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...often said the border is its own country, "Amexica," neither Mexican nor American. "The border is not where the U.S. stops and Mexico begins," says Laredo mayor Betty Flores. "It's where the U.S. blends into Mexico." Both sides regard their sovereign governments as distant and dysfunctional. They are proud of their ability to take care of themselves, solve their problems faster and cheaper than any faraway bureaucrat. The Brownsville, Texas, fire trucks answer sirens on the other side; in Tijuana, Mexico, health clinics send shuttle buses every morning to meet people coming over for everything from dentistry to dialysis...
...would prefer a bill that focused on providing greater assistance to low-income students,” said Barry Toiv ’77-’78, a spokesman for the Association of American Universities. “While this bill helps a little bit in that regard, it really misses an opportunity to do that.” Especially in the wake of a February bill that cut $12 billion from student loan funding, Casey said, the lack of emphasis on student financial aid was “regrettable.” Harvard lobbyists had joined higher education...
...wonder then that Andr?s Manuel L?pez Obrador, the leftist former mayor of Mexico City whose platform focuses on the poor, is the heavy favorite to win Mexico?s July 2 presidential election. L?pez has not been shy about suggesting that Mexico may need to renegotiate NAFTA, especially with regard to U.S. agriculture subsidies, a prospect that alarms the Bush Administration. In a recent stump speech, L?pez called unabated Mexican migration "proof of the Mexican economic failure" in the NAFTA era, and he called for a "new cooperation accord with the U.S." to address Mexico?s development...
...impression of dfat emerging from the Cole Inquiry is remote from the way officials regard themselves or the way they have generally been seen by the public. The canap?s-and-cocktails crowd whose mission is to protect and pursue Australia's interests is not superhuman. dfat officials who were watching events in prewar Iraq, acting as a "postbox" for AWB contracts under the U.N. aid program and keeping their ministers up to speed, are just like the rest of us - they forget where information comes from and the names of people they deal with on official business. dfat loses important...
...itself in a bind over the trial of Abdul Rahman, 41, who faces the death sentence for converting to Christianity. International pressure is building on Karzai to interfere in the judicial process and free Rahman. But the President must also contend with deeply conservative Afghans - many of whom already regard him as too pro-West - who believe the convert should be punished under Islamic...