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Days before, Fujimori had resigned the presidency of Peru by fax. Now the 62-year-old was settling into the homeland of his parents with no plans to leave--but possibly facing corruption charges in Peru. He appears to qualify for citizenship because his parents registered his birth at the Japanese consulate in Lima, and that datum was transferred, somehow, into the family registry in their home village in Japan. Immigration authorities were vague about all this, while diplomats prayed the new Peruvian government would not demand that Japan send Fujimori back to face charges. They don't want...
...kids here," she said, also citing travel security and ease in getting loans as major reasons for citizenship...
...newly-founded MAPS, she says, that helped her with applying for American citizenship and directed her to her first job here, sewing bridal dresses in a Somerville factory...
While the only constitutional requirements for being the president of this country are U.S. citizenship and 35 years of age, we all know that two additional unwritten prerequisites are also necessary to have a successful candidacy: money and connections. The higher the office, the more crucial the financial contributions. Political campaigns in the United States are increasingly resembling auctions at Christie's--offices go to the highest bidders and those without serious dough should look elsewhere...
Suna Vidinli of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences accused the speaker of "hiding behind a veil of U.S. citizenship and religion to polarize politics" in Turkey. Vidinli referred to herself as a Muslim Turk...