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Senate Critics Vow to Alter US Immigration Measure
 Robert Pear & Michael Luo
As the Senate began work on a comprehensive immigration bill, lawmakers from both parties demanded substantial changes in the legislation on Monday and forced Senate leaders to extend debate beyond the Memorial Day recess.
Senate Readies No-Confidence Vote in Bid to Oust Key Bush Aide
 Agence France-Presse
The US Senate was set to take the almost unprecedented move of a no-confidence vote on US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, ramping up pressure on President George W. Bush to sack his unpopular aide.
New Mexico Governor Declares US Presidential Bid
 Agence France Presse
Democratic presidential hopeful and current Governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson formally entered the running to be the Democratic candidate in the 2008 White House race on Monday, seeking to become the first Latino US president.
House Bucks Bush on Mexican Trucking Access
 Robert Longley
The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly last week to delay and greatly restrict President Bush's plan to allow Mexican commercial trucks unlimited access to U.S. highways.
Richardson to Officially Launch Campaign
 Nedra Pickler
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson's strategy for winning the Democratic presidential nomination against better funded and more famous rivals includes a focus on his Hispanic roots and leadership of a Western state.
Academy Takes on Biggest Expansion In US Border Patrol History
 Jacques Billeaud
A plan by President Bush to strengthen the US borders is bringing more recruits to the academy in southeastern New Mexico. The agency plans to increase the number of agents from about 12,000 last year to 18,000 by the end of 2008.
2 Men Survive 40 Hours in Gulf of Mexico
 Associated Press
Two fishermen whose boat capsized in the Gulf of Mexico survived nearly two days and nights drifting at sea before one of them climbed the leg of an offshore oil platform.
US Border Agents Recruited to Teach Iraqis Border Security
 Associated Press
A military contracting company is recruiting current and former agents with the U.S. Border Patrol to teach Iraqis how to secure their country's border.
FBI Trains Mexican Police Officers in Tucson
 Lupita Murillo
The FBI has just finished training a group of Mexican police officers in Tucson to join in the fight against crime. It's called MALET, or Mexican American Law Enforcement Training, and has been around since 1988.
Report: 400 Million People Live in "Minefields"
 Robert Evans
Some 400 million people around the world live and work in what are effectively minefields, at daily risk of death or maiming by cluster bombs, according to a report issued this week.
White House Rejects Democrats' Iraq Proposal
 Associated Press
Democratic congressional leaders on Friday offered their first major concessions in a fight with President Bush over a spending bill for Iraq, but the White House turned them down.
US Hispanics: 44.3 Million and Counting
 Reuters
The number of people in the United States from ethnic or racial minorities has risen to more than 100 million, or around one third of the population, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report on Thursday.
Deal Is Reached in US Senate on Immigration
 Robert Pear & David Stout
Senators from both parties announced an agreement this afternoon on immigration-reform legislation that would bring illegal immigrants and their families "out of the shadows and into the sunshine of American life," as Senator Edward M. Kennedy put it.
Cement Poured to Plug Tunnel Under US-Mexico Border
 Associated Press
A small fleet of cement mixers began pouring concrete this week to plug the longest secret tunnel ever discovered along the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2,400-foot passage connected a warehouse near the Tijuana, Mexico, airport to a small office inside a warehouse in Otay Mesa, a San Diego industrial district within sight of the border fence.
Clash of Hope and Fear as Venezuela Seizes Land
 Simon Romero
For centuries, much of Venezuela’s rich farmland has been in the hands of a small elite. After coming to power in 1998, and especially after his re-election in December, President Hugo Chávez vowed to end that inequality, and has been keeping his promise in a process that is both brutal and legal.
Democrats Move to Expand Probe of Gonzales, US Justice Department
 Robert Schmidt
Senate Democrats, spurred by revelations that then-White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales pressured hospitalized Attorney General John Ashcroft in 2004 to approve a secret spying program, are stepping up a probe of the Justice Department.
Man-to-Monkey Billboards Used to Challenge Evolution
 Randy Hall
Billboards that show a man turning into a monkey and an online game entitled "Let's See How Evolution Works" are two elements of a new national campaign launched by a Christian group to call attention to the "lack of proof" for the theory of evolution.
Brazilian Rancher Guilty in Nun's Slaying
 Patrick J. McDonnell
A jury convicted a rancher Tuesday of ordering the slaying of Sister Dorothy Stang, an elderly U.S. missionary who championed the cause of the Amazon's landless peasants.
U.S. Town Opposes "Big Brother" Mexico Border Fence
 Tim Gaynor
A pilot project to place a high-tech network of surveillance towers along a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border has met boisterous opposition in this Arizona town, where some residents call it "Big Brother."
World for Cuban 5 Rights
 Prensa Latina
The Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban Five imprisoned in the United States called for the creation of a commission to demand non-immigrant visas for the wives of two of them.
Police Recruiters Make Pitch to Hire Noncitizens
 Tom Sharpe
The Santa Fe Police Department is looking at the possibility of recruiting Mexican nationals to fill vacancies on the city police force, say sergeants in charge of training and recruiting.
US House Votes to Restrict Mexican Trucks
 Jesse J. Holland
The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to delay a Bush administration plan to allow Mexican trucks full access to U.S. highways. The trucks would have to be declared safe first, the lawmakers said, and Mexico would have to give U.S. truckers the same access south of the border.
Napolitano-Richardson Letter Rips US About Border Violence
 Associated Press
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano have accused the federal government of doing little to find a permanent solution to immigration problems and recurring violence along the U.S.-Mexican border.
US Justice Department No. 2 Resigns
 Dan Eggen
Deputy Attorney General Paul J. McNulty announced his resignation yesterday after 18 months on the job, becoming the fourth senior Justice Department official to quit amid the controversy surrounding the dismissal of nine U.S. attorneys last year.
Thirty Three Arrested Protesting War as Part of 'Mother of a March'
 Kevin Zeese
After rallying in Lafayette Park across the street from the White House more than 250 anti-war advocates marched through Washington, DC to Capitol Hill. The demonstration was the "Mother of a March" spearheaded by Cindy Sheehan whose son died in Iraq.
Poll: Hillary, Edwards Lead Republicans in US Race
 Angus Reid Global Monitor
Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton leads two prospective Republican presidential nominees in the United States. 48 per cent of respondents would vote for the New York senator in 2008, while 42 per cent would support Arizona senator John McCain.
Bodies Of 105 Militia Victims Found In Colombia
 Reuters
Remains of 105 victims of right-wing paramilitaries were found in the southern jungles of Colombia, the biggest such discovery in the country's four-decade-old guerrilla war, officials said on Saturday.
Corrupt Troops Get Little Time in Prison
 Carol Ann Alaimo
Two years ago this month, the FBI in Tucson called a news conference and announced a major cocaine and corruption sting amid a flurry of camera flashes. There was no such fanfare recently, though, when the corrupt public officials who got generous plea deals began receiving their punishments.
Prison Conditions Prevail at US Immigrant Holding Center
 Mauricio Rabufetti
Stark, prison-like conditions prevail at a US detention complex for undocumented immigrants which holds 2,000 foreigners, mainly from Latin America, just north of the Mexican border.
Pope Warns Drug Dealers of Divine Retribution
 Associated Press
Pope Benedict XVI warned drug traffickers Saturday that they would face divine justice for the scourge of illegal narcotics across Latin America, telling them that, "God will call you to account for your deeds."
U.S. Fugitives Worry About a Cuba Without Castro
 Marc Lacey
For obvious reasons, fugitives of American justice who have long been protected by Mr. Castro are hoping for the longtime leader’s recuperation and for a continuation of the Communist government that has long butted heads with Washington.
Pope Gives Brazil Its First Saint
 Jack Chang
On Friday, while hundreds of thousands of faithful cheered and prayed, Pope Benedict XVI canonized Brazil's first native-born saint on the third day of his five-day tour of the world's biggest Roman Catholic country.
US House Votes on Full Iraq Withdrawal
 Matt Renner & Deniz Yeter
On Thursday, the House of Representatives voted on two bills to address the stagnant situation in Iraq. The first was a bill that would fund a complete withdrawal of US troops stationed in Iraq within 180 days.
Family Rejects Police Report
 Alexandra Zabjek
The family of Jeff Toews rejected on Thursday a report by Mexican authorities claiming the Grande Prairie man fell from a second-floor balcony at a Cancun resort after a night of heavy drinking.
Pope Causes Stir with the 'E-Word'
 Philip Pullella
Pope Benedict's mere utterance of the E-word, excommunication, when talking about Roman Catholic politicians who support abortion has caused a stir in the Church and could strengthen the hand of conservatives.
Venezuela Condemns Terrorist Release
 Prensa Latina
Venezuela joins with a strong voice cries against the US release of international terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, who walks free on the streets of Miami.
Barriers at Border Aimed at Smugglers
 Arthur H. Rotstein
Two hundred miles of vehicle barriers made of concrete, steel poles and train tracks are being erected across the Southwestern desert to thwart smugglers trying to bring illegal immigrants or drugs into the country in vans, SUVs and trucks.
Canadian Called Victim of Alcohol-Induced Accident
 Marina Jiménez & Katherine Harding
A Canadian man who is brain-dead after suffering serious injuries at a posh Cancun resort was definitely the victim of an alcohol-induced accident and not a beating by hotel security guards, says the Mexican investigator in charge of the case.
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