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June 25: US Protests Demand Accountability
 IndictBushNow.org
Tens of thousands of people have sent letters calling for the appointment of a special prosecutor, and for the indictment and prosecution of Bush-era officials.
 Show and Tell With the New U.S. Border Czar
 William Booth & Travis Fox
The newly appointed border czar Alan Bersin landed at the Mariposa Port of Entry here in a Black Hawk helicopter owned by the Department of Homeland Security. Bersin was on a quick inspection tour, to rally the troops and show the locals that the feds were here to spend some serious cash money.
Obama's Honeymoon May Be Over
 Doug Thompson
The Teflon on President Barack Obama may be wearing thin as public trust in his ability to deal with the nation's struggling economy drops and he faces increasing opposition on his often radical policies.
Obama's Weekly Address: Financial Reform to Protect Consumers
 White House Blog
The President explains his plan to address one of the major causes of the current economic crisis - the breakdown of oversight leading to widespread abuses in the financial world.
Mexico Gets Share of US War Bill
 Associated Press
The US Congress this week sent President Obama a massive spending bill that includes awards Mexico of $420 million dollars for the Merida Initiative, an agreement in which the U.S. government committed funds to help Mexico continue to fight the bloody war against drug cartels.
UN: Colombia Coca Crop Down; Peru and Bolivia Up
 Frank Bajak
Colombia's coca crop shrank by nearly a fifth last year while cultivation of the bush that is the basis of cocaine rose in Peru and Bolivia, the world's two other coca-producing nations, the United Nations said Friday.
Bush Breaks Silence on Obama
 The Washington Times
After months of silence, former president George W. Bush launched a broad-scale critique of President Obama's approach to economic policy, national security and health care during a speech in Pennsylvania.
US Couple Accused of Spying for Cuba Requests Release on Bail
 VOA News
An elderly U.S. couple accused of spying for Cuba for nearly 30 years asked a judge Wednesday to release them on bail, under certain conditions.
Guevara's Granddaughter to Appear in PETA Campaign
 Associated Press
The granddaughter of Cuban revolutionary leader Ernesto "Che" Guevara is at the forefront of another revolution — for vegetarianism.
US Justices Reject Inmate Right to DNA Tests
 Adam Liptak
Prisoners have no constitutional right to DNA testing that might prove their innocence, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in a 5-to-4 decision.
Peru's Prime Minister to Step Down
 Rory Carroll
The prime minister of Peru, Yehude Simon, said he will bow to opposition demands and resign over violent clashes between security forces and Amazon tribes which left dozens dead.
Autopsies Suggest Air France Jet Broke Up in Sky
 Stan Lehman & Emma Vandore
Autopsies have revealed fractures in the legs, hips and arms of Air France Flight 447 victims, injuries that – along with the large pieces of wreckage pulled from the Atlantic – strongly suggest the plane broke up in the air, experts say.
Mr. President, Spare That Fly
 Associated Press
The group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants the flyswatter in chief to try taking a more humane attitude the next time he's bedeviled by a fly in the White House.
US ICE Agents in Drug War
 Devlin Barrett
More federal agents will be able to investigate drug cases under a new agreement between government agencies battling Mexican cartels, Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress.
Trouble in Paradise? Obama Down in Latest Polls
 Joanne Allen
President Barack Obama faces growing concerns among voters over government spending, the auto industry bailout and other economic policies, according to two opinion polls released on Wednesday.
US House Passes $106 Billion War Funding Bill
 Associated Press
War-funding legislation survived a fierce partisan battle in the House on Tuesday, a major step in providing commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan the money they would need for military operations in the coming months.
Email Surveillance Renews Concerns in US Congress
 James Risen & Eric Lichtblau
The National Security Agency is facing renewed scrutiny over the extent of its domestic surveillance program, with critics in Congress saying its recent intercepts of the private telephone calls and e-mail messages of Americans are broader than previously acknowledged, current and former officials said.
Obama's Weekly Address: Health Care Reform as the Key to Our Fiscal Future
 White House Blog
The President has long noted that skyrocketing health care costs will be disastrous in terms of our long term national debt unless we pass real reform.
San Francisco at Crossroads Over Immigration
 Jesse McKinley
In the debate over illegal immigration, San Francisco has proudly played the role of liberal enclave, a so-called sanctuary city where local officials have refused to cooperate with enforcement of federal immigration law and undocumented residents have mostly lived without fear of consequence.
AZ Inmate Death Leads to Ban on Outdoor Cells
 Jonathan J. Cooper
A prostitute doing time behind bars, Marcia Powell was temporarily moved one day last month to an outdoor holding pen with nothing but a chain-link-fence roof to shield her from the searing desert sun. She lasted less than four hours.
US Treasury Sanctions Drug Trafficker’s Illicit Network in Mexico and Colombia
 mexico.usembassy.gov
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control today designated 15 entities and nine individuals as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers. The OFAC designations target the illicit activities and assets of a significant Colombian drug trafficker, among others.
Air France Searchers Struggle in Worsening Weather
 Marco Sibaja & Bradley Brooks
Military ships and planes struggled in worsening weather Friday to find more bodies and debris from the Air France jet that likely cracked apart over the Atlantic Ocean.
US Trial Delayed for Anti-Castro Cuban Militant
 Associated Press
Anti-Castro Cuban militant Luis Posada Carriles won't stand trial on immigration fraud and perjury charges until next year.
Peru: Native Protesters Search for Their Dead
 Milagros Salazar
Indigenous people taking part in protests in the northern Peruvian province of Amazonas that ended in a bloody clash with the police last week are now focusing on drawing up a list of the dead and missing, amidst a climate of fear and mistrust.
California a Failed State
 The Real News Network
Al Jazeera's Fault Lines: California is in crisis. The state is $24bn short of balancing its books this year - and it may run out of cash to pay its bills in a matter of weeks.
Obama Abandons Plan to Bring Detainees to US
 Capitol Hill Blue
President Barack Obama is pulling the plug on his controversial plan to resettle cleared Guantanamo detainees in the United States, admitting defeat in the face of strong, bi-partisan opposition from Congress.
Terror Names Linked To Doomed Flight AF 447
 Peter Allen
Two passengers with names linked to Islamic terrorism were on the Air France flight which crashed with the loss of 228 lives, it has emerged. French secret servicemen established the connection while working through the list of those who boarded the doomed Airbus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 31.
Police in Peru Accused of Disappearing Bodies
 The Real News Network
Dozens of people have been killed in clashes between indigenous people and police in Peru. The Indians have been protesting against laws which will open up communal jungle lands and water resources to oil drilling, logging and mining.
White Supremacist James W Von Brunn Kills Guard at Holocaust Museum
 Tim Reid
An 88-year-old white supremacist and Holocaust denier opened fire in Washington’s Holocaust Museum yesterday, killing a security guard before being shot in the head.
Peru Congress Suspends Decrees that Upset Indians
 Franklin Briceno
Peru's Congress indefinitely suspended on Wednesday two key legislative decrees that spurred the Amazon Indian protests that erupted in bloodshed during a government crackdown last week.
California Nears Financial Meltdown
 Jim Christie
California's government risks a financial "meltdown" within 50 days in light of its weakening May revenues unless Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and lawmakers quickly plug a $24.3 billion budget gap, the state's controller said on Wednesday.
US Charitable Giving Declines, a New Report Finds
 Stephanie Strom
Charitable giving fell last year by the largest percentage in five decades, according to a new study by the Giving USA Foundation.
73 People Found in Truck at US-MEX Border
 Associated Press
Seventy-three illegal immigrants were found in the trailer of a big rig at a U.S.-Mexico border crossing and the truck's driver was arrested, officials said Monday.
60 Die in Peru Rainforest Protest
 The Real News Network
Recent free trade agreements signed with the American and Canadian governments fueled the government to go ahead with changes to domestic laws that would seek to advance mineral, logging, oil and agricultural ‘development’ into previously untouched areas of the Amazon.
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