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This spring, when employers flood the U.S. government with petitions to hire H-1B visa workers, those companies likely will have a new convenience -- electronic notification from the Dept. of Homeland Security about whether those applications have been ...

(Updated Feb. 6, 2008) Czechs could start traveling to the United States without being required to get visas as early as October, Hospodrsk Noviny reports, citing unnamed Czech diplomatic sources and the British weekly European Voice. 'Legislative ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - A Michigan company is moving ahead with efforts to establish a new U.S.-Canada border crossing in Buffalo. The Ambassador Niagara Signature Bridge Group has applied for a permit to build a new bridge about 2 1/2 kilometres north of the ...

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AM PRAGUE, Czech Republic-The United States is likely to drop visa requirements for the citizens of the Czech Republic, Estonia and Greece this year, a U.S. Homeland Security official said Wednesday Richard C. Barth, assistant secretary of the U.S. ...

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. - A 16-year-old has pleaded guilty to the killing of a Long Island man whose unharmed 3-year-old son was found dozing on his father's lifeless body. Levon Griffin pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Tuesday in Riverhead court as he ...

Lawyer Boris Kuznetsov, who has defended numerous high-profile clients against government charges and is suspected of divulging state secrets, said Tuesday that he had requested political asylum in the United States. Kuznetsov, 64, fled the country in ...

PM A prominent Russian lawyer accused by authorities of divulging state secrets by providing evidence of the wiretapping to the Constitutional Court has applied for political asylum in the United States, his Moscow attorney said on Tuesday.Boris ...

Do I need a U.S. passport to leave the country? In general, yes. Exceptions include land or sea travel to Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Bermuda, where a photo ID plus proof of citizenship, such as a birth certificate, may be enough for now. Practices ...

MOSCOW Kuznetsov fled Russia in July after authorities accused him of divulging state secrets by providing evidence of the wiretapping to the Constitutional Court. Kuznetsov has taken part in an array of high-profile cases, including representing the ...

MOSCOW Boris Kuznetsov, a lawyer who challenged the Russian security services' wiretapping of his client, has applied for political asylum in the United States, his Moscow attorney said Tuesday. Kuznetsov fled Russia in July after authorities accused him ...

TOKYO - A U.S. Homeland Security Department official voiced hope Tuesday that the Japanese government will start sometime in the future to take the fingerprints of all 10 fingers of each foreign visitor to step up accuracy of the screening system at ...

FARMERS BRANCH, Texas (AP) -- A lawsuit was filed Tuesday over this Dallas suburb's latest effort to keep out illegal immigrants by barring home rentals to people who can't prove they are in the country legally. The suit, filed on behalf of real estate ...

MOSCOW - Boris Kuznetsov, a lawyer who challenged the Russian security services' wiretapping of his client, has applied for political asylum in the United States, his Moscow attorney said Tuesday.Kuznetsov fled Russia in July after authorities accused ...

Important Change in International Land and Sea Travel Document Procedures Release Date: January 31, 2008 For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reminds the ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A fugitive Russian attorney has applied for political asylum in the United States after accusing Russia's security service of waging a vendetta against him, his lawyer said on Tuesday. Boris Kuznetsov is wanted in Russia on charges of ...

TORONTO, Feb 2 (Tierramrica) - Jaguars have no place in the United States, although a handful still roam the southwest. Environmentalists suspect the real reason U.S. officials are allowing the jaguar to become extinct is the 'security' wall being built ...

MOSCOW-Boris Kuznetsov, a prominent lawyer who challenged the security services' wiretapping of his client, has applied for political asylum in the United States, his Moscow attorney said Tuesday. Kuznetsov fled Russia in July after authorities accused ...

TOKYO, Feb. 5-(Kyodo), A U.S. Homeland Security Department official voiced hope Tuesday that the Japanese government will start sometime in the future to take the fingerprints of all 10 fingers of each foreign visitor to step up accuracy of the screening ...