who lived in Cincinnati and "decided with that very special spirit, that very strong character" to say goodbye to his parents and go to Mexico.
New Poll Says Attitudes Toward America are Improving
 NY Daily News
Acccording to a poll from the BBC World Service, the average percentage of people who believe that the United States has a positive influence has increased more than ten percent from last year, from 31% to 35%.
Is the Next US President Being Set Up?
 Stephen Collinson
Anti-war Democrats accused the White House of plotting to saddle the next president with a "quagmire" in Iraq, as General David Petraeus, the head of the US-led forces in the country, faced a second day of scrutiny in Congress.
The Military Order - a Unique Veterans Organization
 David Lord
The Military Order is not a large Veterans organization but it is unique. The honor and respect between the members is deep, and we have come together to serve, to learn and to better aid those who have given to a nation through military service.
Analysts: Mexico Oil Reform Falls Short
 Jessica Bernstein-Wax
Analysts said Wednesday that President Felipe Calderon's energy reform bill is a good a start, but falls short of making the sweeping changes necessary to set Mexico's ailing state oil company back on track.
Cubans in Mexico: A Troubling Exodus
 Louis E.V. Nevaer
Two months after Fidel Castro withdrew from public life in July 2006, a power struggle emerged in the Havana-Cancun-Miami triangle, where the underworlds of human trafficking and smuggling intersect.
End May Be in Sight for Brenda Martin
 Charles Rusnell
The final hearing for Brenda Martin, the Canadian woman jailed in Mexico without trial for two years, will be held Monday. The judge promised Martin and the Canadian ambassador to Mexico that he would try to issue a ruling by April 18.
Mexico to Protect Deportees from Extortion by Police
 Mariana Martínez
Food, water, shelter and work are basic human rights, but those are the very things Mexicans lose when they re-enter their own country after being deported by U.S. immigration authorities.
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