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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 ...

Packed into the Suburban, he discovered, were 14 illegal immigrants, two suspected smugglers, and a spiral notebook on the front seat, listing the passengers and their destinations in Spanish 'Arterio Ramires to Nuy Yersey; David Luna to Nueba York; ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- The United States said Thursday that the militant Hamas might smuggle in arms and other materials through the broken border of Gaza and Egypt. 'We understand and also appreciate the fact that Hamas is trying to take ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ISLAMABAD, Jan 22 (KUNA) The US Centcom Chief Tuesday met with Pakistani Chief of Army Staff and discussed matters related to the security of bordering tribal regions. Admiral William J Fallon, Commander US CENTCOM arrived here Tuesday morning on a day ...

Mexico City - The Mexican Army on Tuesday took over control of the local police forces in the cities of Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa and Matamoros, on the border with the United States in the northern state of Tamaulipas, the authorities said. The military ...