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 Video: War Without Borders
 New York Times
Every day, Americans help finance both sides of the Mexican drug war by purchasing illegal drugs and smuggling weapons.
Key Figures in Global Battle Against Illegal Arms Trade Lost in Air France Crash
 Andrew McLeod
Amid the media frenzy and speculation over the disappearance of Air France's ill-fated Flight 447, the loss of two of the world's most prominent figures in the war on the illegal arms trade and international drug trafficking has been virtually overlooked.
Massacre in Peru: A Dispatch on the Bloody Conflict
 Catapa
The enduring conflict in Bagua (North Peru) between the Peruvian government and indigenous inhabitants of the Amazon have led to violent confrontations.
'Blood Wires' Over the Mexican Border
 Josh Meyer
Wire transfers keep crime cartels and human smugglers in the money, officials say. Arizona's attorney general wants Western Union to cooperate more fully with investigations.
Acapulco Tourists Were Close to Crossfire
 Dudley Althaus
Mexican soldiers killed 16 suspected gangsters and lost two of their own during a fierce battle in the resort city of Acapulco, military officials said Sunday.
2 SOA Generals Charged in Crimes in Colombia
 Sherwood Ross
Two Colombian generals, both of whom received training at the U.S. Army's "School of The Americas" (SOA) at Ft. Benning, Ga., have been accused by authorities there of crimes involving narcotics and collaborating with criminal paramilitary groups, according to a report in the June 15th issue of The Nation magazine.
VIDEO: Obama Warns Not to Challenge Official 9/11 Story
 waketfupalready
Obama defends the official 9/11 story in a speech in Cairo, Egypt. "These are not opinions to be debated, these are facts to be dealt with."
Drug Ties Everything with Mexico Vote Looming
 Dudley Althaus
The claws of collusion dig deep in Mexico these days. Senators, governors, mayors and police chiefs have been arrested or accused of serving as pawns and protectors of vicious drug cartels.
Mexican Day Care Deaths Stir Anger at Safety Rules
 Olga R. Rodriguez
Forty-two children were killed in the devastating fire, and a total of 33 adults and children remain hospitalized, Daniel Karam, the director of Mexico's Social Security Institute, which outsourced services to the privately run center, said Sunday night.
After Short Respite, Drug Killings Surge In Juarez
 Jason Beaubien
After a two-month lull, a killing spree has resumed in Mexico's most violent city, Ciudad Juarez, as two powerful cartels fight for control of drug trafficking routes into the U.S.
A Nation of Settled Immigrants: An Early View of the Obama Administration's Immigration Strategy
 Arienna Grody
Worldwide, there are more than 190 million migrants and approximately 20 percent of them reside in the United States, numbers that suggest that migration seriously undergirds the U.S.' domestic economy and local social conditions.
US Vows Crackdown on Illegal Immigrant Worker Abuse
 Mica Rosenberg
The U.S. government under President Barack Obama plans to step up prosecutions of employers who abuse illegal immigrants on the job, a senior U.S. immigration official said in Mexico on Friday.
Jesse Jackson on the Progressive Movement
 The Real News Network
Paul Jay speaks to Rev. Jesse Jackson about the Progressive Movement and President Obama. Jackson argues for a “bottom-up” stimulus package and a progressive voice in Obama’s administration.
Colombia’s Fascist Attack on Academic Freedom
 James J. Brittain
It has been well publicized that on March 1, 2008 the Colombian government, with support from Washington, carried out a series of attacks on Ecuadorian soil which violated the sovereignty of a foreign nation (and international law) and resulted in the murder of Raúl Reyes and two dozen other members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
Chomsky: Torture has Been America’s ‘Routine Practice’ Since ‘Early Days’
 Muriel Kane
Left-wing social critic and political activist Noam Chomsky is not surprised that Americans felt “shock and indignation” when the Bush administration torture memos were released — but he is surprised that anyone would consider them surprising.
Americans Split Over Toture, Guantanamo
 Liz Sidoti
Just over half of Americans say torture is at least sometimes justified to thwart terrorist attacks and are evenly divided over whether to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, according to a poll that underscores the challenges President Barack Obama faces in selling his terror-fighting policies.
Cheney Says No Evidence Tying Iraq To 9/11 and That There Never Was
 John Byrne
Former Vice President Dick Cheney wants a do-over. After being party to an administration that repeatedly sought to tie the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks with Saddam Hussein, he’s ready to let that assertion go.
Mexico Considers 'Ban' on Street Children
 Sara Miller Llana
Children selling gum or washing windshields in the streets of Mexico are as ubiquitous as traffic lights. But a new proposal here would forbid the presence of street children in cities and towns across the country.
Ron Paul: N. Korea Nuke Made Possible by the Clinton Administration
 Campaign for Liberty
Dr. Paul discusses the NPRK's detonation of an atomic device, how they achieved that technology using subsidies from the Clinton Administration, and the importance of a noninterventionist foreign policy.
Cheney's Speech Ignored Some Inconvenient Truths
 Jonathan S. Landay & Warren P. Strobel
Former Vice President Dick Cheney's defense Thursday of the Bush administration's policies for interrogating suspected terrorists contained omissions, exaggerations and misstatements.
Bush's Torture Legacy
 The Real News Network
This week on Al Jazeera's Fault Lines, Josh Rushing joins a panel of experts in front of a live studio audience for a town hall debate on torture.
Torture Photos? What Torture Photos?
 Agence France-Presse
A retired US Army general has denied reports that he has seen the pictures of prisoner abuse in Iraq that President Barack Obama is fighting to keep secret.
Mexico Drug Traffickers Corrupt Politics
 Tracy Wilkinson
The cult-like La Familia Michoacana has contaminated city halls across one state, federal officials say. It sometimes decides who runs and who doesn't, who lives and who dies.
Mexico: Indigenous Rape Victims Fight Military Impunity
 Diego Cevallos
The aberrations of Mexican justice were clearly visible in the cases of rape and torture allegedly committed by soldiers in 2002 against two indigenous women, Inés Fernández and Valentina Rosendo. But their experiences are not exceptional in rural areas of the southern state of Guerrero.
Amnesty Lambastes Mexico's Culture of Impunity
 Nacha Cattan
Released on Thursday, Amnesty International's annual human rights review of over 150 countries criticized Mexican authorities for making few inroads to combat impunity.
Drug Gangs’ Kin Ensnared in Mexico Crackdown
 Marc Lacey
Drug trafficking has long been a family affair in Mexico, handed down through the generations. Relatives often launder drug profits through seemingly legitimate businesses, while sons and daughters learn the tricks of the trade as armed enforcers or distributors of bribes.
Mexican Mayors' Arrests Show Nobody Above Drug War
 Alexandra Olson
Even the most jaded were stunned when Zitacuaro's young, charismatic mayor was arrested this week in Mexico's biggest sweep ever against politicians with alleged cartel ties.
Abu Ghraib Abuse Photos 'Show Rape'
 Duncan Gardham & Paul Cruickshank
Photographs of alleged prisoner abuse which Barack Obama is attempting to censor include images of apparent rape and sexual abuse, it has emerged.
Mexican Trains, Trucks Hijacked in New Crime Wave
 Mica Rosenberg
With Mexican law enforcement tied up attacking drug cartels, free-lance crime gangs have become more daring and sophisticated, hijacking trucks and trains and stealing massive loads of steel, coffee and beans.
Castro's Daughter: Cuba to Reinstate Sex Changes
 Associated Press
Cuba will reinstate sex-change operations previously banned on the island, President Raul Castro's daughter Mariela said Wednesday.
Mexico's Pro-Choice Advocates Take Parties to Task
 EFE
Members of the Women's Health Coalition protested Wednesday at the headquarters of three main political parties against reforms they say have passed in 13 states that grant embryos the same rights as people.
Study: Americans Choose Media Messages that Agree with Their Views
 Jeff Grabmeier
A new study provides some of the strongest evidence to date that Americans prefer to read political articles that agree with the opinions they already hold.
Mexican Cartels Covet Vast US Illegal Drug Market
 David Crary
The Mexican drug cartels battling viciously to expand and survive have a powerful financial incentive: Across the border to the north is a market for illegal drugs unsurpassed for its wealth, diversity and voraciousness.
Church of Scientology Could be Banned in France
 Henry Samuel
The Church of Scientology faces being thrown out of France if it is found guilty of organised fraud in a landmark trial which opened in Paris.
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