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War in the Caucasus The US and Europe yesterday demanded any settlement of the conflict in Georgia be based on recognition of the smaller country's territorial integrity. But after overrunning Georgia in five days, Russia rejected the terms. The EU ...

The U.S. Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are working together to develop a joint program office for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), according to the Coast Guard's commandant. Adm. Thad Allen told Aviation Week that the Coast Guard ...

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Washington D.C.?U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Carlos Gutirrez is urging Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform this year, reports La Opinion. Gutirrez described the current system as 'entirely without practice, without a moral sense, and ...

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A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and wounded a man as agents clashed with a group of rock-throwing assailants, marking the latest confrontation along a violent stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border, authorities said Wednesday. Edgar Israel Ortega Chavez was ...

In the town of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, parishioners at a local church offered up prayers for peace - a peace that was broken the night of July 12, when Luis Ramirez, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, was beaten to death. The crime shocked people in ...

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Robert Meltzer, CEO of VisaNow offers this guest blog post on the questions we should be asking the candidates on the ever-contentious H1-B issue. Consistently throughout U.S. history, immigration has been a divisive topic. Cultural biases, ...

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN In what could herald an intensified U.S. campaign against Islamic insurgents in Pakistan's tribal areas, a suspected American missile attack killed at least nine people near the Afghan border, Pakistani officials said today. It was ...

SEATTLE, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Immigration advocates say they aren't expecting any objections to a court settlement that will result in U.S. citizenship for around 350 immigrants. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer said Wednesday that the deal settles a 2007 ...

One of the first U.S. Army deserters from Iraq to seek refugee status in Canada has been ordered deported. Jeremy Hinzman deserted the Army in 2004 after learning his unit was to go to Iraq. He refused to participate in what he calls an immoral and ...

SAN YSIDRO, Calif. Sgt. Kerry Tom of the San Diego police, who were called for backup and are investigating the shooting, says a group who had crossed to the U.S. side of the border threw rocks at agents Tuesday night. Tom says the officers tried ...

One of the first U.S. Army deserters from Iraq to seek refugee status in Canada said he's been ordered deported. U.S. Army deserter Jeremy Hinzman, pictured in 2004, says he's not ashamed of his decision to flee to Canada. Jeremy Hinzman deserted the ...

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the geospatial company gathers a team of aerial data collection companies to collect aerial imagery over the U.S./Canada and Mexico borders. August 12, 2008 - Fairfax, VA - 3001, Inc. today announced an award by the National Geospatial-Intelligence ...

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Officials guarding the vast and mostly unfenced border between the United States and Canada are increasingly concerned that Islamic activists may pay sophisticated organised crime gangs to transport terrorists and weapons across into the US.In recent ...

Immigration officials are beefing up patrols, buying more boats and preparing for a surge in illegal water crossings as immigrants and drug smugglers are likely to chart new routes into the USA through the Gulf of Mexico and Pacific Ocean. Heavier ...