IDP Camps in terrible conditions

Sri Lankan government claimed that most to the detainees would be resettled within six months. However, senior military officials told that 80% of the people will be there in a year time. Further, permanent...

Vancouver: Who are The Red Scorpions?

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorBritish Columbia's Red Scorpions, the lower mainlands scourge, a blight on the Vietnamese community,  show no mercy, they would as  sooner execute their own...

Conrad Black 'Serene' as He Makes Federal Jail Home

Defiant to the last, former media mogul Conrad Black started his 6 and a half year sentence today at the Coleman-Low Federal Correction Complex in Florida. Black still insists he is innocent of all charges and...

Thoughts on Occasion of Islam's 10,000th Terror Attack Since 9/11

"Thoughts on Occasion of Islam's 10,000th Terror Attack Since 9/1111/17/07  What a difference six years makes! In the mind-numbing aftermath of 9/11, who would have guessed that within just a few years American politicians would be campaigning on promises to ensure the...

Rebel Love: Shining Path Leader to Wed

Publicly-reviled Sendero Luminoso leader "Presidente Gonzalo" has asked his lover, Elena Iparraguirre, to marry him. Both are in prison, so Iparraguirre's mother acted as messenger. "Gonzalo" (real name Abimael...

Can we keep kids from repeating their incarcerated parents' mistakes?

Arrested Development Can we keep kids from repeating their incarcerated parents' mistakes? by Francesca HeintzMore than 2 million children have a parent in prison, and statistics say they're up to six times more likely to go down that same road than...

A book I will have to read to get a second side of the story

"Dad's image cannot be changed," Amin sighed. "If I bring an understanding, it will be very little because he's in a compartment and getting him out of there will take a thousand years. But I believe my father would take it on the chin whatever they say about him." Amin has...

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.

9/11 hijackers were stopped for traffic violations while out of immigration s...

Section 287(g) allows cops on the beat to be trained in the investigation, arrest, and custody of illegal aliens, and gives them the same immigration authority as a federal agent. The only thing that stops this...

Missouri Must Allow Inmate Abortions, Federal Judge Rules State Must Give Pre...

The state must allow pregnant inmates to have an abortion and must transport them to facilities that perform the procedure, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

Massachusetts must do its part in dealing with illegal aliens

Finding a way to address the seemingly endless flow of illegal, or undocumented, aliens into the United States, including Massachusetts, has become a new "third rail" in American and Bay State politics.

Illegal Aliens Linked to Rise in Crime Statistics

There has been an annual increase Illegal Immigrants and there has been an annual increase in Violent Crime. Some criminologists believe that the increase in Violent Crime is linked to the Illegal Immigrants who come into the United States with a criminal...

jail costs add up for illegal immigrants

Oregon taxpayers are paying millions of dollars every year to incarcerate undocumented immigrants. Federal reimbursement comes up short for state and county.

The Mystery of the Abu Ghraib Tattoo

One photograph that stands out from all the other photographs.

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