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Some 300 Turkish soldiers crossed into northern Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish guerrillas yesterday in the wake of the heaviest air raids for years by the Turkish airforce on the mountain hideouts of the rebels. The Turkish military claimed that its soldiers ...

PM MEXICO CITY-The Mexican government reported the results of recent studies on Tuesday showing that 68 percent of Mexicans who migrate or try to migrate to the United States do so without documents and 55 percent of them hire immigrant smugglers. The ...

Chuck Langpaul Jr. has been in the custom home business for more than a decade, so he thought he knew a thing or two about groundbreaking ceremonies: Hoist a shovel, snap a picture and it's done. Then, a Hindu family in Great Falls asked him to build its ...

MONTPELIER, Vt. - A bill passed by both chambers of the U.S. Congress could make it easier for emergency responders in the northeastern United States and Canada to respond to major crises in the other country. The International Emergency Management ...

NOW, working with coalition partners La Raza, the National Immigration Law Center and many others, has signed onto and helped distribute a letter to Congress asking them to stand up to public attacks on hard-working immigrant families and to support ...

WASHINGTON -- American legislators are renewing their push to delay requiring passports at the Canada-U.S. border until June 2009 by slipping the measure into a critical spending bill. But the Homeland Security Department says it's determined to move ...

LONDON (AP) Britain may start requiring residents to pay deposits when their non-European Union family members visit refundable only when the relatives go home, according to a government proposal aimed at tightening borders and eliminating illegal ...

By THE CANADIAN PRESS Kandahar Santa LYNDEN, Wash. - American border guards at the Lynden, Wash. border crossing used a vehicle gamma-ray imaging system to uncover hundreds of kilograms of marijuana. Guards also arrested a 30-year-old Surrey man ...

Mexico, Dec 18 (Prensa Latina) As many as 437 Mexicans have died so far this year trying to cross the border with the US, local chancellery confirmed Tuesday. The figure accounts for the January-December 5 period, and corroborates emigrants keep facing ...

Like British Columbia's best-known ski destination, Revelstoke Mountain Resort will boast world-class, all-season recreation, a village centre and mushrooming real estate values in the surrounding area. GLORIA GALLOWAY Manufacturers could be fined ...