Gaza City blacked out after 4 rockets hit Israel

This has been going on for over a week now. Israeli towns have been under seige near the Gaza border with only minutes notice of in coming rockets.  "Rockets fired from northern Gaza land in western Negev; no injuries, damage reported; Gaza City plunges into darkness...

Israel seals Gaza crossings after rocket attack

A million Palestinians eager for shipments  of supplies were  deprived of shipments as other Palestinians in Hamas controlled Palestine took full advantage of the open border to fire off a Rocket into...

End of ceasefire 'imminent' as more rockets fired from Gaza

The cease-fire in Gaza appears to be all but over as more rocket attacks have been launched into Israel. It wasn't even able to last mroe than a week." Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired two mortar shells into southern Israel today, as the week-long ceasefire deal...

Gaza crossings opened despite court case

Israel's blockade of the Gaza strip is to be ended as planned, according to the Israeli government. However only the most basic amount of humanitarian aid is being let in at present, until the High Court rules on...

Hard Candy-Hard Time: Drug Seizures

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorBlow, Snow, Rock, ICE, Horse,Crank, PCP, THC, Meth, a minute inventory in the big scheme of things,  when it comes to Nose Candy.  Illegal Drugs of...

Indian train hits crowd on tracks

A tragedy in India."At least 16 people have been killed in western India after a high-speed train ran into them, railway officials say. The victims were hit by the train as they walked in the dark on the tracks...

Gaza Food Shops, Gas Stations Close During Israeli Effort to End Rocket Attacks

Rather than ending rocket attacks, I'm beginning to wonder if Israel's lockdown of Gaza is more likely to create more attacks. Going without medications, bread, gas, fuel, and medical care is more likely to create anger than reconciliation."Gaza City awoke Monday to shuttered...

Canada: Unarmed border guards cost millions

One can suppose each to their own, though costing millions for those who refuse seem somewhat inflated.Border Guards went for decades without guns, so the status quo just remains the same for some. Staff those who...

Canada: Police crack down on alleged human smuggling rings operating in Canada

The Federal Government long accused by the United States of not doing enough about human smuggling and protecting our shared border took the initiative along with US Authourities and in a long overdue sweep,...

Greek Cypriots demolish city's dividing wall

This is a very interesting step for this community; it is the political equivalent of the tear down of the Berlin Wall in 1989. "NICOSIA, Cyprus - Greek Cypriots demolished a wall Friday along the boundary that...

European Cities Do Away with Traffic Signs

Are streets without traffic signs conceivable? Seven cities and regions in Europe are giving it a try -- with good results."We reject every form of legislation," the Russian aristocrat and "father of anarchism" Mikhail Bakunin once thundered. The czar banished him to Siberia....

Unauthorized Migrants -- Numbers and Characteristics

Pew Hispanic Center  [report in PDF]

Border Battles -- The U.S. Immigration Debates

"...the positions taken by advocates and the policies proposed by politicians have recently become more contentious and extreme..."

Governor Schwarzenegger Launches Cross-Border Law Enforcement Task Force

Since September 11, 2001, 39 tunnels crossing the southern border into the U.S., have been discovered.

Pat Buchanan Defends Controversial Immigration Comments

America is being invaded by millions of illegal immigrants every year, and it threatens the future of the country. According to Patrick J. Buchanan. He addresses immigration in his brand new "State of Emergency: The Third Word Invasion, The Conquest of America." Copy &...

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