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Monday, September 22, 2008 - 00:00
Some 42% of the 1,266 Mexicans polled in seven cities said they felt less safe than they did a year ago
Monday, September 22, 2008 - 00:00
Russia's dispatch of long-range bombers to Venezuela for joint military exercises may not signal the start of a new Cold War, but it does provide more evidence that Hugo Chavez has become the chief source of hemispheric instability
Monday, September 22, 2008 - 00:00
Bush urged lawmakers to reconsider their opposition, but seemed resigned that it might not happen on his watch
Monday, September 22, 2008 - 00:00
President George W. Bush and Colombian president Alvaro Uribe urged the U.S. Congress to approve a free-trade accord
Monday, September 22, 2008 - 00:00
That would probably require Congress to return for a "lame duck" session after the November 4 presidential election. But congressional leaders say they have no plans to do that
Monday, September 22, 2008 - 00:00
In remarks to reporters alongside Uribe at the White House Rose Garden, Bush said it is vital that Congress considers the trade pact before adjourning
Monday, September 22, 2008 - 00:00
The request comes as Congress prepares to end its session, and the United States is distracted by a financial crisis and a presidential election campaign
Monday, September 22, 2008 - 00:00
The bust came four days after the U.S. Coast Guard and Navy seized another homemade submarine carrying 7 tons of cocaine
Monday, September 22, 2008 - 00:00
For the second time in less than a week, the U.S. Coast Guard said Friday that it had fished out of the sea a semi-submersible vessel packed full of cocaine
Monday, September 22, 2008 - 00:00
The capture of two cocaine-laden semi-submarines in the past week has highlighted the increasing use of the vessels, which now transport one-third of illicit drugs in the eastern Pacific