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 News Around the Americas
Tit For Tat: Cuba Raises Flags To Cover American Ticker
 Anita Snow
Black flags bearing a single white star were raised Monday outside the American mission in memory of those Cuba says have been killed in violence against the island, blocking an electronic sign on the building that has enraged communist officials.more »»»
Poll: Broader Concern on Privacy Rights, But Terrorism Threat Still Trumps
 Gary Langer
Three in 10 Americans believe the federal government has made unjustified intrusions into personal privacy as it investigates terrorism. That's nearly double the level of concern shown a few years ago, but it's still far from a majority view.more »»»
Britain Defies US with Funding to Boost Safe Abortion Services
 Sarah Boseley
The British government will today publicly defy the United States by giving money for safe abortion services in developing countries to organisations that have been cut off from American funding.more »»»
Defense of Eavesdropping Is Met with Skepticism in Senate
 David Stout
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales told skeptical senators today that the Bush administration's domestic eavesdropping program is legal, constitutional and vital to national security in a time of terrorism.more »»»
Telecoms Let NSA Spy on Calls
 Leslie Cauley & John Diamond
The National Security Agency has secured the cooperation of large telecommunications companies, including AT&T, MCI and Sprint, in its efforts to eavesdrop without warrants on international calls by suspected terrorists, according to seven telecommunications executives.more »»»
Chavez Says Sees US Plotting Election Sabotage
 Reuters
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez warned supporters on Sunday that the United States could try to sabotage his upcoming re-election bid, his latest salvo in a new row with Washington over alleged U.S. spying.more »»»
Gonzales to Downplay Spy Program's Scope: Time
 Reuters
U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales plans to tell a Senate committee on Monday that President George W. Bush's warrantless domestic surveillance program is carefully targeted and "not a dragnet," Time magazine reported on its Web site on Saturday.more »»»
Chavez Says Bush Worse than Hitler
 Patrick Markey
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told a rally of thousands of supporters on Saturday that U.S. President George W. Bush was worse than Hitler and vowed to buy more arms to defend his nation as their diplomatic relations deteriorated.more »»»
New Details Revealed on CIA Leak Case
 David Johnston
Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff told prosecutors that Mr. Cheney had informed him "in an off sort of curiosity sort of fashion" in mid-June 2003 about the identity of the CIA officer at the heart of the leak case, according to a formerly secret legal opinion.more »»»
Cache of Explosives Found Near Border
 David Mclemore
Customs investigators seized grenades, pipe bombs and material to make improvised explosive devices twice in the last week in Laredo, federal law enforcement agents said Friday, a sign that the violence among warring drug cartels continues to escalate along the U.S.-Mexico border. more »»»
US Expels Venezuelan Diplomat
 George Gedda
The United States on Friday ordered a Venezuelan diplomat to leave the United States after the government of President Hugo Chavez expelled a US naval attaché for alleged espionage.more »»»
Blair-Bush Deal before Iraq War Revealed in Secret Memo
 Richard Norton-Taylor
Tony Blair told President George Bush that he was "solidly" behind US plans to invade Iraq before he sought advice about the invasion's legality and despite the absence of a second UN resolution, according to a new account of the build-up to the war published today.more »»»
Cartoon is Causing Racial Divisions
 CBS/AP
Armed militants angered by a cartoon drawing of the Prophet Muhammad in several European newspapers surrounded the office of the EU Commission in Gaza and searched hotels for foreigners to kidnap in the West Bank, as outrage over the caricatures spread across the Islamic world on Thursday.more »»»
Senate Panel Rebuffed on Documents on US Spying
 Eric Lichtblau
The Bush administration is rebuffing requests from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee for its classified legal opinions on President Bush's domestic spying program, setting up a confrontation in advance of a hearing scheduled for next week, administration and Congressional officials said Wednesday.more »»»
Bush Stretches to Defend Surveillance
 Peter Wallsten & Maura Reynolds
President Bush received a roaring ovation Tuesday for his prime-time defense of wiretapping phone calls without warrants. But Bush's explanation relied on assumptions that have been widely questioned by experts who say the president offers a debatable interpretation of history.more »»»
Capitol Police Apologize to Activist Sheehan
 Reuters
The US Capitol Police dropped charges against activist Cindy Sheehan on Wednesday and apologized for arresting her in the House of Representatives chamber shortly before President Bush's State of the Union address.more »»»
Alito Splits with Conservatives On Execution
 Gina Holland
New Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito split with the court's conservatives Wednesday night, refusing to let Missouri execute a death-row inmate contesting lethal injection. Alito, handling his first case, sided with inmate Michael Taylor, who had won a stay from an appeals court earlier in the evening.more »»»
Venezuela´s Chavez in Cuba
 Prensa Latina
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela President Hugo Chavez is arriving Thursday in Havana to receive UNESCO´s 2005 Jose Marti International Award, recently confered on the recommendation of a seven-member international jury.more »»»
US Lawmaker Decries Arrest of Antiwar Activist Cindy Sheehan
 AFP
The US lawmaker who invited prominent peace protester Cindy Sheehan to attend President George W. Bush's State of the Union speech slammed the activist's removal from the event and arrest for wearing a tee shirt with an antiwar message.more »»»
United States Deported More than 50,000 Children to Mexico in 2005
 Periódico 26
More than 50,000 minors of Mexican and Central American origin were deported by US immigration authorities during 2005 and received by the Mexican National Immigration Institute (INM).more »»»
6 Years Later, Another Beach Reunion for Airliner Crash Families
 Jeff Wilson
Clutching white roses, helium balloons and each other, about 40 friends and family members prayed for the 88 people killed when Alaska Airlines Flight 261 spiraled into the sea six years ago.more »»»
Police Remove Sheehan From Bush Speech
 Laurie Kellman
Cindy Sheehan finally got her invitation to see President Bush again, but before she set eyes on him at the State of the Union address, Capitol Police removed her from the gallery overlooking the House chamber.more »»»
Alito Is Confirmed for Supreme Court in 58-42 Vote
 David Stout
Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr., who has been widely praised for his intellect and integrity but both admired and assailed for his conservative judicial philosophy, was confirmed today as the 110th justice in the history of the Supreme Court.more »»»
Bush Ignored 9/11 Warnings
 Jason Leopold
President Bush and Vice President Cheney have publicly stated that the top-secret domestic spying program Bush authorized in 2002 could have thwarted the 9/11 attacks had the controversial, and possibly illegal, measure been in effect prior to the terrorist strike on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.more »»»
Brazilians Race to Adopt Abandoned Baby
 Peter Muello
Doctors released a 2-month-old girl from a hospital Monday, two days after she was found in a black plastic bag floating in a lake in southeastern Brazil. Scores of Brazilians mobbed the Odilion Behrens Municipal Hospital hoping to adopt or at least catch a glimpse of the child whose dramatic rescue was filmed by an amateur cameraman and broadcast worldwide.more »»»
Military Hides Cause of Women Soldiers' Deaths
 Marjorie Cohn
In a startling revelation, the former commander of Abu Ghraib prison testified that Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, former senior US military commander in Iraq, gave orders to cover up the cause of death for some female American soldiers serving in Iraq.more »»»
Coretta Scott King Dies at 78
 Errin Haines
Coretta Scott King, who turned a life shattered by her husband's assassination into one devoted to enshrining his legacy of human rights and equality, has died. She was 78.more »»»
Smuggling Tunnel Details Come to Light
 Tony Manolatos
The floor is layered concrete and ceramic tile 2 inches thick. You can't tell there's anything different with the four large tan tiles in the corner. But it's a secret door, one that could be opened only from below.more »»»
Fugitives From U.S. Justice Often Find Refuge South of the Border
 James Pinkerton
At a time when extraditions from Mexico are hitting all-time highs, hundreds of fugitives roam free south of the border. Police struggle to capture them, but too often, U.S. authorities say, corruption and drug money seem to get in the way.more »»»
Cindy Sheehan May Challenge Calif. Senator
 Ian James
Cindy Sheehan, the peace activist who set up camp near President Bush's Texas ranch last summer, said Saturday she is considering running against Sen. Dianne Feinstein to protest what she called the California lawmaker's support for the war in Iraq.more »»»
US Plans to 'Fight the Net' Revealed
 Adam Brookes
A newly declassified document gives a fascinating glimpse into the US military's plans for "information operations" - from psychological operations, to attacks on hostile computer networks.more »»»
World Social Forum Exalts Jesus Christ, Che, Tupac Katari
 Miguel Lozano
"Jesus Christ: the first revolutionary," read a banner of the 6th World Social Forum (WSF) attended by more than 70,000 delegates who discuss ways against the capitalist development from January 24 to 29. more »»»
US Appeals Court Upholds Provision of Sexual Tourism Law
 BCN
A federal appeals court in San Francisco this week upheld a U.S. law that makes it a crime to travel to a foreign country and engage in sex with children for money. A panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said by a 2-1 vote that the law is within Congress's power to regulate foreign commerce under the U.S. Constitution.more »»»
Chileans Demand Posada Deportation
 Prensa Latina
Chilean lawyers and important figures demanded last week that the US deport terrorist of Cuban origin Luis Posada Carriles to Venezuela. With the flags of Chile and Cuba as backdrop, president of the Christian Left Party Manuel Jacques read a statement signed by attorneys, political leaders and representatives of human rights organizations. more »»»
Texas Sheriff Says Mexican Military-Issue Items Were Used in Confrontation
 Associated Press
rug-smuggling suspects dressed in Mexican military-style uniforms who were involved in an armed confrontation with Texas lawmen on Monday were using a Mexican military-issue Humvee and weapons, the Hudspeth County sheriff said Friday.more »»»
Most Want Bush to Disclose Links to Lobbyist
 Richard Morin
A strong bipartisan majority of the public believes that President Bush should disclose contacts between disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and White House staff members despite administration assertions that media requests for details about those contacts amount to a "fishing expedition," according to a new poll.more »»»
Crackdown on Smuggling Targets U.S. Drivers
 Richard Marosi
Federal authorities have launched a national effort to curtail human smuggling by fining American drivers caught bringing in illegal migrants inside vehicles, but the program is coming under criticism for not going far enough.more »»»
Bush Wary of Exposing Surveillance Details
 Terence Hunt
President Bush again defended his program of warrantless surveillance Thursday, saying "there's no doubt in my mind it is legal. The program's legal, it's designed to protect civil liberties, and it's necessary," Bush told a White House news conference.more »»»
Majorities Disapprove of Bush on Ethics
 Gary Langer
A clear majority of Americans now disapprove of President Bush's handling of ethics in government, and three-quarters say the administration should disclose all contacts between White House officials and disgraced Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff.more »»»
Activists Hold Separate Forum in Venezuela
 Natalie Obiko Pearson
The World Social Forum started as an alternative to the market-friendly World Economic Forum, but now there's an alternative to the alternative. Annoyed by all the focus on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, some anti-globalization activists have split from the World Social Forum to hold their own "Alternative Social Forum" in the capital.more »»»
Castro Retaliates With Flags
 Marc Frank
Always-simmering tension between the United States and Cuba has burst out into the open over a news ticker mounted on the U.S. diplomatic mission that beams human rights and democracy messages in big crimson letters into the Havana night.more »»»
Protesters Sue for Speech Spot
 Karlyn Barker
Organizers planning a protest during President Bush's State of the Union address next week say they have been denied a permit to hold the demonstration around the US Capitol Reflecting Pool because that area has been reclassified as part of the security perimeter for the day of the speech.more »»»
Major Mexican Parties Court Emigrants
 Vik Jolly
Representatives of the three main political parties in Mexico took jabs at each other in a debate Wednesday on issues ranging from foreign investment to what the government should do to create more jobs to stem the flow of immigrants into the United States.more »»»
More Americans Favor Impeaching Bush, Poll Says
 Jim Puzzanghera
After the unfounded claims about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and recent news of domestic spying without warrants, mainstream politicians and ordinary voters are talking openly about the possibility that President Bush could be impeached.more »»»
Internet Users Thinking Twice Before a Search
 Katie Hafner
Kathryn Hanson, a former telecommunications engineer who lives in Oakland, Calif., was looking at BBC News online last week when she came across an item about a British politician who had resigned over a reported affair with a "rent boy."more »»»
Pinochet Daughter Detained in US
 BBC News
Lucia Pinochet, the eldest daughter of Chile's ex military ruler, has been detained in the US following a warrant for her arrest, Chilean officials say. Ms Pinochet and four other family members were charged with tax evasion, but they deny any wrongdoing.more »»»
Bush Plans Visit to Super-Secret Spies
 AP
While pressing his campaign to explain stepped-up domestic spying in the terrorism era, President Bush is taking time out to boost the morale of people carrying out this work at the National Security Agency. more »»»
Texas Troopers Involved in Standoff with Mexican Army Soldiers
 Associated Press
Men dressed as Mexican Army soldiers, apparent drug suspects and Texas law enforcement officers faced off near the U.S.-Mexican border after three suspicious SUVs attempted to flee state authorities, officials said Tuesday.more »»»
Pentagon Fired 244 Gay Doctors, Nurses, Medical Specialists
 Nathaniel Frank
A University of California research center released data today showing that the military has fired 244 medical specialists under the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. The figures cover 1994 through 2003, the first ten years of the policy.more »»»
Mutiny at Sea?
 ABC News
Passengers of the world's largest and most luxurious cruise ship are threatening a sit-in after mechanical failures altered their travel plans. The Queen Mary 2 left New York on Jan. 15, carrying more than 2,500 passengers. Three days later, it hit the side of a Florida shipping channel, damaging a motor and reducing speed.more »»»
Caracas Excels as Left-Wing Haven
 Greg Morsbach
Venezuela has been put firmly on the map of global left-wing activism this week, as more than 100,000 people take part in this year's World Social Forum which is being held in the capital city, Caracas.more »»»
Pope Encyclical Mandates Charity
 Nicole Winfield
Pope Benedict XVI said Wednesday in his first encyclical that the Roman Catholic Church has no desire to govern states or set public policy, but can't remain silent when its charity is needed to ease suffering around the world.more »»»
When George Met Jack
 Adam Zagorin & Mike Allen
As details poured out about the illegal and unseemly activities of Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff, White House officials sought to portray the scandal as a Capitol Hill affair with little relevance to them. But unpublished photos shown to TIME suggest there's more to the story.more »»»
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