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Belarus dissident fighting extradition by Ecuador
Less than a year ago, an Ecuadorean judge denied a request to extradite Aliaksandr Barankov to Belarus, the former Soviet bloc nation whose president ...
US: Assange trying to distract from sex case
The Obama administration on Monday accused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of making "wild assertions" about U.S. persecution to deflect attention ...
Argentina wants foreigners, 16-year-olds to vote
Argentina is rethinking what it means to be a citizen, proposing radical changes that would have both foreigners and 16-year-olds vote to determine ...
Jamaican woman faces marriage fraud trial in Kan.
A Jamaican woman accused of entering into a "sham marriage" with a Kansas soldier faces a federal trial Tuesday during which jurors must decide ...
Assange urges US to end Wikileaks 'witch hunt'
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange portrayed himself Sunday as a victim of an American "witch hunt" over his secret-spilling website in a defiant ...
Employer: Ex-servant using trial to get US status
A woman accused of keeping an illegal immigrant as a servant at her upstate New York mansion says the housekeeper has become a prosecution witness in ...
Ex-fundraiser for US Rep. Grimm arrested in NYC
An Israeli who helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm during his 2010 campaign has been arrested in New York on ...
Ecuador leader seeks moral halo in asylum fight
An economist schooled in the United States and Belgium, Rafael Correa was judged among the more cerebral of Latin America's new breed of leftist ...
Young immigrants may find college elusive
Araceli Cortes had made up her mind: After being brought to the U.S. as a child, graduating from high school and attending some college in California, ...
Julian Assange's long fight against extradition
Julian Assange, founder of secret-spilling website WikiLeaks, has been fighting to avoid extradition to Sweden, which wants to question him about ...
Ecuador decision on Assange asylum due
In the two months since Julian Assange ducked into Ecuador's London embassy to seek political asylum, President Rafael Correa has been consistently ...
Thousands line up for right to work legally in US
Nathaly Uribe has all the papers she needs to get a work permit — something the 17-year-old daughter of a construction worker only dreamed of growing ...
AP PHOTOS: Young immigrants seek the right to work
Wednesday brought the first chance for young illegal immigrants to prove they have earned the right to live legally in America. The Obama ...
US government launches new immigration program
Young illegal immigrants are scrambling to get passports and other records in order as the Homeland Security Department starts accepting applications ...
DHS launches new immigration program
The Obama administration on Tuesday directed young illegal immigrants to fill out new forms and pay $465 if they want to apply under a new program ...
Bloomberg wants election debate on immigration
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg sought Tuesday to ignite debate over immigration among the presidential contenders, saying there was no faster or ...
North American Jews move to Israel despite risks
Despite regional tensions, about 350 Jews from North America landed in Israel on Tuesday, planning to make the Jewish state their new home.
Anti-immigrant party office in Greece firebombed
Authorities say arsonists have firebombed an Athens office of a far-right, anti-immigrant party, a day after the suspected racist murder of an Iraqi ...
Border agents accused in smuggling ring convicted
Two former Border Patrol agents were found guilty Friday of smuggling hundreds of people into the U.S. in Border Patrol vehicles. Raul and Fidel ...
Activists: Israeli forces enter Egypt for migrants
Israel has been sending soldiers into Egypt's Sinai desert to stop African migrants before they reach the border, handing them over to Egyptian ...
Democratic candidates pitch DREAM Act for platform
In an appeal to Latino voters, three Senate candidates in the Southwest are calling on delegates to the Democratic National Convention to make support ...
Greece: Amnesty slams mass migrant roundups
Human rights group Amnesty International is calling on Greek authorities to stop mass roundups of suspected illegal immigrants, arguing that police ...
Greece: 6,000 detained during raids on immigrants
Authorities in Greece are rounding up thousands of suspected illegal immigrants in a large-scale deportation drive to combat what a government ...