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WASHINGTON -- Travelers crossing from Canada into the United States will soon face tighter identity checks but citizens of both nations will not have to show passports until 2009, U.S. authorities said Friday. From Jan. 31, 'border crossers will be asked ...

PM YUMA, Arizona-A Border Patrol agent trying to stop a vehicle that had illegally entered the U.S. was struck and killed Saturday in southeastern California, agency officials said. The agent was killed about 20 miles (32 kilometers) west of Yuma in the ...

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff wants to see intensified security efforts along the U.S.-Canadian border to better protect U.S citizens. The U.S. security official said that starting Jan. 31, anyone attempting to ...

YUMA, Ariz. The agent was killed about 20 miles west of Yuma in the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area, a spot along the border that is popular with off-road vehicle enthusiasts and frequently used by smugglers. The agent attempted to impede the ...

MOSCOW, January 19 (Itar-Tass) -- Plans to deploy U.S. missile defence system elements in Eastern Europe seriously complicate the situation on the Belarusian border, the country's Defence Minister, Colonel-General Leonid Maltsev said on Saturday. "Plans ...

2 What's this WASHINGTON (AFP) - Travellers crossing from Canada into the United States will soon face tighter identity checks but citizens of both nations will not have to show passports until 2009, US authorities said Friday. From January 31, 'border ...

One victim jumped from a window to escape the blaze, and the other four were found unconscious in one room, firefighters said. It took 60 firefighters about 40 minutes to get control of the blaze, which was reported shortly before 7 a.m. on the top floor ...

NEW YORK (AP) - An early morning fire killed three Guatemalan immigrant workers and seriously hurt two other people in a building where they rented rooms, authorities and neighbors said Saturday. It took 60 firefighters about 40 minutes to get control of ...

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WASHINGTON - Americans will be safer next month after tougher document requirements are imposed at Canada-U.S. land-border crossings, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said yesterday. As of Feb. 1, Canadians and returning Americans will need ...

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, Thursday in Washington. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/J. David Ake WASHINGTON - Without new security rules at the Canada-U.S. border, there could be a clamour from Americans to close it completely if a terrorist slips ...

SEATTLE - A former Blaine, Wash., border guard has denied letting a Canadian woman bring drugs into the U-S in exchange for sex. Desmone Bastian told a federal jury in Seattle today he never failed to perform his duty or turned a blind eye. He testified ...

SEATTLE - A former Blaine, Wash., border guard has denied letting a Canadian woman bring drugs into the U.S. in exchange for sex. Desmone Bastian told a federal jury in Seattle today he never failed to perform his duty or turned a blind eye. He testified ...

HARTFORD, Conn. A Turkish-born woman convicted along with her son in a multimillion-dollar hedge fund scheme has been ordered deported, officials said Friday. Ayferafet Yalincak was ordered removed to her native Turkey following a hearing Wednesday in ...

Dov Charney, the colourful and unashamedly libidinous Canadian chief executive of Los Angeles-based t-shirt company American Apparel, has moved away from the de rigeur chicks-in-underpants advertising for his latest campaign, which makes a pointed appeal ...

WASHINGTON - New border-crossing rules that take effect in two weeks will mean longer lines and stiffer demands for identification for Americans, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said yesterday. A driver's license won't be enough to get ...

NIAGARA FALLS, New York-U.S. immigration officials deported 107 people to Nigeria, Egypt and Jordan in a mass 'removal operation' this week from Niagara Falls. The group included 94 Nigerians, among them 55 with U.S. criminal convictions for ...

HARTFORD, Conn. - A Turkish-born woman convicted along with her son in a hedge fund scheme has been ordered deported, officials said Friday. Ayferafet Yalincak was ordered removed to her native Turkey following a hearing Wednesday in Hartford, said Susan ...