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US Uncovers Crossborder Drug Tunnel in Arizona
 Reuters
U.S. authorities have discovered a cramped but sophisticated drug smuggling tunnel linking Nogales, Arizona, with its Mexican sister city, Nogales, Sonora, officials said on Friday.
Senate Vote Kills Immigration Bill
 McClatchy Newspapers
Efforts to overhaul the nation's tattered immigration system appear dead for this session of Congress - and possibly far longer - after the Senate on Thursday rejected a White House-backed immigration bill that would have legalized millions of undocumented immigrants.
Bush Wishes Cuba's Castro Would Disappear
 Reuters
U.S. President George W. Bush made plain his feelings about Fidel Castro on Thursday - wishing the Cuban leader would disappear.
Clinton In the Lead (Unless Gore Runs?); McCain, Giuliani Slip in GOP Survey
 The Union Leader
A New Hampshire presidential poll by WHDH-TV and Suffolk University shows that local Democrats prefer Al Gore to any of the current contenders. Hillary Clinton has a solid lead over the rest of the current Democratic field.
GOP Candidates Skip Hispanic Conference
 Laura Wides-Munoz
Republican presidential candidates made a major miscalculation this week by skipping the nation's largest gathering of Hispanic elected officials, local party representatives and event organizers said.
US Image Abroad Still Sinking
 Jim Lobe
Consistent with its performance since at least 2002, the global image of the United States sank further over the past year, particularly among predominantly Muslim countries in the Middle East and Asia, according to the latest Pew Global Attitudes Project (GAP) survey released here Wednesday.
Richardson Gains in Iowa, Edwards Leads
 UPI
A poll released by the presidential campaign of New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson showed him gaining support in Iowa, but John Edwards still in the lead.
Republican Support for Iraq War Slips
 Anne Flaherty
Republican support for the Iraq war is slipping by the day. After four years of combat and more than 3,560 U.S. deaths, two Republican senators previously reluctant to challenge President Bush on the war announced they could no longer support the deployment of 157,000 troops and asked the president to begin bringing them home.
US Immigration Bill Loosing Support
 Nicole Gaouette & Noam N. Levey
Even as the Senate voted Tuesday to restart the stalled debate on immigration legislation, Democratic support for the bill appeared to be slipping, and could jeopardize it as much as fierce Republican opposition does.
Major Drug Suspect Seized in Colombia
 Chris Kraul
Police say it was an offer that Colombian detectives could, and did, refuse: a $5-million bribe from Otto Herrera Garcia of Guatemala, a suspected drug trafficker they had just collared in the parking lot of a Bogota shopping center.
US Immigration Bill Advances in Senate
 Julie Hirschfeld Davis
The Senate resurrected the immigration bill that could legalize millions of unlawful immigrants Tuesday, but the delicate compromise still faces the same threats that derailed it earlier this month.
Pivotal Vote Looms on Immigration
 Julie Hirschfeld Davis
Senators urging the passage of a bill that would legalize millions of illegal immigrants hope to revive bipartisan support for the embattled measure and push it to passage by week's end.
Secrecy May Cost Cheney, Democrats Warn
 Elana Schor & Mike Soraghan
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin yesterday warned Dick Cheney that his office would risk losing its budget unless the vice president agrees to follow a presidential directive ordering the protection of classified information.
UN No Longer Seen as Neutral, Says Former Chief
 Anne Penketh
The Iraq war has shattered the cause of humanitarian intervention endorsed by Tony Blair and directly led to the targeting of relief workers in conflict zones where they are no longer considered to be neutral, according to a former senior UN official.
Demonstrators Call for Legalization of Illegal Immigrants in US
 People's Daily Online
Thousands of people took to the streets in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, calling for a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants. Carrying U.S. and Mexican flags, the demonstrators, many of them Latino families, demanded liberalized federal laws for illegal foreigners here.
Guatemala: A Good Place for Murder
 Sam Logan
Enterprising criminals have profited hugely from Guatemala's geographical position, and it is their organizations and criminal activity that threaten the small Central American nation where a crime-free future is more of a political slogan than a reality.
U.S. Rallies Past Mexico 2-1 to Defend Gold Cup Title
 Associated Press
Landon Donovan scored his 34th career goal, tying Eric Wynalda atop the career list, and Benny Feilhaber connected on a gorgeous volley as the United States rallied for a 2-1 victory over Mexico on Sunday in the final of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the championship of North and Central America and the Caribbean.
Colombian Assassins Train Mexican Killers
 Prensa Latina
Colombian hired assassins who served in the Medellin and Cali cartels are training members of the Mexican mafia, who have been involved in the worst wave of violence in that country, El Tiempo daily revealed.
Temps, Body Count Rise on Border
 Arthur H. Rotstein
Temperatures have soared during the past week's run-up to summer in the Southwest, and deaths among migrants crossing Arizona's desert regions are also up - a potential ill omen, a border county medical examiner says.
175 Arrested in Orange County Immigration Sweep
 North County Times
The largest-ever immigration sweep in Orange County resulted in 175 arrests, including a suspect wanted by Mexican authorities for allegedly killing a 74-year-old man in Zacatecas and a convicted child molester who had been previously deported, officials said today.
Arrest Made in LAPD Cold Case
 Andrew Glazer
The 14-year hunt for the man suspected in the death of a Los Angeles-based freelance photographer ended this week with the arrest of a convicted drug dealer in a Mexico border town.
Big Brother Says Sorry for Mexico Flag Abuse
 News.com.au
Big Brother has apologised to Mexico after the country complained to Australia's media regulator over an on-air segment in which contestants threw goo-filled balloons at the Mexican flag as part of a game.
Slim Gives $100M to Clinton Project
 Gareth Dodd
A Mexican billionaire with holdings in telecom, tobacco, banking and more, announced Friday he will contribute 100 million U.S. dollars to a new sustainable development project put into place by former President Bill Clinton's foundation.
Venezuela: Banned TV Looks to Mexico
 UPI
A banned Venezuelan TV channel is looking to Mexican media outlets for help getting back on the air using satellites, Internet and cable.
Millions Vote for New Seven Wonders of the World
 Reuters
From India's Taj Mahal to Mexico's Mayan ruins, suggestions for seven new Wonders of the World have flooded in from more than 60 million people in one of the biggest global polls ever conducted.
Bush Vetoes Bill Easing Stem Cell Limits
 Deb Riechmann
Pushing back against the Democratic-led Congress, President Bush vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have eased restraints on federally funded embryonic stem cell research.
US Senate Launches Hearing Into Passport Backlog
 Bryan Corbin
Inundated with complaints from constituents about ruined vacations, spoiled honeymoons and canceled business trips abroad, a U.S. Senate committee launched a hearing Tuesday into a massive backlog in processing passport applications.
Castro Vows US 'Will Never Have Cuba'
 Will Weissert
Recuperating Fidel Castro vowed the United States "will never have Cuba," saying in an essay published this week that nearly a year after emergency surgery left him "between life and death" the island's communist system is strong and will stay that way.
US Deports Two Mexican Drug Trafficking Suspects
 Xinhua
The United States on Tuesday deported two Mexican men arrested last year with a man alleged to be the leader of a drug cartel, Mexico's Attorney General's Office said.
Tancredo Slams Administration for Arrest of Bounty Hunter Duane “Dog” Chapman
 Carlos Espinosa
U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo criticized Attorney General Alberto Gonzales in a letter to the Justice Department in the wake of media reports yesterday that the U.S. Marshals raided the Hawaii home of Duane “Dog” Chapman at the direction of the Mexican government.
Richardson Woos Nevada Democrats
 UPI
The decision by Nevada Democrats to move up their caucuses to January 19, 2008 hasn't gotten the desired attention from the leading presidential candidates. Not so, when it comes to Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico.
US Sees No Let-Up in Mexico Drug War Killings
 Reuters
The ferocious rate of killings in Mexico's drug war is unlikely to slow despite President Felipe Calderon's military assault on the cartels, a senior U.S. anti-drug official said on Monday.
Castro Meets With Third Latin American Ally
 Marc Frank
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Fidel Castro discussed Cuban-supported education and health care programs in Nicaragua and Venezuelan, state-run media reported on Sunday.
Protesters Denounce Immigration Bill
 Mariana Minaya
More than 100 people gathered at the Washington Monument yesterday to protest immigration legislation that they reject as amnesty for the nation's estimated 12 million illegal immigrants.
Relative Seeks Bones of Geronimo
 Associated Press
Legend has it that Yale University's ultrasecret Skull and Bones society swiped the remains of American Indian leader Geronimo nearly a century ago from an army outpost in Oklahoma, and now Geronimo's great-grandson wants the remains returned.
Zoellick: Venezuela Economy in Trouble
 Ioan Grillo
Robert Zoellick, the U.S. choice to head the World Bank, warned Saturday that Venezuela's economic and political troubles were growing under President Hugo Chavez's leftist government.
Border Patrol Arrests Mexican Fugitive
 Alicia A. Caldwell
A man accused of leading a powerful and brutal Mexican kidnapping ring was handed to Mexican authorities Friday, two years after U.S. officials deported him without realizing he was wanted.
Judge Postpones Hearing for Agent Accused of Killing Mexican Man
 Chris Kahn
A judge on Friday postponed a hearing in which prosecutors were to present evidence telling him why a Border Patrol agent should be charged with murder for killing an illegal immigrant during a confrontation in January.
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