“We’re under siege,” said rancher Ed Ashurst as he pointed to where he had tracked the killer of his friend and neighbor to the U.S.-Mexico border. “Five years ago, we didn’t even bother to lock our doors. Now my wife and I carry firearms everywhere we go.” John Ladd is a fifth-generation cattle rancher in southern Cochise County, Ariz. The southern boundary of... 

Residents stand behind a picture of Edelmiro Cavazos, the mayor of Santiago, Mexico, who was abducted and slain by a drug cartel The murder scarred a part of Mexico that was supposed to be reasonably safe from violence and crime. Santiago is a picturesque town of waterfalls, colonial churches and holiday homes for the rich. Its mayor, Edelmiro Cavazos, was a blue-eyed 38-year-old educated in the U.S.... 

Click on the image to enlarge it Six years after his brother was beheaded by Iraqi insurgents, Riyad is still haunted by the memory of identifying the disfigured body and watching the mutilation on a video distributed by the killers. Yet Riyad now has fresh worries to contend with: the threat of deportation from Sweden, which recently rejected his application for asylum. “They murdered my brother... 

A beggar on the streets of Venice. The Italian remarks come hot on the heels of Roma expulsions in France. Italy has said it intends to expel citizens from other EU states if they are not able to support themselves, in a move apparently inspired by France’s current crackdown on Roma. Interior Minister Roberto Maroni told daily newspaper Corriere della Sera on Saturday (21 August) that French... 

Governor Jan Brewer signing the SB 1070 anti-illegal immigration law during a press conference in Phoenix Arizona. Twenty-two states are now in the process of drafting or seeking to pass legislation similar to Arizona’s law against illegal immigration. This is occurring despite the fact that the Obama administration has filed a lawsuit against the Arizona law and a federal judge has ruled against... 

French authorities have said the majority are returning on a voluntary basis But as the 124 people landed in Timisoara, in their native Romania, many said they planned to head straight back to France. “Of course I’m thinking about returning to France. Life is better than in Romania,” said 26-year-old Ionut Balasz as he arrived in Romania. Aurel Cioaba echoed his sentiment: “I... 

Dariusz Ratajczak American writer JP Bellinger dose not rule out the the involvement of Israeli spy agency, Mossad, in the tragic death of a Polish historian, who was researching on the Holocaust. Dariusz Ratajczak, a former professor at the University of Opole, was found dead in a car parked near a shopping center in Opole on June 11, 2010. Forensic reports indicated that the body was in the car for... 

Utah State Representative Stephen Sandstrom has introduced an immigration bill which in some ways may be tougher than Arizona’s embroiled S.B. 1070, yet omits the “onerous” and “punitive” aspects of the bill. Rep. Sandstrom said he might be willing to bend on some minor points of the bill to improve its chance of passage, but will not compromise on allowing police to question individuals... 

A grim Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) report prepared for Prime Minister Putin states that a British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS, also known as MI6) ‘hit team’ was behind the assassination Matthew Simmons [photo top right] who was one of the United States top oil experts and the most outspoken critic of the US and BP’s handling of the Gulf of Mexico oil leak catastrophe. According... 

Sheriff Larry Dever of Cochise County, Ariz. Sheriff Larry Dever of Cochise County, Ariz., one of four Arizona counties contiguous with the U.S-Mexico border, said Friday that the U.S. Border Patrol has pulled back from parts of the border in his and neighboring counties because manning those areas has become too dangerous. “And you frankly have Border Patrolmen–and I know this from talking... 

A French-language TV journalist, Hugues-Denver (HEWE’) Akassy that he called himself as, has been accused of a number of crimes against the New York women. Earlier, in the last month, he was indicted for exploiting three women. In the first case, he raped a Russian tourist in a park, whom he met at Time Warner Center. In other case, he was found prowling on the fire escape of a woman claiming... 

A rabbi and his wife are attempting to set up the first medical marijuana centre in Washington DC. According to Rabbi Jeffrey Kahn, decriminalising use of the drug “is an important religious issue.” He and his wife Stephanie, a nurse, have applied for a licence to open the “zen-like but simple and classy” Takoma Wellness Centre in America’s capital. And rather than a traditional marijuana... 

The MV Sun Sea before it was reneamed. marinetraffic.com/ The Globe and Mail About 200 migrants expected to be detained as MV Sun Sea nears B.C. shores Two provincial jails east of Vancouver are preparing for an influx this week of 200 new residents: Tamil migrants aboard a ship that is expected to arrive in British Columbia. That disclosure from a spokesman for the District of Maple Ridge Tuesday... 

Shackled in handcuffs and leg irons, Eliyahu Weinstein, the Lakewood real estate developer charged Thursday by federal agents with having “masterminded” a $200 million scheme to defraud his investors, listened in federal court as an assistant U.S. attorney detailed charges that could net him more than 50 years in prison. At the conclusion of his first appearance, U.S. District Magistrate... 

An interesting FSB report circulating in the Kremlin today states that United States Federal Police Forces have captured an Israeli “Killing Machine” who was attempting to flee the US after his being identified as the main suspect in a series of “racially motivated” stabbing attacks on black people that has resulted in at least 5 deaths over the past 3 months. According to this report,...