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 News Around the Americas
Calif. Rejects Schwarzenegger Reform Measures
 Adam Tanner - Yahoo! News
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger lost his bid to push through a broad package of government reforms in a special off-year election on Tuesday that he called in an attempt to flex his political muscles.more »»»
Employers Requiring Workers To Speak English Face Suits
 Miriam Jordan
As immigrants flock to the United States in record numbers, the nation's work force is becoming more multilingual. But some companies have responded by creating ad hoc language policies that can land them in court.more »»»
The Very Bad Idea
 Tom Tomorrow
Once upon a time, the leader of a great big nation had a very bad idea...more »»»
UN Resolves: The US Must Eliminate the Economic Blockade of Cuba
 Edith M. Lederer
The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly urged the United States Tuesday to end its 44-year-old trade embargo against Cuba, a call US Ambassador John Bolton dismissed as an "exercise in irrelevancy." It was the 14th straight year that the 191-member world body approved a resolution calling for the US embargo be repealed.more »»»
Vice President Lied as White House Sought to Defuse Leak Inquiry
 Jason Leopold
Did Vice President Dick Cheney help cover-up the outing of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson in the months after conservative columnist Robert Novak first disclosed her identity?more »»»
Bush: 'We Do Not Torture'
 Tabassum Zakaria
The U.S. government is aggressively taking action to protect Americans from terrorism but "we do not torture," President Bush said on Monday, responding to criticism of reported secret CIA prisons and the handling of terrorism suspects.more »»»
Passengers Describe Pirate Attack on Cruise Ship
 AP
A cruise liner that was attacked by pirates over the weekend docked safely on this Indian Ocean archipelago Monday after changing its course to escape. Passengers described their horror as pirates in speedboats chased their luxury cruise liner at sea, firing rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles.more »»»
Senate, Cheney Split Over Ban on Torture
 Douglass K. Daniel
A leading Republican senator said Sunday that the Bush administration is making "a terrible mistake" in opposing a congressional ban on torture and other inhuman treatment of prisoners in U.S. custody.more »»»
Che's Daughter Gives Kudos for Cuba
 Prensa Latina
Aleida Guevara, the daughter of late guerrilla commander Ernesto Che Guevara, Sunday called for Latin American countries to firmly condemn the United States criminal blockade which tries to knock down the Cuban people with hunger.more »»»
Bush Arrives in Panama Carrying Message of Democracy
 AFP
US President George W. Bush arrived in Panama, with a message of democracy and free trade after a pan-American summit balked at his appeal for quick agreement on a hemispheric free-trade area.more »»»
The FBI's Secret Scrutiny
 Barton Gellman
The FBI now issues more than 30,000 "national security letters" a year, a hundredfold increase over historic norms. The letters - one of which can be used to sweep up the records of many people - are extending the bureau's reach as never before into the telephone calls, correspondence and financial lives of ordinary Americans.more »»»
Bush Departs Americas Summit Before Conclusion of Negotiations on Trade Deal
 Associated Press
President Bush's hopes of keeping alive his proposal for a Western Hemisphere free-trade zone were in doubt on Saturday, but he left a summit of Americas leaders before negotiations were done.more »»»
US Lawmakers Proposes to Fence US-Mexican Border
 Xinhua
Two US lawmakers have introduced a bill which calls for fencing the entire 3,200-km-long US-Mexican border to keep off illegal immigrants. The bill proposes to create a two-layer reinforced fence with lighting and sensors from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico.more »»»
Thousands Protest Bush in Argentina
 Mary Milliken & Kevin Gray
Anti-U.S. demonstrations at the Americas Summit turned violent on Friday as protesters set fire to a bank, looted stores and battled riot police blocks from a luxury hotel where U.S. President George W. Bush met with regional leaders.more »»»
GOP Mulls End of Birthright Citizenship
 UPI
House Republicans tackling illegal immigration were reported looking closely at ending birthright citizenship, while a U.S. Senate version of a budget bill would sharply increase the number of green cards for legal immigrants.more »»»
Bush Sidesteps CIA Leak Questions at Summit
 William Branigin
President Bush, attending a summit meeting in Argentina with leaders of the Western Hemisphere, promoted free trade and democratic values today as part of an effort to improve America's tarnished image in Latin America, but skirted questions on the fate of Karl Rove, possible White House staff changes and his plummeting job approval ratings.more »»»
Centers to Help Migrants Register
 Wire services
Federal authorities are setting up special voter registration centers for Mexicans who live abroad but return to their home country for the holidays, as part of the first mass effort to distribute absentee ballots for presidential elections, officials said this week.more »»»
Californians Consider Abortion Limits
 Lisa Leff
Californians will decide whether to make it harder for girls to terminate pregnancies without their parents' knowledge, but recent polls suggest they will reaffirm voters' long-standing support for unfettered abortion access.more »»»
Bush's Popularity Reaches New Low
 Richard Morin & Dan Balz
For the first time in his presidency a majority of Americans question the integrity of President Bush, and growing doubts about his leadership have left him with record negative ratings on the economy, Iraq and even the war on terrorism.more »»»
Thousands Protest Bush in Argentina
 Mary Milliken & Kevin Gray
Thousands of marchers on the streets of a heavily policed Argentine resort protested on Friday against U.S. President George W. Bush and his free-trade push as leaders from the Americas convened for a contentious debate on improving Latin America's economy.more »»»
US Denies UN Group Access to Detainees
 Associated Press
Spurning a request by UN human rights investigators, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said this week the United States will not allow them to meet with detainees at the Guantánamo prison for foreign terrorism suspects.more »»»
Battle Ahead at Americas Summit
 BBC News
Foreign ministers from 34 countries are have begun talks in Argentina ahead of the fourth Summit of the Americas. They are meeting in the coastal resort of Mar del Plata amid much uncertainty about what can be achieved on the summit's main aim of job creation.more »»»
Persistent Rains Keep Hurricane Aid at Bay
 Freddy Cuevas
Steady rains have prevented emergency aid from reaching Hurricane Beta victims on Honduras' Atlantic coast, keeping thousands in shelters there and in neighboring Nicaragua, authorities said.more »»»
U.S. Could Restrict Travel to Prevent Flu
 Lauran Neergaard
Sustained person-to-person spread of the bird flu or any other super-influenza strain anywhere in the world could prompt the United States to implement travel restrictions or other steps to block a brewing pandemic, say federal plans released Wednesday.more »»»
Bush War Policy Is Now in Play
 Janet Hook & Ronald Brownstein
For months, the politics of the Iraq war have been frozen in place, with stalwart Republicans defending President Bush's policy and most Democrats shunning a direct challenge. Now the ice has begun to crack.more »»»
Seized Artifacts Returned to Mexico
 Louie Gilot
In August, Customs and Border Protection officers at the Columbus, N.M., port of entry searched a 1997 Chevrolet Suburban that was leaving Mexico. In it, they found two metates - flat stones used to grind corn into flour in Mexico. The stones were wrapped in blankets and hidden under other items.more »»»
Rove's Future Role Is Debated
 Jim VandeHei & Carol D. Leonnig
Top White House aides are privately discussing the future of Karl Rove, with some expressing doubt that President Bush can move beyond the damaging CIA leak case as long as his closest political strategist remains in the administration.more »»»
US Withdraws Offer to Send Hurricane Team to Cuba
 Sue Pleming
The United States on Wednesday effectively withdrew an offer to send a U.S. team to longtime foe Cuba to assess damage from Hurricane Wilma, saying President Fidel Castro had politicized the mission.more »»»
GOP Angered by Closed Senate Session
 Charles Babington & Dafna Linzer
Democrats forced the Senate into a rare closed-door session yesterday, infuriating Republicans but extracting from them a promise to speed up an inquiry into the Bush administration's handling of intelligence about Iraq's weapons in the run-up to the war.more »»»
Voting from Abroad Gaining Little Interest
 Wire services
Only 733 Mexicans living abroad have applied to vote during the first month of registration for the country's 2006 presidential election, prompting the opening of election offices in border cities to draw more expatriate interest.more »»»
CIA Holds Terror Suspects in Secret Prisons
 Dana Priest
The CIA has been hiding and interrogating some of its most important al Qaeda captives at a Soviet-era compound in Eastern Europe, according to US and foreign officials familiar with the arrangement.more »»»
Democrats Close Senate Doors In Iraq Protest
 Vicki Allen
Democrats forced the United States Senate into a rare closed session on Tuesday to protest what they decried as the Republican-led body's inattention to intelligence failures on Iraq and the leak of a CIA operative's identity.more »»»
Bush Critics Say US is Losing War on Terror
 David Morgan
Despite an early victory over the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan, U.S. terrorism experts Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon have reached a stark conclusion about the war on terrorism: the United States is losing.more »»»
Castro Lauds Maradona's Plans to Join Anti-Bush Protests at Americas Summit
 Canadian Press
Cuban leader Fidel Castro told Argentines in a taped interview with soccer legend Diego Maradona that he welcomed the athlete's plans to take part in anti-United States protests at the coming Summit of the Americas.more »»»
Bush Seeks $7.1 Billion for Flu Defense
 Maggie Fox & Caren Bohan
"To respond to a pandemic we must have emergency plans in place in all 50 states, in every local community. We must ensure that all levels of government are ready to act to contain an outbreak," Bush said in a speech at the National Institutes of Health.more »»»
Chavez Warns of Spooky US Halloween 'Terrorism'
 AFP
President Hugo Chavez cautioned Venezuelan parents to protect their children from Halloween with a spooky warning that the United States tradition is rooted in 'terrorism.'more »»»
Democrats Set for US Court Fight
 BBC News
Democrats are gearing up to fight the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito for the United States Supreme Court, a choice widely welcomed by conservative Republicans.more »»»
Panama: Angry Banana Growers Await Bush
 Prensa Latina
George W. Bush will arrive in this capital next Sunday for a less-than-24-hour visit, and although the government has worked hard to present the US statesman´s stopover as a step forward in bilateral relations, rejection prevails.more »»»
US Probe Recommends Possible Death for Sergeant
 Haitham Haddadin
A U.S. military probe recommended on Tuesday that a sergeant charged with murdering two colleagues in Iraq face a possible death sentence at a court martial for the first such crime since the 2003 invasion.more »»»
Argentine Resort Fortified For Summit
 CNN.com
Thousands of police took up posts Monday, barricading Argentina's Atlantic resort of Mar del Plata as authorities braced for the fourth Summit of the Americas set to begin Thursday.more »»»
Antiwar Protesters March on Common
 Michael Levenson
About 2,000 antiwar protesters marched on Boston Common this weekend, loudly calling for an immediate withdrawal of US troops from Iraq after a week in which the number of Americans killed in the war topped 2,000.more »»»
Bush, Cheney Urged to Apologize for Aides
 Douglass K. Daniel
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said Sunday that President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney should apologize for the actions of their aides in the CIA leak case.more »»»
Cheney's Office at Center of CIA Leak Indictment
 James Vicini & Adam Entous
The indictment of former top White House aide Lewis Libby in the CIA leak investigation will put Vice President Dick Cheney's office at the center of court proceedings, with the potential of a politically damaging trial for the beleaguered Bush administration.more »»»
Groups Target Human Trafficking in U.S.
 David Crary
Human trafficking is a stubborn problem and a staggering one worldwide, affecting an estimated 600,000 to 800,000 victims a year. Federal officials say 14,500 to 17,500 of them are trafficked to the United States, where the myriad forms of modern-day slavery present an elusive target for those trying to eradicate it.more »»»
Hurricane Beta Slams Into Nicaragua's Jungle Coast
 Cyntia Barrera Diaz
Beta lost some punch before making landfall and a late turn to the south spared the town of Puerto Cabezas from a direct hit but it was still a powerful Category 2 hurricane with winds of 110 mph (175 kph) and torrential rains.more »»»
CIA Probe 'Not Over' after Cheney's Top Aide Indicted
 CNN
The CIA leak investigation is "not over," special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald said Friday after announcing charges against I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff.more »»»
Lewis "Scooter" Libby Resigns After Indictment
 John Solomon & Pete Yost
The vice president's chief of staff, I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby Jr., was charged Friday with obstruction of justice, perjury and making false statements in the CIA leak investigation, a politically charged case that will throw a spotlight on President Bush's push to war.more »»»
Beta Churns Toward Colombia Archipelago
 Filadelfo Aleman
Tropical Storm Beta churned steadily toward an archipelago off the coast of Nicaragua on Friday, forcing the evacuations of hundreds of tourists and residents in its path. Meteorologists said Beta was on track to reach hurricane strength later in the day.more »»»
Brazilians Stage Anti-American Demonstration Ahead of Bush Visit
 AFP
Ten days ahead of US President George W. Bush's visit here, thousands of Brazilians took to the streets to demonstrate against US foreign policy, with protest organizers promising more to come.more »»»
Source: Prosecutor to Seek Libby Indictment
 CNN
Patrick Fitzgerald, the special prosecutor in the CIA leak probe, plans to seek an indictment against Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, a lawyer involved in the case told CNN.more »»»
'Minuteman' Effort Moves Northwest
 John Ritter
From a parked van, Ben Vaughn and Larry Loop, a couple of middle-aged Vietnam War veterans, peer across a 3-foot-wide drainage ditch - the U.S.-Canadian border. No fences or barriers are there to keep someone from walking across the border.more »»»
Miers Withdraws Under Mounting Criticism
 Terence Hunt
Under withering attack from conservatives, President Bush ended his push to put loyalist Harriet Miers on the Supreme Court Thursday and promised a quick replacement. Democrats accused him of bowing to the "radical right wing of the Republican Party."more »»»
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