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Night of Contrasts Between Obama, McCain
 Liz Sidoti
Liberal and Democrat vs. conservative and Republican. Taller, younger and black vs. shorter, older and white It was a night of contrasts as Barack Obama and John McCain shared a stage in their first of three presidential debates.
Legendary Civil Rights Leader Dies at 89
 PRNewswire
One of the nation's foremost civil rights leaders, Dionicio Morales, who founded the Mexican American Opportunity Foundation (MAOF) during the turbulent 1960s to champion the cause of a growing community, died late Wednesday, September 24, at Beverly Hospital in Montebello.
Illegal Immigrant Feels Safer in the US
 Laura Nesbitt
Mexico is among the top five countries whose citizens are being held at the El Paso Processing Center and Otero Detention facility. Both are maintained by ICE.
Palin Accepted Tainted Donations
 Steve Quinn & Justin Pritchard
The woman touted by Republican nominee John McCain as a reformer said late Thursday that she will donate to charity more than $1,000 in campaign contributions from two Alaska politicians implicated in a sprawling federal corruption probe.
GOP, Democratic Negotiators Reach Agreement in Principle
 William Branigin, Lori Montgomery & Paul Kane
House and Senate negotiators emerged from a closed-door meeting today and said they have reached agreement on basic principles governing a massive financial rescue plan that they hope to pass soon.
Hurricanes Shift Debate On Embargo Against Cuba
 Joshua Partlow
A pair of devastating storms have prompted new calls for the United States to end its long isolation of Cuba, including from hard-line exile groups that are pushing for the Bush administration to loosen restrictions they had long favored.
 Sarah Palin Protected from Witchcraft
 Garance Burke
A grainy YouTube video surfaced Wednesday showing Sarah Palin being blessed in her hometown church three years ago by a Kenyan pastor who prayed for protection from "witchcraft" as she prepared to seek higher office.
Obama Likely to Keep Debate as McCain Seeks Delay
 Beth Fouhy
Republican John McCain said Wednesday that he wants to postpone Friday's debate to deal with the nation's financial problems, but Democrat Barack Obama said "it's more important than ever" that the country hear from its next president.
Former Mexican President Fox to US: No Walls
 Associated Press
Fox told a crowd of more than 1,500 students and faculty at Kansas State University that he is hopeful the next U.S. president will find a mutually beneficial solution to immigration.
Nearly One-Fifth of US Voters Still Undecided
 Liz Sidoti
With Wall Street in turmoil and the economy in shambles, whichever presidential candidate convinces a swath of persuadable voters that he gets it — and can be trusted to lead the country back to fiscal stability — could well win the White House.
US Democrats Reject $700 Billion Blank Check
 Carolyn Lochhead
Congressional Democrats worked Monday to reshape the lame-duck Bush administration's jaw-dropping request for an additional $700 billion and unprecedented authority to buy distressed assets to prevent a financial meltdown, amid a sense of deja vu on Capitol Hill over a similarly open-ended war resolution that Congress gave the administration six years ago.
Obama Failing to Win Over Clinton Voters
 Alan Fram & Trevor Tompson
Barack Obama's support from backers of Hillary Rodham Clinton is stuck smack where it was in June, a poll showed Tuesday, a stunning lack of progress that is weakening him with members of the Democratic Party in the close presidential race.
Morales Strengthened by Latin American Leaders
 Forrest Hylton
UNASUR, The Union of South American Nations gave Bolivian president Evo Morales a universal declaration of support in his ongoing political struggle with autonomist forces in the Media Luna lowland provinces.
Crooks' Latest Scheme: Fake Kidnappings
 Sean Holstege
A new brand of kidnapping is sweeping Mexico and being exported to the United States. Mexican extortion gangs have come up with two ways to bilk people out of ransom money without actually kidnapping anyone, US investigators say.
Legal and Illegal, Latinos Labor to Rebuild Texas
 Monica Rhor & Peter Prengaman
Hurricane Ike brought a wide swath of destruction, and with it the prospect of more work, higher wages and a respite from the ever-present threat of deportation. In recent months, many day laborers say, jobs in the Houston area had started to dry up, and police and immigration officials had been cracking down.
Obama at UM: "It's Time for Resolve"
 Beth Reinhard, Patricia Mazzei & Trenton Daniel
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama campaigned in South Florida Friday for the first time in three months amid what he called "the most serious financial crisis in generations," telling a crowd dominated by women that his Republican rival failed to understand their struggles.
In Hard Times, Tent Cities Rise Across the US
 Evelyn Nieves
From Seattle to Athens, Ga., homeless advocacy groups and city agencies are reporting the most visible rise in homeless encampments in a generation.
Morales Adherents Gunned Down in Pando
 Reza Nourmamode
Since the beginning of the week, chilling testimonies proliferate and they all tell how a group of peasants faithful to President Evo Morales, armed only with sticks, fell into an ambush laid by armed men last week.
Cuba: Nearly Two Dozen Countries Have Sent Aid
 Patricia Grogg
Accustomed for years to giving, rather than receiving, aid after natural disasters, the Cuban population is gratefully observing the near daily arrival of donations in the wake of the devastation wrought by hurricanes Gustav and Ike, which caused losses officially estimated at five billion dollars.
Obama Regains Momentum in Tight Race
 Liz Sidoti
The party conventions and the Sarah Palin surge behind them, Barack Obama and John McCain are neck and neck again in their race for the White House - with the momentum and the political environment tilting toward the Democrats.
High Turnout, New Procedures May Mean an Election Day Mess
 Mary Pat Flaherty
Faced with a surge in voter registrations leading up to Nov. 4, election officials across the US are bracing for long lines, equipment failures and confusion over polling procedures that could cost thousands the chance to cast a ballot.
DEA Arrests 175 Mexican Drug Trafficking Suspects
 PVNN
In what prosecutors said was a significant step in fighting the drug wars raging on the U.S.-Mexico border, the Justice Department said Wednesday that 175 people believed to be connected with one of Mexico's most violent drug cartels were arrested this week in a dozen states.
Mexican Fire Crew Trains in Sacramento
 Sandy Louey
Firefighting knows no borders, whether it's battling a blaze in Sacramento or Mexico. The mission is the same: Rescuing people from fires and accidents. Preventing flames from destroying homes and businesses.
Latin American Leaders Seek to Bolster Confidence
 Joshua Goodman
Latin American leaders are seeking to bolster confidence that the region's economies can withstand a prolonged U.S. slowdown as investors sent stocks tumbling.
International Bust Nabs over 200 Mafia Suspects
 DPA
More than 200 mafia suspects were arrested in an international operation conducted by authorities in Italy, the United States, Mexico, Panama and Guatemala, Italy's anti-mafia department said.
Sarkozy Friend Forced to Apologize for Saying 9/11 Was an Inside Job
 Independent UK
France’s favourite stand-up comedian has been forced to apologise for claiming that the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the US seven years ago were an “enormous lie” orchestrated by the American government.
Obama Vows to Rescue Economy in Presidential-Style Address
 Agence France-Presse
In a presidential-style address to the nation, Democrat Barack Obama vowed Wednesday to unite left and right in a common mission to rescue the stricken US economy.
Agency Says 4 Dead in Plane Crash in Mexico
 Alicia A. Caldwell
An intergovernmental agency says all four of those on board a plane that crashed in Mexico after taking off from Texas are dead.
Brazilian President Wins IPS Award
 Thalif Deen
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil, who has successfully championed the cause of fair trade, social justice and economic equity for the developing world, has been named the winner of the Inter Press Service (IPS) International Achievement Award 2008.
The "Lipstick Pit Bull" Goes to War
 Pepe Escobar
In her long-awaited first prime-time interview since appointed as running mate to Senator John McCain in the Republican presidential ticket, Alaska governor Sarah Palin was able to display her foreign policy knowledge - which does not include understanding the meaning of the Bush doctrine of preemptive war.
South America: Leaders Express Full Support for Bolivia’s Morales
 Daniela Estrada
After an emergency summit in the Chilean capital, the presidents of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) expressed their resounding support for the government of Bolivia and decided to set up commissions to support talks and to investigate recent killings in that country, which is caught in a wave of political unrest.
Cuba Storm Recovery Goes On Without U.S. Aid
 Jeff Franks
Cuba is scrambling to recover from the twin hits of hurricanes Ike and Gustav as aid flows in from an assortment of countries but not the one who could help the most - the nearby United States.
Election Process Made Easier for Military and Overseas Voters with the Launch of New Ballot Tool
 overseasvotefoundation.org
An estimated six million Americans who are members of the military or live overseas have a new way to ensure their vote for president counts this November, according to experts speaking at a high-level summit on military and overseas voters.
McCain Gets the Heat from Antiimmigration Movement
 The Real Network
John McCain was an early supporter of comprehensive immigration reform, but in this presidential campaign McCain has changed his position to come down harder on the issue.
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