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Barack Obama is to pursue an ambitious peace plan in the Middle East involving the recognition of Israel by the Arab world in exchange for its withdrawal to pre-1967 borders, according to sources close to Americas president-elect. Obama intends to throw ...

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New America Media, News Analysis, Marcelo Ballv, Posted: Nov 15, 2008 Editor's Note: A President Obama might not be able to take on immigration reform as a top-level priority during an economic downturn. But immigration advocates feel he can still make ...

DUBLIN, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Irish airports are set to become the first outside the Americas to offer full U.S. immigration checks before departure, potentially boosting their position as transatlantic hubs, the Irish government said on Friday. Dublin and ...

The results of elections 2008 are good news for immigration reform. It's not just the election of Barack Obama, say advocates. From the Senate to Congress, immigration failed as a wedge issue. And some anti-immigrant candidates have lost their seats. ...

(BOSTON) ? Zeituni Onyango came to the United States seeking asylum from her native Kenya but was turned down and ordered to leave the country in 2004. Four years later, she is still here. And her nephew is about to become president of the United ...

* WSJ report quotes McKiernan as saying US-Pakistan ties moving in right direction * Pakistan's stance against Taliban has improvedDaily Times Monitor LAHORE: US forces have begun working with Pakistan's military to take on Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters ...

An American man who is seeking asylum in Canada from child sex charges has not been released and remains in custody at the Winnipeg Remand Centre, federal officials confirmed this week. The whereabouts of Troy Greenbank have been cloaked in secrecy since ...

Editor's Note: Immigrant rights advocates are optimistic in the aftermath of the Nov. 4 elections, in which anti-immigrant politicians lost seats in Congress. They hope comprehensive immigration reform will prevail under the Obama Administration. Rupa ...

The Bush administration has issued a final rule requiring most contractors to verify the legal status of their workers starting January 15 in order to do business with the federal government. The rule requires federal contractors and subcontractors to ...

I?ve noticed that after the November U.S. elections, I?ve been getting more and more inquiries regarding the status of the proposed amnesty bill or the guest worker program. I?ve also noticed in the emails I?ve been receiving, the terms ...

President-elect Barack Obama intends to pursue a Mideast peace policy that calls on Israel to revert to its pre-1967 borders in return for official diplomatic recognition by the Arab world. A senior Obama adviser told the London Times that Obama will ...

Beginning Jan. 15, contractors will have to verify the immigration status of all employees working on federal contracts. The requirement, published as a 275-page rule in the Nov. 14 Federal Register, applies to new federal contracts worth more than ...

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The Embassy of the United States of America in St Andrew yesterday announced several changes to its Consular Section's visa operations. The visa fee remains at US$131 (J$10,087) but as of Monday, non-immigrant US visa applicants will have to pay an ...

DALLASFederal authorities have compromised the rights and safety of some unaccompanied illegal immigrant children they have detained, and inadequate government guidelines are partly to blame, according to a Texas-based research group. Many children ...

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Islamabad - An airstrike by a US drone aircraft killed 12 people Friday in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal district, a known hub of al-Qaeda and Taliban militants, Pakistani officials said. The pre-dawn attack in north-western Pakistan targeted a ...

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