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Mexico´s Anticipated Energy Reform is Now a Reality
 Ralph Cuervo-Lorens & Carlos Solorzano
A step forward in the modernization of Mexico's energy sector, the long-in-the-making Mexican Energy Reform, substantially diluted from its original to ensure passage through a divided Congress, is still considered by experts as sufficiently far-reaching to shore up the country's flagging oil industry.
World Reaction to Obama Victory: From Jubilation to Trepidation
 Canwest News Service
Reaction to Obama's win ranged from jubilation to trepidation on the streets of the world's capital cities as official congratulations from heads of state began to flow shortly after Republican candidate John McCain conceded the election.
World Hopes for "Less Arrogant America"
 William J. Kole & Matt Moore
The world was riveted by the election drama unfolding Tuesday in the United States, inspired by the hope embodied by Barack Obama or simply relieved that - whoever wins - an administration that spawned Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay was coming to an end.
OK, You Got the Job... Now What?
 Dan K. Thomasson
The next supreme leader of the United States should take the oath of office with his sleeves rolled up. The few seconds required for the Chief Justice of the United States to swear him in are about all he will have to enjoy before beginning to wonder why in heaven's name he thought running for this office was a good idea.
Who are Mexicans Rooting for in the U.S. Election?
 Allan Wall
Here we are on the verge Election Day, 2008, pitting Democrat Barack Obama against Republican John McCain. Who are Mexicans rooting for? Well, polling has been taken among Mexicans, asking their opinions on the election, since the primary season.
McCain First, Second, and Always
 Sahil Mahtani
Should John McCain have been expelled from the Senate? Exclusive evidence reveals the Keating Five story you've never heard.
Experts: Mexico Experiences Brain Drain
 UPI
Mexico is experiencing a brain drain, with highly educated workers moving to the United States, experts say. The Dallas Morning News reported Sunday that educated workers are being driven from Mexico by a weak economy.
In Mexico Drug War, Sorting Good Guys From Bad
 Marc Lacey
Among the greatest challenges in Mexico’s drug war is the fact that the traffickers fit no type. Their ranks include men and women, the young and the old. And they can work anywhere: in remote drug labs, as part of roving assassination squads, even within the upper reaches of the government.
Rights Agency Calls on Mexico to Protect Migrants
 Associated Press
Mexico's National Human Rights Commission asked legislators on Sunday to change the country's laws so that police would no longer have to ask migrants about their legal status when they file criminal complaints.
Judge to Bush: Produce Wiretap Memos
 Joan Lowy
A judge has ordered the Justice Department to produce White House memos that provide the legal basis for the Bush administration's post-Sept. 11 warrantless wiretapping program.
Mexico Death Industry Thrives on Drug War Killings
 Lizbeth Diaz
Mexico's drug wars are fueling a boom in the funeral industry near the U.S. border as undertakers capitalize on soaring murder rates and gruesome killings.
And Where's George W. Bush These Days?
 Deb Reichmann
The unpopular President Bush is staying off the campaign trail in the race to succeed him. The president is raising money. But for voters in the swing states that count — Florida and Ohio, for example — Bush is the invisible incumbent.
The Ambition Condition: Women, Writing, and the Problem of Success
 Anna Clark
Perhaps you know about Emily Gould's cover story, "Exposed," in the New York Times Magazine last May. Even if you didn't take in all 8,002 words on the former Gawker editor's gains and losses from blogging about her personal life, it would be hard to miss the criticism of the piece elsewhere.
San Francisco’s Prostitutes Support a Proposition
 Jesse McKinley
When Proposition K was added to Tuesday’s ballot, many people likely snickered at the possibility that San Francisco might take its place alongside such prostitute-friendly havens as Amsterdam and a few rural counties in nearby Nevada.
Vote Watchdogs Warn of Troubles on Election Day
 Carol J. Williams & Noam N. Levey
Counting down to an election day expected to draw a record-shattering turnout, voting-rights watchdogs are sounding the alarm that a repeat of the Florida fiasco of 2000 could occur in any of a dozen battleground states.
The GOP in Mexico: A Silent Minority?
 Sean Mattson
As the race for the U.S. presidency nears its conclusion, the oft-outspoken Democratic majority has pushed the Republican minority underground. Many supporters here of John McCain prefer to call themselves “independents.”
CIA Officers Could Face Trial in Britain Over Torture Allegations
 Robert Verkaik
Senior CIA officers could be put on trial in Britain after it emerged last night that the Attorney General is to investigate allegations that a British resident held in Guantanamo Bay was brutally tortured, after being arrested and questioned by American forces following the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington in 2001.
Counterintelligence Implications of Foreign Service National Employees
 Fred Burton & Scott Stewart
Medina Mora said that since July, more than 35 PGR agents have been arrested for accepting bribes from cartel members — bribes that, according to Medina Mora, can range from $150,000 to $450,000 a month depending on the quality of information provided.
 Long View: Deer Hunting With Jesus
 The Real Network
Much has been said about white working-class voters. But those who've been doing all the talking are pollsters and political operatives. As part of the Long View series, ANP traveled to rural Virginia to talk to someone who's lived the life and knows from personal experience what those voters are thinking - author Joe Bageant.
Race, Gender and the US Presidency
 Bonnie Erbe
It's been debated for more than a century. But when this historical presidential campaign comes to a close next week, will we know the answer to the following question with any degree of certainty: which more fervently permeates the fabric of American society, racism or sexism?
Move Over, My Pretty, Ugly Is Here
 Sarah Kershaw
It would be close to impossible to tally all the magazine articles, scholarly treatises and philosophical works, reality shows and Internet sites, college courses, lectures and books devoted to the subject of beauty. But what about ugliness?
Mexico: Oil Reforms Leave State in the Red
 Diego Cevallos
The oil industry reforms approved by the Mexican Congress and applauded by the government and most of the country’s parties, with the exception of factions on the left and part of the business community, will deprive the state of a source of funding that currently finances 40 percent of the public budget.
US Drug Czar Fails Spectacularly at Cutting Marijuana Consumption
 Bruce Mirken
The White House drug czar's office, aka the Office of National Drug Control Policy, has been claiming loudly and frequently for several years now that its aggressive anti-marijuana campaign has been a rousing success. Uh, not quite.
US Appeals Courts Pushed to Right by Bush Choices
 Charlie Savage
After a group of doctors challenged a South Dakota law forcing them to inform women that abortions “terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique living human being” — using exactly that language — President Bush’s appointees to the federal appeals courts took control.
Obama Conquers the New New South
 The Real Network
Pepe Escobar, reporting from Greensboro and financial center Charlotte, tells how Senator Barack Obama's campaign has energized voters from a broad spectrum, including blacks, female voters and independents, suburban and exurban, to the point that the state is now turning blue.
Mexico Acknowledges Drug Gang Infiltration of Police
 Tracy Wilkinson
At least 35 officials and agents from an elite unit have been fired or arrested following tips from an informant involving the so-called Beltran Leyva cartel.
Neither U.S. Nor Mexico Imposes Food Safety Rules on Farms Exporting to U.S.
 Olga R. Rodriguez & Mark Walsh
The AP has found that while some Mexican producers grow fruits and vegetables under strict sanitary conditions for export to the U.S., many don't - and they can still send their produce across the border easily.
Rice Praises ‘Cooperation’ with Mexico, No Mention of Americans Murdered
 Penny Starr
At a press conference last week in Puerto Vallarta with the Mexican minister of foreign affairs, Secretary of State of Condoleezza Rice spoke of her “wonderful visit” and of the “cooperation” between the United States and Mexico in fighting drug cartels.
US In A State Over Immigration
 Robert Nisbet
Since George W. Bush moved into the White House, 10 million immigrants have arrived in America - half of them illegally. It is an issue which inflames passions, on either side of the political divide.
Hezbollah and Mexica Drug Cartels Operating in Mexico and U.S.
 Michael Webster
According to authorities global Islamic terrorist have moved into Mexico and other Latin American countries to open the door for Mexican cartels to have excess to Afghanistan cocaine at bargain basement prices.
Mexican Cartels Dominate the Americas
 Sam Logan
As the most powerful drug trafficking force in the region, Mexican organized crime has spread far beyond the country in search of supplies for drugs to meet US demand.
Bush Leaves Next President a World of Trouble
 Oliver Knox
US President George W. Bush's successor inherits a world of troubles come January, including wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, a defiant Iran, and a US economy battered by the global financial crisis.
Obama Ties McCain to Republican Philosophy
 Jeff Zeleny
With the final week of campaigning ahead, Senator Barack Obama redoubled his efforts to tie Senator John McCain to the Bush administration by seizing on Mr. McCain's remark Sunday that he shared a "common philosophy" with the president.
Media and Bailout Failure
 The Real Network
Danny Schechter: The effects of the financial meltdown are spreading as the bailout fails to work.
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