US blacklists Pakistan militants

America has banned four Pakistan militants and put financial sanctions. They are accused of spreading Muslim terrorism. Leaders of the terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET) have been accused of creating violence in India." The United States has imposed financial...

US Internet Control Discussed in Brazil

"U.S. control over how Internet addresses are assigned — and thus how people around the world access e-mail and Web sites — dominated discussions as a major U.N. conference on the Internet opened here...

Parliament passes bill on RI-South Korean extradition

"The government`s step was to anticipate any transnational crimes including illicit drug trafficking and money laundry, he said. "The Bill is very strategic to protect the two countries from transnational crimes," Fuad Anwar said. The extradition agreement would also give...

Thailand Make Moves To Fight Child Exploitation

"Permanent secretary for justice Jarun Pukditanakul has instructed the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to expand its role to begin combating child exploitation, especially through pornography and transnational organised crime."

Troullis appointed CFO of Quintiles Transnational

Research Triangle Park, N.C., (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - Quintiles Transnational Corp. today announced the appointment of Michael Troullis as its Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Troullis had been acting CFO since former CFO John Ratliff was appointed...

Debunking the North American Union Conspiracy Theory

"Debunking the North American Union Conspiracy Theory By Joshua Holland, AlterNet. Posted June 15, 2007. The North American Union, an increasingly popular conspiracy theory about a group of shadowy international "elites" who are planning to "replace the United States" with a...

An International Failure by Charles Krauthammer

"An International Failure The E.U. and U.N. only make things more difficult. By Charles Krauthammer Iran has pulled off a tidy little success with its seizure and subsequent release of those 15 British sailors and marines: a pointed humiliation of Britain, with a bonus...

Bahrain denies Thai investigators are in Manama to probe prostitution ring

"Bahraini officials yesterday denied recent media reports that a police unit from Thailand was conducting investigations in Manama into an alleged prostitution ring involving Thai women. The report, first published in a Thai newspaper, said that the newly-formed police...

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..."

An Immigration Policy Ruled By Fear

There are about 12 million unauthorized immigrants in the United States.

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