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JERUSALEM, Jan 24 (Reuters) - U.S. Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns called on Thursday for order to be restored at the border between Gaza and Egypt and said the United States was prepared to work with Cairo on the matter. Burns also told ...

JERUSALEM: A senior US diplomat said yesterday the US backed the idea of letting President Mahmoud Abbas's Palestinian Authority control main border crossings in Hamas-run Gaza to help ease local hardship. Israel has tightened restrictions on the ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Controversial Muslim intellectual Tariq Ramadan said Wednesday that with the backing of civil rights groups he was appealing a decision by the US administration to refuse him a visa. Ramadan was forced to give up a teaching position at ...

PEARL, Miss. Detective Nick McLendon, on stakeout duty along a dark stretch of eastbound Interstate 20, noticed a red Chevy Suburban with heavily tinted windows and no light over its rear Texas license plate. The missing light gave him all the excuse he ...

Mexico, Jan 24 (Prensa Latina) The Mexican-US border is the world largest migration corridor, according to a World Bank report published in this capital on Thursday. The document said that border is the point of greatest influx of people that go from ...

ALTAR VALLEY, Ariz, Jan 24 (Reuters) - U.S. Border Patrol agent Galen Huffman leans over the saddle to look at faint tracks in a cattle trail leading up from the Mexico border. He follows the tracks at a brisk trot through thick brush, up and down into ...

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MEXICO CITY - Mexican authorities said Wednesday they have arrested a man for the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent who was run over by a suspected smuggler's vehicle. Agent Luis Aguilar, 32, was placing spike strips in the path of two vehicles ...

ALTAR VALLEY, Ariz (Reuters) - U.S. Border Patrol agent Galen Huffman leans over the saddle to look at faint tracks in a cattle trail leading up from the Mexico border. He follows the tracks at a brisk trot through thick brush, up and down into rocky ...

FARMERS BRANCH, Texas (CNN) -- Illegal immigrants cannot rent or own homes in Farmers Branch, Texas, under an ordinance the city's council passed Tuesday night. The measure requires the Dallas suburb to check a renter's legal status with the federal ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States expressed concern Wednesday about tens of thousands of Palestinians pouring into Egypt from the Gaza Strip across a broken security barrier at the border of the small territory run by Hamas militants. 'We are ...

WASHINGTON - Thousands of Iraqi translators have assisted US forces since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, risking their lives and leaving their families vulnerable to retaliation from insurgents who see them as accomplices of American troops. More than 250 ...

The Transportation committee will hold public hearings on legislation that will place new proof of citizenship requirements for obtaining an Oregon driver's license. More to follow... Post new comment Math Question: What is 13 + 1?: * Please solve the ...

Hartford - HARTFORD -- L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:ID) a leading provider of identity solutions and services, announced that it has received $6.3 million in new purchase orders from the Department of State (DoS) for passport printers. The orders ...

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supporters of immigrant rights gathered for several hours today, in protest of an interim Transportation Committee hearing on legislation that will require proof of legal residence before obtaining a driver's license in Oregon. The commitee room was ...

FARMERS BRANCH, Texas (AP) -- Leaders of a Dallas suburb that was blocked from enforcing a ban on leasing apartments to illegal immigrants approved a new rule Tuesday to require prospective tenants to get a city license to rent homes and apartments. The ...

CHICAGO -- As a distressed Corina Turcinovic sat in a white van bound for the airport, it seemed her worst fear was about to become reality - she would be deported from the country she considers home. Instead, the van suddenly turned around, making ...

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With the lawsuits expected soon, the legal action would mark an escalation in the clash between the government and the property owners. The Bush administration wants to build 370 miles of fencing and 300 miles of vehicle barriers by year's end. A number ...