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 News Around the Americas
Actor Michael J. Fox Urges US Senate to Support Stem Cell Bill
 Associated Press
Actor Michael J. Fox is pushing Congress hard to lift President Bush's restrictions on embryonic stem cell research. "Embryonic stem cell research holds enormous promise," said Fox, who suffers from Parkinson's disease, in remarks prepared for a Capitol Hill news conference.more »»»
Mexico, Spain Fail to Reach Migration Agreement During Bilateral Meetings
 Will Weissert
Meetings between Mexican and Spanish officials ended without a migration agreement that Mexico had hoped for. Mexico wants to send 40,000 workers for long periods of time to Spain in order to fill employment gaps there, and was hoping Madrid would offer legal status as part of an agreement similar to one Mexico has with Canada.more »»»
Bush Honesty Rating Drops to Lowest Point
 Mark Murray
The last two weeks certainly have been eventful ones in America and across the globe, and the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that Bush's overall job rating has slipped and that his rating for being "honest and straightforward" has dropped to its lowest point.more »»»
Homeland Security Gets Makeover
 Spencer S. Hsu & Sara Kehaulani Goo
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff will announce a major restructuring of his 180,000-employee department today, changing how the two-year-old agency handles intelligence, sets policy and manages key law enforcement operations in response to criticism that domestic security remains unfocused and poorly coordinated.more »»»
Mexican Candidate Says U.S. Must Liberalize Immigration
 Michelle Mittelstadt
While Mexico has enhanced security since the Sept. 11 attacks, future cooperation hinges on U.S. willingness to liberalize its immigration policies, former Mexican Foreign Minister Jorge Castaneda warned the US Congress on Tuesday.more »»»
Data Shows Faster-Rising Death Toll Among Iraqi Civilians
 Sabrina Tavernise
Iraqi civilians and police officers died at a rate of more than 800 a month between August and May, according to figures released in June by the Interior Ministry, who said that 8,175 Iraqis were killed by insurgents in the 10 months that ended May 31.more »»»
Castro Rebuffs US Aid Despite Rising Death Toll, Damage
 Frances Robles
Hurricane Dennis caused about $1.4 billion in damage and killed 16 people in Cuba, but the government there will refuse any aid from Washington or Europe, Fidel Castro has announced.more »»»
Fugitive Who Escaped Mexican Court In 1986 Captured In California
 Laura Wides
A fugitive considered one of Mexico's most dangerous criminals was arrested Tuesday in Southern California, nearly 19 years after his sensational prison escape made international headlines, United States immigration officials said.more »»»
Collectors Snapping Up Racially Controversial Mexican Stamps
 Richard Marosi
Collectors' motivations may vary, but at Internet auction sites like EBay, the price for a sheet of 50 stamps - with a face value of 6½ pesos each, or about 60 cents - had reached $200, though it has dropped in recent days. The sheet sold for about $30 at the post offices.more »»»
Four Runners Gored at Spain Bull Run
 Wire services
Charging bulls tossed, gored and terrified human daredevils Monday as this year's San Fermin festival served up its longest and most dangerous run yet, with four people gored. Seven other people were hospitalized for treatment of bumps, bruises and head injuries.more »»»
Remittances Cover Basic Costs
 E. Eduardo Castillo
Despite increasing migration, money sent home to Mexico is almost all spent on bare necessities for migrants' families, with little left over for investment that could create new jobs, according to a government report released Friday.more »»»
Report of 180 Types of US Human Rights Violations Since 9/11
 Ann Fagan Ginger
In celebration of Independence Day and the rights and freedoms of the peoples of the US, reports of more than 180 violations of human rights by the US Government since 9/11 were submitted to the UN Human Rights Committee, the UN Committee Against Torture, the UN Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination, and to the Bureau of International Organization Affairs.more »»»
Massive Hunt for Bombers as London Picks Up the Pieces
 Lorne Cook
A massive hunt was underway on Friday for the bombers who brought carnage to Central London, killing more than 50 people and injuring some 700 in a series of blasts on the transport system, as commuters grimly returned to work.more »»»
Top Saddam Lawyer Quits, Chides U.S.
 Associated Press
Saddam Hussein's chief lawyer quit the Iraqi dictator's Jordan-based legal team, saying Thursday some of the team's American members were trying to control the defense and tone down his criticism of the U.S. presence in Iraq.more »»»
London Rocked By Explosions
 CNN
Four explosions in London's transport system have killed at least two people and wounded dozens more in what UK Prime Minister Tony Blair said was an apparent terrorist attack.more »»»
California Guard Probed by US
 Don Thompson
Military authorities yesterday began investigating whether a California National Guard unit was created to spy on citizens, as dozens of demonstrators confronted Guard officials while armed soldiers stood by.more »»»
Bush Arrives at Summit Session, Ready to Stand Alone
 Richard W. Stevenson & Alan Cowell
President Bush arrived in Scotland on Wednesday for a summit meeting of the big industrial nations after signaling that he would not budge on one of the most contentious issues dividing the United States from its allies - how best to address global warming.more »»»
O'Connor Action Triggers Major Political Campaign
 Mark Memmott
US President Bush was barely back inside the White House Friday morning when the battle of the interest groups began over Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's seat on the Supreme Court.more »»»
California Domestic Partner Law Intact
 Associated Press
Handing gays an important legal victory, the California Supreme Court has let stand a new law granting registered domestic partners many of the same rights and protections available to married couples.more »»»
The World's 20 Wealthiest Countries
 Associated Press
The world's 20 wealthiest countries, based on World Bank Gross Domestic Product figures from 2004, the most recent available for all nations.more »»»
US Senate Approves Central American Free Trade Pact
 Edmund L. Andrews
After a bitter and prolonged battle over the promises and perils of foreign trade, the US Senate voted on Thursday to approve the Central American Free Trade Agreement. The vote of 54 to 45, which came after weeks of efforts to placate angry sugar producers and other interest groups, was a major victory for President Bush.more »»»
Growing Industry: Sending Bodies of Deceased Migrants Back to Mexico
 Hiram Soto
When the cousins of gardener Narciso Díaz died in a car accident in the Southern California town of Temecula, the 23-year-old Chiapas native did what many low-income families do in order to bury their loved ones: he asked the community for help.more »»»
U.S.-Mexico Stamp Controversy Deepens
 Mark Stevenson
Hundreds lined up at the Mexico City's main post office to buy postage stamps which U.S. critics call racist, but which Mexicans snapped up at such a rate that all 750,000 sold out Friday, two days after they hit the market.more »»»
Thousands Flock to Poverty March
 BBC
More than 100,000 people began marching through the streets of Edinburgh in a mass demonstration calling for action on African poverty at next week's Group of Eight summit in nearby Gleneagles.more »»»
O'Connor to Resign from Supreme Court
 CNN
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the high court and the key swing vote in some of the nation's highest-profile cases, announced her resignation Friday. In a letter to the White House, the moderate conservative, said she will step down when her successor is confirmed.more »»»
US Votes Against Relaxing Cuban Travel Restrictions
 Andrew Taylor
The House voted yesterday against permitting Cuban-Americans to visit their families in Cuba more frequently and for retaining a trade embargo that has been in place since 1960. The 211-to-208 vote reversed a trend in Congress toward relaxing some travel sanctions on Cuba.more »»»
Brazilians Streaming Into U.S. Through Mexican Border
 Larry Rohter
All told, more than 12,000 Brazilians have been apprehended trying to cross the United States-Mexican border this year, exceeding the number detained in all of 2004 and pushing Brazilians to the top of the category known as "other than Mexicans."more »»»
Canada Is Drafting Regulations to Curb Bulk Drug Exports to U.S.
 Clifford Krauss
The government announced Wednesday that it was drafting legislation to limit bulk exports of essential Canadian drugs in an effort to ensure that online pharmacy sales to the United States do not cause domestic shortages.more »»»
US Blocked Release of CAFTA Reports
 Associated Press
The Labor Department kept secret for more than a year government studies that supported Democratic opponents of the Bush administration's new Central American trade deal, internal documents show. more »»»
Gay Marriage Is Extended Nationwide in Canada
 Clifford Krauss
The House of Commons voted to extend marriage rights to gay and lesbian couples throughout Canada. The vote sealed two years of provincial court decisions that gave same-sex couples the right to marry in 8 of 10 provinces and one of the three northern territories.more »»»
Hispanic Protestants Boosted Bush in 2004 Election
 John Wildermuth
Despite efforts to bring more voters to the polls, the rapid growth of the Hispanic community isn't being matched at the ballot box, according to a report released Monday.more »»»
Hispanic Voter Surge Predicted
 Steven Thomma
A Hispanic baby boom could surge into American politics in the next few years, adding to the growing political clout of the nation's largest minority group, a new study predicted Monday.more »»»
US Supreme Court Rules Some 10 Commandment Displays Allowed
 David Stout
The United States Supreme Court ruled that displaying the Ten Commandments on government property does not necessarily violate the constitutional principle that there must be a separation between church and state.more »»»
Mexico, U.S., Canada Pledge To Up Security
 Wire services
Mexico and the United States pledged Monday to further shore up security to protect North Americans from terrorism, while expanding on the world's largest trading partnership by facilitating the flow of people and goods across their borders.more »»»
U.S. Sees Crime Spike On Border
 Laurence Iliff
U.S. authorities are warning Americans away from Mexican border areas such as Nuevo Laredo because of drug violence, but the average tourist may face more danger on a Cancun beach, on the Pacific Coast, or in culturally rich Mexico City.more »»»
Garza: U.S. Willing to Help
 Natalia Gómez Quintero
In response to a wave of drugrelated killings in the north that has left an estimated 640 people dead this year alone, top Mexican officials in recent weeks have called on the United States to do more to help.more »»»
Mexico Releases Man Held on Terror Suspicion
 Sandra Dibble
A British citizen born in Lebanon was released Wednesday by Mexican authorities, less than 24 hours after his arrest in the state of Baja California Sur on suspicion of having ties to terrorists linked to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.more »»»
Wildlife Smuggling On U.S.-Mexican Border Ranks 2nd Behind Drugs
 Associated Press
It's not just drugs and people being smuggled across the U.S. border with Mexico. A global trade in endangered wildlife has put animal smuggling right behind illegal drugs, according to the Fish and Wildlife Service.more »»»
British Man Held in Terror Attacks
 Sandra Dibble
A British citizen suspected of links to terrorists behind the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States World Trade Center has been detained in the southern end of the Baja California peninsula, Mexican authorities reported late yesterday.more »»»
U.S. Must 'Revitalize' Ties
 Jonathan Clark
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton on Tuesday called for a revitalization of Mexican-U.S. bilateral relations and said that the trauma of the Sept. 11 attacks had caused the United States to neglect its neighbors in the hemisphere.more »»»
US Democrats Call for Inquiry into 'Downing Street Memo'
 CBC News
Senior Democrats are calling for a full investigation into a memo that appears to accuse U.S. President George W. Bush of misleading Americans into backing the war with Iraq.more »»»
1 in 2 New Americans Since 2000 is Hispanic
 Jon Kamman
The nation's Hispanic population has expanded by 6 million people since the 2000 census, equaling the growth of all other minorities and non-minorities combined. With that 17 percent growth since the official census date of April 1, 2000, Hispanics continued to widen their margin as the nation's largest minority group.more »»»
If Big Quake Hits Off Coast, Tsunami Could Be Gigantic
 David Perlman
If a giant magnitude 9 earthquake strikes someday along the coast of the Pacific Northwest, or if, against all odds, an errant asteroid plunges into the ocean many miles off California, a monstrous tsunami could drown low-lying lands all up and down the continent's western edge.more »»»
Former Aide to Financier Sentenced for Child Pornography
 Bay City News
A former aide to a San Francisco financier accused of so-called "sexual tourism" was sentenced in federal court today to four years and five months in prison for distribution of child pornography.more »»»
Mexican Mafia Grows in Staten Island
 Carrie Melago & Jose Martinez
At the foot of the Bayonne Bridge, in the Staten Island neighborhood known as Little Mexico, crime is down - falling by more than 6 percent this year. But troubling signs remain.more »»»
One Mexican in Every 11 Emigrates to U.S.
 Rachel Uranga
One in every 11 people born in Mexico and still alive is a U.S. resident, and about half of these immigrants crossed the border illegally, according to a comprehensive report released Tuesday.more »»»
Michael Jackson Cleared After 14-Week Child Molesting Trial
 John M. Broder & Nick Madigan
Michael Jackson was acquitted on Monday of all charges against him by a jury that absorbed three months of often lurid testimony about his life and relationships with young boys but rejected a teenager's claim that Mr. Jackson plied him with liquor and sexually molested him.more »»»
US behind Bolivia Crisis - Chavez
 BBC News
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has blamed Washington's brand of capitalism for the recent troubles in Bolivia. Speaking on his weekly TV programme, he said US open market policies in Latin America had led to "exclusion, misery and destabilisation."more »»»
Chichen Itza Competing to be a World Wonder
 El Universal
The pyramids of Chichen Itza stand near the top of a list of world treasures now competing to be named one of the New 7 Wonders of the World by a growing community of Internet users.more »»»
Strategy Sought For Migrant Plan
 Strategy Sought For Migrant Plan
U.S. and Mexican lawmakers met here this weekend to discuss strategies to reach a pact that would define the status of millions of undocumented Mexican migrants in the United States.more »»»
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