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Republican presidential contender Fred Thompson offered an immigration plan on Tuesday that would cut off federal grants for cities and states that fail to report illegal immigrants or offer public benefits to them. Reuters - Click here to view the ...

Nurse Julie Parve says she is happy because she's making friends while making a differenceAfter years of witnessing violence, being separated from their loved ones and living in camps, more than 400 Somali refugees resettled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ...

WASHINGTON -- Leaders of the Kurdish area in northern Iraq have been lax in pursuing Kurdish rebels who use the area to launch attacks across the border in Turkey, the United States charged Tuesday. 'They are inactive,' said David Satterfield, the State ...

Borders Group on Oct. 24 will open the first stand-alone Paperchase store in the United States, in Boston. Paperchase is the London-based retail-brand leader stationery with more than 100 stores throughout the United Kingdom. ...

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The US border patrol will press ahead with plans to enlarge its fleet of unmanned surveillance aircraft, despite embarrassing revelations about the programme which have emerged following a crash last year. At the moment US Customs and Border Protection ...

Cars Event tickets Jobs Real estate Shop Online degrees WASHINGTON (AP) - Leaders of the Kurdish area in northern Iraq have been lax in pursuing Kurdish rebels who use the area to launch attacks across the border in Turkey, the United States charged ...

The United States has warned Iraqi leaders to take concrete steps to crack down on Kurdish rebels operating against Turkey from northern Iraq, as Turkey yesterday dispatched more troops and heavy weaponry toward the Iraqi border. President Bush yesterday ...

Times interview with Turkish Prime Minister | Transcript Turkish diplomatic and military plans were being put into action simultaneously today as commando units were airlifted towards northern Iraq while the country's Foreign Minister arrived in Baghdad ...

(Sirnak) Turkish military helicopters airlifted commando units to the Iraqi border overnight after an ambush by rebel Kurds left eight soldiers missing and 12 dead.Amid a continuing troop build up, Turkey's Foreign Minister Ali Babacan flew to Iraq ...

WASHINGTON -- President Bush scrambled Monday to avert a full-scale military assault by Turkey against Kurdish rebels inside northern Iraq, urging Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki to stop cross border attacks by the separatist group known as the PKK. ...

Fairfax County (D) said yesterday that under no circumstances would he follow the lead of and push for legislation to cut off services to illegal immigrants or authorize police to check the immigration status of suspects, measures he described as ...

It is part of a dress rehearsal for new rules, to take effect in January, that will require Americans to show a passport or other proof of citizenship to enter the United States. The requirements were approved by Congress as part of anti-terrorism ...

The wars against terrorism and illegal immigration seem to have one common, simple rule of engagement: Keep people out of the U.S. who shouldn't be here. This rule seems to playing out in full force along the U.S.-Mexico border. The changes are mandated ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration waived environmental and other laws on Monday and ordered construction to proceed on an environmentally sensitive section of the border fence between the United States and Mexico. U.S. Homeland Security ...

34:05 GMT Source: Reuters [-] [] By Lizbeth Diaz TIJUANA, Mexico, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Raging wildfires in Southern California cloaked neighboring Mexican cities in a fog of suffocating ash on Monday, shutting schools and businesses and a major ...

The Bush administration waived environmental and other laws on Monday and ordered construction to proceed on an environmentally sensitive section of the border fence between the United States and Mexico. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff ...

HALIFAX - U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins admits border security can get a little tight at times, even for his tiny dog. The topic came up Monday during a question-and-answer session in Halifax, when a businesswoman asked Wilkins to check into why border ...

NEW ORLEANS: The message could not have been clearer: I'm one of you, a normal, red-blooded football-loving Louisiana guy. It is a theme that seems to have informed the youthful Republican congressman's every step, from his decision at age 4 to jettison ...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (Reuters) - When I walked from downtown Brownsville to the nearby Rio Grande the last thing I expected to see was an illegal immigrant fresh from the river, crouched behind a bush. Border patrol agents have stepped up security but he ...