The US Senate has approved a long-awaited immigration reform bill that creates a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants while imposing unprecedented new measures for border security. It would spend $46 billion to nearly double the number of border agents to 40,000, expand the use of drones, and construct around 700 miles of border fencing.
Read MoreI must confess that, I felt a slight tickle of “satisfaction.” For a moment, Uncle Sam had been given a taste of his own medicine. For years, Venezuela has been asking the USA to extradite terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, a former Venezuelan Police agent and US.Army officer with some CIA involvement.
Read MoreEcuadorian President Rafael Correa today criticized a Washington Post editorial which comments on Quito’s “double standard” in connection with the request for political asylum made by former US Secret Service agent Edward Snowden, DPA reported.
Read MoreA new investigative report has revealed the administration’s crackdown on leaks extends far beyond high-profile cases like Snowden or the Associated Press, to the vast majority of government agencies and departments — even those with no connection to intelligence or national security.
Read MoreThe events recently witnessed in Brazil constitute a rare phenomenon indeed: a wave of protests without ringleaders or defined political slogans which, though causing some material damage and regrettably leaving behind two dead, was, for the most part, non-violent.
Read MoreThe international mystery surrounding National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden has deepened after the former U.S. intelligence contractor failed to board a flight as expected from Moscow to Havana today. Snowden reportedly arrived in Moscow Sunday after fleeing Hong Kong.
Read MoreHunted by the United States, whistleblower Eduard Snowden will seek asylum in Ecuador, reports RT news from Moscow on Sunday.
Read MoreThe FBI confirmed this week that drones are carrying out surveillance within the United States. FBI Director Robert Mueller called the drone use “very seldom,” while acknowledging regulations to address privacy concerns have yet to be completed.
Read MoreWelcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, for June 15 to the 21st 2013. As Israeli soldiers and settlers attacks targeting Palestinians escalated this week the newly appointed Palestinian Prime Minister resigns his post. These stories and more, coming up.
Read MoreSeventeen years ago, TWA Flight 800 crashed off Long Island, killing all 230 people aboard. The official government investigation blamed mechanical failure, but now a group of former investigators are petitioning the National Transportation Safety Board to reopen the probe, saying the original report was falsified.
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